I am wondering if anyone out there has a handicap sheet for competitions when all age groups compete against each other. I've seen them used at college alumni meets to give a handicap to the older alumni swimmers. The older you are the greater the handicap (time deducted). If you know of anyone that has put something like this together and is willing to share, I would love to get in touch with them.
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I did a google search. Here is a link to the results from Princeton's alumni swim meet from 2001: campuscgi.princeton.edu/.../alumnimeetresults01.html
It look like a range of .1 to .35 seconds given to swimmers for each year out of school, increasing with age. Men and women differ.
I have not participated in the alumni meet at my alma mater (Oxy), but I think that they simply give a tenth of a second for each year out for each 50. (So if I've been out 30 years and race in the 100 ***, I get a six second credit . . . my 1:15 will become a 1:09 when calculating the overall finish, beating a student that swims a 1:10.
I've seen other formulas. I'd suggest going to college websites and seeing if they have posts about their alumni meets.
I did a google search. Here is a link to the results from Princeton's alumni swim meet from 2001: campuscgi.princeton.edu/.../alumnimeetresults01.html
It look like a range of .1 to .35 seconds given to swimmers for each year out of school, increasing with age. Men and women differ.
I have not participated in the alumni meet at my alma mater (Oxy), but I think that they simply give a tenth of a second for each year out for each 50. (So if I've been out 30 years and race in the 100 ***, I get a six second credit . . . my 1:15 will become a 1:09 when calculating the overall finish, beating a student that swims a 1:10.
I've seen other formulas. I'd suggest going to college websites and seeing if they have posts about their alumni meets.
