Forest Park Swim Team

Invitational Meets are meets Forest Park attends and competes in as a team, by invitation of the host team. Unlike regular dual meets, invitationals have many teams competing and may last more than one day. As they are a fundraiser for each host team, they cost money to compete.

Invitationals are fun events with each one having a unique aspect. By and large most invitationals are larger than a normal meet, and require a swimmer to go to the "clerk of the course" to check in for their race. They may also sell programs (typically for $10) and have vendors food available on site.

Unlike regular dual meets, Invitationals cost money to compete in (typically $15-$40) and entries are final once submitted. If your swimmer attends an invitation the parent will be assigned a job (usually timer) for part of it which does not count to your work assignment totals.

With exception of City Meet, athletes must “sign-in” by the specified date. Note: Often entries are due for these particular meets 2-3 weeks in advance so please pay special attention to the “SIGN-IN BY…date.” 

Signing Up for an Invitational

There are two steps to sign up for an invitational. 

1. Sign up through the Calendar Tab in order to indicate your stroke preference.

2. Pay through our Online Payment Portal.

There is no particular order this has to be done in, and in the shop you can add all the invitationals to your basket at once. The links below will take you to the individual sign-up and payment if that is more convenient for you.

Below is the list of invitationals Forest Park has been invited to for the 2026 summer season.

Medievel Madness (Ages 9-18) 

Saturday, May 30, 2026 

Signup Deadline (Including Payment): Monday May 18, 12pm [CLOSED]

Hosted by Gehringer Park Swim Team, this invitational is strictly for swimmers ages 9 to 18 (NEW THIS YEAR). Unlike in a regular meet, each swimmer only swims against children of their exact age, rather than in age groups. At the end, instead of a Free Relay, there is a Middle Age Relay where the team races to build a knight suit.   Note: this meet has deceptively similar order of events to a regular meet, but their fly and back events are in reverse order. The order is - Medley Relay, IM, Free, Breast, Fly, Back, Middle Age Relay. 

Price: $25 per swimmer includes up to 3 individual events and relays subject to teammate availability.  

MCST Invitational (Ages 8 and Under)

Sunday May 31, 2026

Signup Deadline (Including Payment): Saturday May 16, 12pm [CLOSED]

MCST Invitational is hosted by Martinez Community Swim Team and is only for swimmers aged 8 and under. It is a bigger event that Bishop Bash and includes a clerk of the course. It is a new event for our team, so more information is to come.

Price: $35 per swimmer and includes up to 4 individual events of your choice, and a potential free relay subject to teammate availability.

Bishop Bash

Monday June 8, 2026  

Sign Up (Including Payment) Deadline: Wednesday, June 3, 12pm [CLOSED]

Bishop Bash is hosted by Bishop Estates Swim Team and is only for swimmers aged 8 and under. Swimmers compete only against swimmers the same age as them. For each heat winner ribbons will be issued. This is great event for our younger swimmers to get a taste of an invitational in a smaller, less scary setting. 

Price: is $25 per swimmer and includes up to 4 individual events of your choice, and a potential free relay subject to teammate availability.

Devil Mountain Pentathlon

Saturday June 12 - Sunday June 14, 2026 

Entries Due (Including Payment): Friday May 29, 12pm [CLOSED]

The Devil Mountain Pentathlon, hosted by Dana Hills, is all about the individual swimmer. There are no relays, but each swimmer swims every individual stroke. Ribbons and medals are awarded for best combined time of those five strokes. In a unique twist, the order of events is reversed from a regular swim meet starting with butterfly and ending with IM. Instead of IM, swimmers 6 and under will swim a 50 free.
This is an excellent opportunity to see your swimmers progress in the strokes they generally don't swim.

Price: $35 per swimmer and includes every individual event

Order of events:
Friday Evening (Ages 7-10) - IM
Saturday (Ages 10 and Under) - 50 Free (6 and under only), Fly, Back, Breast, Free  
Sunday (Ages 11 and Up) - Fly, Back, Breast, Free, IM

Battle of the Ages

Saturday June 27 - Sunday June 28, 2026

Sign Up Deadline: Saturday June 13, 12pm [CLOSED]

Hosted by Pleasant Hill Dolfins, the events in this two day meet are set by the exact age of the swimmer. This meet also has a double distance event, where a swimmer can swim double the distance of their normal free event (i.e. 50 for 8&u, or 100 for 11-14). It is a perfect meet for swimmers in their down year to see how they match against their peers. More details, including the schedule, can be found at the official  website

Price: Free. 
If a swimmer sign ups and does not attend the family will be charged the $38 entry fee the team has paid for said swimmer (with exceptions for emergencies with prompt email to the coach). If you don't sign in you will not be entered into the meet.

Order of events:
Saturday - 50 Free (ages 15-18), Double Distance Free (ages 6-14), Breast, Fly  
Sunday - IM (ages 9-18), Back, Free

East County Invitational

Saturday July 11 - Sunday July 12, 2026

CANCELLED

FPST Pop-Up Invitational

Sunday July 12, 2026

Sign In and Sign out Deadline: Wednesday July 1, 12pm

This is Forest Park's inaugural invitational. We lost an opportunity to attend another invitational, but instead of being down and out, we're banding together, renting a fast pool (Northgate High School) with touchpads and throwing our own invitational.

City Meet Invitational

Unlike other invitationals, because City Meet is an essential part of the season, the Forest Park team covers the entry fee, and all swimmers are assumed to participate unless they sign out. If a swimmer does not sign out and does not attend the family will be charged the $38 entry fee the team has paid for said swimmer (with exceptions for emergencies with prompt email to the coach). 

Contra Costa County Meet

The County Meet, hosted by LMYA, is the ultimate invitational. The best swimmers in the county come together in what is likely the fastest recreational meet in the country. In the beginning of the season, county qualifying times will be released. Only swimmers who achieve those times may compete. Should a swimmer qualify for the county swim, they will receive a golden cap to mark their tremendous achievement.
For this event, a swimmer is limited to two individual events and two relays. The fee for this event is covered by the team, and the qualifiers will be invited to a special breakfast to celebrate their achievement. 

Order of Events:
Saturday Morning - 50 Free  Prelims (Ages 15-18), Free and Breast Prelims, IM Finals (Ages 11 and up)
Saturday Afternoon - 50 Free Finals (Ages 15-18) Finals, Medley Relay, Free and Breast Finals
Sunday Morning - Back & Fly Prelims, IM Finals (Ages 10 and Under)
Sunday Afternoon - Free Relay, Back & Fly Finals