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Swim
Glossary
Age group swim
meet - all USS registered swimmers, 18 years of age and
under, who have met the qualifying time standard for a specific
event are eligible to participate in their age category. Age on the
first day of competition shall govern the entire meet.
Deck seeding - a
procedure of assigning swimmers to proper lanes and heats
immediately before each event at the ready bench at the
meet.
Finals - the
session of a meet where qualifying rounds were held previously to
determine the finalists. The finalists compete to determine the
winner.
Heat Sheet - the
listing of swimmers participating in a meet. Items are listed by
event and by heat.
LAC - the
official abbreviation for the Lancaster Aquatic Club for use on all
entry forms for meets.
Long Course - a
type of competitive pool which measures 50 meters in length. The
standard size for all international competition and all world
record swimming is the 50-meter course. Typically meets in these
pools are conducted from the end of April through August.
Middle Atlantic -
the regional area in which the Lancaster Aquatic Club
competes.
Prelims - in
certain meets, the qualifying rounds held for each event to
determine the finalists.
Proof of Time - a
requirement at some meets (usually "A" and above) to make certain
that all swimmers have legally met the time standards for that
meet.
Psyche Sheet - a
ranking by seeding times for all the swimmers entered in each race
of a meet, sometimes used at meets in place of heat sheets.
Seeding Times -
the time a swimmer uses to enter a meet. This time, which is
located in the heat sheet, determines one's position and lane in
the particular event.
Senior swim meet
- all USS registered swimmers who have met the qualifying time
standard for a specific event(s) are eligible to complete.
Short Course - a
type of competitive pool which measures 25 yards or 25 meters in
length. Typically meets are conducted in these pools from October
to April.
Split - a per lap
time that coaches often record for teaching the concept of pacing,
for instance, a swimmer's time for each 25 yard leg of a 100 yard
event in his/her split.
Swim-a-Thon - a
swim to raise funds in which each team member solicits pledges per
length for a maximum of 200 lengths or 2 hour time period. A
portion of the proceeds goes to the United States Swimming and the
rest to the team.
"Swimming World"
- a monthly magazine with articles and stories about competitive
swimming as well as some regional and all national
meet results.
Time standards -
certain qualifying times which have been set up annually by the
National USS for all events in all levels of meets to insure that
all competitors are of reasonably the same ability in their
respective meets. The swimmer's goals should be betterment of
his/her time progressing from the "C" standard to the "AAAA"
standard.
"Top 16" - a
tabulation of the Top 16 times in every age group and every event
of all USS competition from the previous season. The short course
"Top 16" are published in August and the long course "Top 16" are
published every December.
Touch pad - the
part of an electronic timing system that rests in the water at the
finishing end of each lane. Swimmer's times are electronically
recorded when the pad is touched.
Unattached - the
status of a swimmer receives when changing from one USS club to
another. A swimmer must be "unattached" for 120 days from their
last competition with their previous USS club. During this time,
they may compete individually but not in relays and many not
represent any club.
USS# - the
personal registration number for each athlete member in United
States Swimming. The formula for deriving a USS# is:
Last initial, first initial, middle initial, then date of birth
For example, John A. Doe was born September 1, 1959.
His USS# is DJA090159
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