2026 CATHOLIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
2026 CAA Prelims April 11-12 at the Michel Aquatic Center Saint Thomas Academy
2026 CAA Finals April 14 (Boys)-15 (Girls) at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center
2026 CAA Diving Championships will be a Finals-only formal, April 14 (Boys)-15 (Girls) at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center
Team Communications
Email List for 2026 CAA Meet (Please update your team's info)
Pre-season coaches' meeting powerpoint
Safety Guidelines and Swimming Etiquette for Practices and Meets
Prelims Information
Estimated Timeline Session Report
Saturday Programs: Session 2 (5-6 Girls) Session 3 (3-4, 5-6 Boys) Session 4 (7-8 Girls and Boys) Session 5 (3-4 Girls)
Sunday Programs: Session 6 (K-2 Girls) Session 7 (K-2 Boys)
Diving Information:
For further details, contact Sarah Krump at [email protected]
Recommended Timeline of Action Points For 2026 CAA Championships:
January 23: Verify coach or AD names needed for communications on the 2026 CAA Email List. Send a copy of the Safety Guidelines and Swimming Etiquette for Practices and Meets to your parents and coaches. View and share the Disqualification Slip used at the CAA Championship Meet with your coaches and parents.
February 7: Use the following links and instructions to download TM-Lite, (If preferred by your team, you may consider the full version of Team Manager or Swimtopia), set up your team and athletes, and download the CAA Championships Meet File.
Instructions for obtaining and using Team Manager - Lite
Meet Events for 2026 CAA Championships
March 20: Enter all individual and relay entries into TM, create an entry list that sorts by athlete name and send to your parents to verify accuracy of name spelling, grade, gender, and to provide time to address any questions regarding entries or get watch times at practices for any entries in which you don't have a time listed for your swimmer. NOTE: Swimmers may enter a maximum of 3 events. No more than 2 can be individual events. (0 individual events+3 relays, 1 individual+2 relays, 2 individual+1 relay). Diving is the only exception to this as it is considered to be it's own separate meet.
March 27: Make any necessary changes and send an entry file and entry PDF to Lindsey at [email protected]. Monitor the email used for receipt of entry verification.
April 3: Submit any entry changes or updates needed in a new, complete entry file to Lindsey at [email protected]
FAQ:
Relays
Teams may enter a maximum of 2 relays, all of which will be swum as timed finals in an effort to offer the opportunity to compete at the University of Minnesota to as many athletes as possible.
Only “A” relays are able to earn team points and awards. All other relays will swim as exhibition only in the Finals. If a school’s “A” relay team is DQ’ed, a “B” relay for the same school may still swim, but they will still not be able to earn team points or awards.
Makeup of relay teams is left up to coaches and changes can be made at any time prior to the event being swum. One potential example would be a case where a swimmer was entered into 2 individual events and 1 relay at Prelims, but didn't make it back to Finals in the individual events so they are now eligible to swim on 3 relays at Finals.
Combined Relays
During Finals, schools wishing to put together a relay team comprised of swimmers from different schools may do so if empty lanes exist. Such teams are not eligible for team points or awards, nor will the results of such teams be included in the official results. Also, if the Finals for a given relay event are schedule (in the program) to only have one heat, additional heats will not be added to accommodate combined relays. Entry of combined relays must be done on the night of Finals competition and will be on a “first come – first serve” basis. This rule is being put into effect for the express purpose of affording swimmers from small teams that do not have enough swimmers to field a relay team an opportunity to compete in a relay.
Diving
Effective with the 2012 Championships, Diving will be treated as a separate meet. Diving entries do not count towards the limitations of individual entries for swimming events, nor will diving scores be included with team points for swimming.
Swimming "Up"
Swimmers are allowed to swim “up” in age group for the purpose of relays only – not for individual events. Under no circumstances are swimmers allowed to swim “down” in age group. At least one swimmer on a relay team must be in the age group the relay is listed for.
High School Swimmers
In 2003, at a CAA Board meeting, it was decided that swimmers who have competed for a high school team, whether at the varsity or junior varsity level, are still eligible to compete in the CAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
Meet Results from prior meets:
(If you have a full version of Team Manager, you will be able to import these results into your program so that you will have historical data on you swimmers. In your Team Manager program, click on File / Import / Meet Results. Note that these import files include all swimmers, so you will want to select only your team.)
