Heat and Lane Example
Remember or Write Down Your Heat and Lane Assignment for Each Event
Many swimmers find it helpful to have the event, heat, and lane numbers marked on their hand, arm, leg, or shoulder. (A Sharpie marker works well.) Here is an example of one way to do it. For an athlete competing in EVENT (E) 8 (50 yard backstroke (BK)), 5th HEAT (H), in LANE 2 (L) and EVENT 23 (50 yard freestyle (FR)), 3rd HEAT, in lane 6, it could look like this:

