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The
Douglas County Stingray Swimming offers training
and practice groups for swimmers of all ages and ability levels. It
is the goal of the Douglas County Stingray
Swimming to offer age specific training for all of
our athletes geared towards challenging each individual and
developing each individual to the best of THEIR abilities.
Please call us to schedule a tryout,
or Click Here to send us an
email request for more information.
AGE-GROUP
“B/C” - This level of
swimmer is considered the most developmental of
age-group
swimming. Swimmers who are new to year-round
swimming are automatically
considered B/C swimmers until they compete in a USA
Swimming sanctioned swim
meet. Younger swimmers and swimmers who have
recently “aged up” to a new agegroup
are probably “B/C” swimmers. Most
athletes in the “B/C” group set goals
to
achieve “B” or
“BB” time standards.
“BB” – This level
of swimmer is slightly more developed than the B/C swimmer.
To
be considered a “BB” swimmer in Georgia
Swimming, swimmers must achieve a “BB”
time standard in two different strokes, i.e. 50 Free
and 50 Back. Becoming a “BB”
swimmer allows swimmers to compete with more
developed swimmers and sometimes
higher level swim meets. “BB” swimmers
should focus on achieving “A” time
standards.
“A” – As with the
“BB” swimmer, the “A” level swimmer must
achieve two “A” time
standards in two different strokes. 10 & Unders
and 11-12 boys swimming at an “A”
level are allowed and encouraged to swim in the
Georgia State Championship meets at
the end of each season.
“A” swimmers mostly aim for “AA” time
standards and above.
“AA”, “AAA”,
“AAAA” – The highest level for age group
swimmers is the “AA” and
above classification. Swimmers achieving this
classification will be performing at the
top tier of Georgia swimming competitions. 11-12
girls at this level can compete in
Georgia State Championship meets at the end of each
season. All age-groups
performing at this level may compete in the Southern
Sectional swim meet held at the
end of Short Course
season.
“T-16” - This is
the most challenging level of swimming for athletes to achieve.
The
Top 16 times in each event within each age-group are
tabulated at the end of both the
Short and Long Course seasons. If a swimmer’s
time is among the Top 16 times in the
Nation, they are considered a
“T-16” swimmer.
SENIOR
Like age-group swimming, senior swimmers also
achieve time standards and may be
classified as “B/C”, “BB”,
“A” swimmers, etc. For the sake of swim meets
though,
seniors are divided into two
groups.
“Senior Circuit”
– Swimmers at the “Senior Circuit” level have
achieved two “AA”
times in two different strokes. The higher of the
two senior levels, “Senior
Circuit”
swimmers compete in more advanced
sessions of senior meets.
“Senior Developmental”
- This level of senior swimming has yet to achieve
“Senior
Circuit” status.
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