Creating and Managing Tryouts

Tryouts are simplified activities for recording athlete times without heats, lanes, or seeding.

Tryouts vs Meets

| Feature | Meet | Tryout | | ------- | --------------- | -------------------------- | | Purpose | Competition | Time trials / evaluations | | Seeding | Heat/lane setup | Not required | | Results | HY3/CL2 import | CSV import or manual entry |

Creating a Tryout

Go to Activities
Click New Activity > Tryout
Enter name, dates, location, and course type
Click Create Tryout

CSV Import Format

Your CSV needs four columns:

| Column | Example | | ------------ | --------------- | | athlete_name | "Smith, John" | | distance | 50, 100, 200 | | stroke | Freestyle, Back | | time | 25.43, 1:05.21 |

Supported strokes: Freestyle (Free, FR), Backstroke (Back, BK), Breaststroke (Breast, BR), Butterfly (Fly, FL), Medley (IM)

Importing Results

Go to your tryout's Results tab
Click CSV > Import Results
Select your file and review the summary

Click CSV > Download Template for a correctly formatted file.

Troubleshooting

Athletes not matching: Check spelling matches your roster. Try "Last, First" format.

Invalid time format: Use seconds (25.43) or minutes:seconds (1:05.21).