The preliminary Top 10 lists for the SCY season, which ran 6/1/12 thru 5/31/13, have been uploaded. As always, you can view the lists for a given age group (individual or relays) here:
http://www.usms.org/comp/tt/
You can also see the whole list in a prettier form here:
www.usms.org/.../PRELIM_SCY13.pdf
Top 10 recorders, you might find it useful to view the preliminary listings for your LMSC here:
www.usms.org/.../toptenlmsc.php
If you see an error, please contact Mary Beth at topten@usms.org, or you can PM me. Submit any corrections by July 30.
The rules for SCY age is you swim your actual age on the day of the competition and you age up on your birthday. The only break you get is if your birthday on a Sunday and Nationals starts the prior Thursday, then you would swim your age when the meet ends. This could give you a 4 to 5 day advantage depending on the length of the National Meet be it 4 or 5 days.
The SCY season is from June 1, XXXX to May 31, XXXX and if you age up on your birthday between those dates you are 1 year older. So every 5 years you could be in 2 different age groups depending on the swimming competitions and your birthday to age up. This could happen in LCM but rarely does. The LCM season is from October 1, XXX to September XXXX and you would have to swim in a LCM competition between October and December to be in 2 different age groups. Since hardly anyone has a LCM competition between these dates you do not see it on LCM. In SCM Top Ten, its impossible and you will never see it. You age up at the end of the year and the season is from January 1, XXXX to December 31, XXXX and you stay 1 age the entire year so it can't happen. It would be the same in LCM except we don't have a calendar year as our season and if we did it would be the same as SCM.
The rules for SCY age is you swim your actual age on the day of the competition and you age up on your birthday. The only break you get is if your birthday on a Sunday and Nationals starts the prior Thursday, then you would swim your age when the meet ends. This could give you a 4 to 5 day advantage depending on the length of the National Meet be it 4 or 5 days.
The SCY season is from June 1, XXXX to May 31, XXXX and if you age up on your birthday between those dates you are 1 year older. So every 5 years you could be in 2 different age groups depending on the swimming competitions and your birthday to age up. This could happen in LCM but rarely does. The LCM season is from October 1, XXX to September XXXX and you would have to swim in a LCM competition between October and December to be in 2 different age groups. Since hardly anyone has a LCM competition between these dates you do not see it on LCM. In SCM Top Ten, its impossible and you will never see it. You age up at the end of the year and the season is from January 1, XXXX to December 31, XXXX and you stay 1 age the entire year so it can't happen. It would be the same in LCM except we don't have a calendar year as our season and if we did it would be the same as SCM.
