Platinum:

• Must be 12 years old or be invited

• Must average 6 practices a week for a sustained period of time

• Displays maturity:  exemplary respect for coaches and fellow athletes in and out of pool, punctuality, demonstrate pace clock management skills as well as a sense of personal interval and distance swimming pace

• Performance: 20 x 100Free @ 1:30, 10 X 100IM @ 1:50

• Must be able to do all four strokes legally for 100 yards

• Must have A times to be considered

• Must have distance event experience i.e. 400m, 500, 800m, 1000, 1500m,1650Free and/or 400IM

• Interview with Platinum coach

Gold:

• Must be older than 9 years old or turn 9 by that season championships.

• Must average 5 practices a week and have exemplary meet attendance.  9 and 10 year olds start with 4 practices per week

• Performance: 20 x 100Free @ 1:50, 8 X 100 IM on 2:15

• Must be able to do all four strokes legally for 50 yards in practice

• Must have BB times to be considered

• Must have distance event experience i.e. 200 IM, 400/500 Free

Silver:

• Must be 8 years old or older

• Must be able to swim a complete lap of each stroke: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly

• Performance: 10 X 50 Free on 1:30

Bronze:

• Must be able to swim a complete lap (25 meters) free

• Must be able to kick a complete lap (25 meters) of free kick