IM Xtreme Challenge

  USA Swimming IM Xtreme Ranking & Score: SCA Team Members Winter SCY 2008-2009 Season

Why does SCA want you to be well rounded in all events? So you can participate in USA Swimming’s I.M. Xtreme Challenge! In this motivational program swimmers will be scored/ranked nationally on their performance in a combination events. The purpose is to promote versatility. participation and development  in age group swimming across a range of events that are integral to long term success in swimming.

Program Description
Swimmers race in specific events & earn power points for those swims, which determine their IMX Score. These scores are ranked by single ages with rankings/recognition available on the website.

IMX Score
Using Hy-Tek’s Single-Year Age Group Power Points, all athletes earn an “IMX Score” based on the point total of the IMX events for their age level. The overall score & the swimmer’s current best score for each IMX event, appears on the athlete’s My USA Swimming page for each season. As times in events improve, the swimmer’s score is updated. To receive a score, a swimmer must swim each IMX event for their age in a meet at least once a season. Times will count for the entire season- if a swimmer ages up during a season the IMX score on the My USA Swimming page will show a score for his/her old & new age group.

My USA Swimming Page
SCA requires all team members to create a web account to be able to access their personal My USA Swimming page! If a swimmer has swum the event combo for his/her age level, the IMX score/ranking now appears in a special section of the swimmer’s My USA Swim page. Features include best times, power points, meets participated in, a graphical display of times info, seasonal & lifetime best comparisons.   Click here to create a free web account and acces a swimmer’s My USA Swimming page.

Age Groups and Events
The following single age groups & event combinations will be tabulated & scored for both men & women:

9 & Under; 10-year olds: 200 IM, 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Brst, 100 Fly

11-year olds; 12-year olds: 200 IM, 400/500 Free, 100 Back, 100 Brst, 100 Fly

13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 -year olds: 200 IM, 400 IM, 400/500 Free, 200 Back, 200 Brst, 200 Fly

How to Participate
Participation is easy and mandatory if you are Team Member of SCA. Using the data available in the STAR database system, USA Swimming will compute scores/results for all athlete members. Swimmers only need to compete in the IMX combination of events for their age group and they will be part of the program.

Time Period
Tabulations will be done annually for both the short & long course performances. Short course rankings will be tabulated from Sept. 1 to May 31. Long course rankings will be tabulated from Sept. 1 to Aug 31.

Hy-Tek Single-Year Age Group Power Points                                                                                                 Rankings will be based on Power Points  & the IMX & Power Point Calculator.

Recognition
Swimmers will see their National, Zone, LSC, and Club Rankings on their My USA Swimming page. By clicking on the button next to the season a swimmer will also see details such as the size of the ranked group & how the score was calculated. All rankings are gender/age group specific.

The Find Your IMX Ranking page on the website will also maintain an up-to-date ranking of scores that will provide rankings for top 7000 swimmers by both age/gender. USA Swimming will declare an IM Xtreme Challenge Champion for each age/gender at the end of each short/long course season.