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EVENTS FOR UPCOMING MEETS

 

I have been getting a lot of questions on what to swim in the upcoming meets so let’s take a look.

First off everyone will not be able to swim in both meets due to sheer numbers. 

SWIM AND ROCK MEET at Oakmarr November 19-21.  This meet will be offered to our 3 time of week swimmers in the Junior Blue and all of the Junior Gold and the Senior Prep group.  This has always been a preliminary and finals meet and we will see how that shakes out as it gets closer.   We should all be thinking about swimming our very BEST EVENTS at this meet.  We will be suiting up for this meet.


MAKO GOBBLE MEET.  This meet will be for the rest of our groups or if you will not be available for swim and rock.  Swimmers in the Junior gold and Senior prep groups who are swimming at swim and rock should not participate in this meet.  If there is overwhelming desire to swim in this meet, I would like to see you only pick one day and enter events that you will not be swimming at Swim and Rock.  Think outside the box and try events and distances that are challenging and maybe even new.

LOOKING AHEAD AT IMX

Your IMX score is established after you have swum all the events required for. your age group during either the 2021 season (9/1/2020-8/31/21) or the current season (9/1/2021- 8/31/2022).  My understanding is that is you missed one of the required events during the 2020-21 season you must swim the entire list during this season.  You may get your score by going into the USA swimming data base and you should have a score for your best events.  Make score you use only the events from the list and you have the correct year.  Please plan the next 3 meets according so you do not miss a chance.  This meet is also where you swim all three days and all the events.  There will be no scratches no excuse. 

THE EVENTS

10 and under 200 free-100 back-100 breast-100 fly-and 200 IM

11/12- 500 free-(or400 free LCM)-100 back-100 breast-100 fly-and 200 IM

13-14 500 free (or 400 LCM) 200 back-200 breast-200 fly-200 IM- and 400 IM

Please put a lot of thought into the next few weeks as you are preparing for your meets.


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