Hey there. I used to swim in a club between age 8-13, but quitted after that. Now I'm almost 17, and recently I restarted to swim because I'm following a beachrescuer course.
We need to swim a time of 4:30 in 200metres (swimming style is free of choice, I picked freestyle=front crawl) for our practical examination. Easy, right? In this morning's lesson I swam a time of 3:20, which means I should pass easily.
But is this actually a good time compared to you guys, and compared to the average of my age? I'd like to know.
side note: This time was swam with clothes on (that means I was both wearing long pants and a shirt with long sleeves). Also consider that I wasn't able to use flip turns, but had to tab the side of the pool, place my feet against the wall, turn and push off.
Furthermore, what are your times?
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You can view the current times for given events by doing the following:
Go to www.usms.org
At the top of the page select "Competition"
Select "Event Rankings"
Since you're swimming meters, scroll down to Short Course Meters
Select a year
Select the 200 m Free and the desired age range
In this morning's lesson I swam a time of 3:20, which means I should pass easily.
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suckage is relitive to the situation.
a drowning victim who was 200 meters away and had only three minutes left before going down would conclude that you do suck where as a drowning victim with 3 minutes left who was 150 meters away would not.
i hope this was helpful.
Perhaps the real suckage is that the person drowning should have taken swim lessons so they wouldn't depend on someone else saving them.
Perhaps the real suckage is that the person drowning should have taken swim lessons so they wouldn't depend on someone else saving them.
true, but many programs are being cut. my HS required everyone to have a semester of phys ed in the pool..... i'm sure they don't anymore.
Comparing a time like that to competition times would give you a pretty wrong picture.
- you were swimming with clothes
- you were not psyched up for competition
- you didnt do turns
- you have not prepared physically and mentally for racing
3.20 for 200 m with clothes is ok. What you could do in competition is hard to say untill you prepare for a real competition.
Have fun
Mads
In this morning's lesson I swam a time of 3:20, which means I should pass easily.
QUOTE]
suckage is relitive to the situation.
a drowning victim who was 200 meters away and had only three minutes left before going down would conclude that you do suck where as a drowning victim with 3 minutes left who was 150 meters away would not.
i hope this was helpful.
I'm in the 13-14 age group and my time is a 2:24.53. But I swim competitively on an all year round swim team. Your time is really good for someone fully dressed!
Good luck with the training!
