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The IMX Challenge, with its two components, IM
Ready and IM Xtreme, is a motivational
program where swimmers are scored on their performances in
a combination of five or six
events. The purpose of the program is to
promote versatility in age group
swimming while advocating greater participation
anddevelopment across a range of
events that are integral to long term success
in swimming. By encouraging
swimmers to swim a variety of events, we hope to
avoid any tendency to specialize in
narrow selection of events at a young age.
Program
Description
Swimmers participate in a
designated combination of five or six events and,
based on the power
points scored for each of those swims, earn a combined score that
is called the IM Ready or IMX
score.
IM Ready
(IMR)
The first phase in the IMX
Challenge is called IM Ready (or IMR) and is comprised
of a series of five events at
shorter distances. The following single age groups
and event
combinations are tabulated and scored for both male and
female:
9 & Under; 10-year
olds:
100 Free, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50
Fly, 100 IM (SC) or 200 IM (LC)
11-year olds; 12-year
olds:
200 Free, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50
Fly, 100 IM (SC) or 200 IM (LC)
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, &
18-year olds:
200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast,
100 Fly, 200 IM
IM Xtreme
(IMX)
The second phase in the IMX
Challenge is called IM Xtreme (or IMX) and
is comprised of a series of five or
six events at longer distances. The following
single age groups and
event combinations are tabulated and scored for both male
and female:
9 & Under; 10-year
olds:
200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast,
100 Fly, 200 IM
11-year olds; 12-year
olds:
400 Free (LC) or 500 Free (SC),
100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, &
18-year olds:
400 Free (LC) or 500 Free (SC),
200 Back, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400
IM
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