2025 Best of the South, Powered by Captyn
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The Best of the South, Powered by Captyn will feature preliminaries and finals each day, creating an elite-level competition environment that brings together some of the fastest rising talent in the sport.
Event Format Update for Best of the South
To ensure a smooth and efficient meet experience, we are making the following adjustments to event formats for the 2025 Best of the South:
🔹 400 IM & 500 Free (13-14 & Open) – Timed Finals
- The fastest heat of 13-14 and two fastest heats of Open will swim at night during finals.
- All other heats will compete in the morning during prelims.
🔹 1650 Free – AM/PM Option
- The fastest heat will swim at night during finals.
- All other heats will compete in the morning.
These changes will help streamline the meet schedule, reduce session length, and allow for a better overall experience for swimmers and families.
Sign up for action photos online with River Oak Photography
River Oak Photography is thrilled to once again provide action photography for Best of the South. Make your reservations in advance online at https://riveroakphotography.com/reserve-online/best-of-the-south/. Write to [email protected] with any questions.
- Parking - Parking Deck will be taking payments day of the meet. Georgia Tech recommends parking at W10 & W02. (Parking Map)
- Volunteer Timer Sign Up - We are still in need of timers for this weekend, and any help from visiting teams is greatly appreciated. As an added incentive, one lucky volunteer timer in every session this weekend will win a brand new Speedo Tech Suit! Swimmers in the 400IM, 500Free, 1000Free, & 1650Free will need to provide their own counter and timer.
- Sign Up to Officiate the Meet
- Psych Sheet 3.0 (updated 3/12 6:43am)
- Projected Timelines
- Warm-Ups & Start Times (During open/general warm ups lanes 0-1 in both pools will be for 12&under Swimmers)
- Social MediaKit - Click the links below, press and hold to save to camera roll, and check out this video to see how to use them: https://youtube.com/shorts/VBu73ujHcy8?si=_awqPnLFoT2cKvdl
- Prelim Heat Sheets
- Finals Heat Sheets
