IMR/IMX PROGRAM AND VIRTUAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (VCC)
VCC INFORMATION
Program Details
The purpose of the VCC program is to recognize and highlight clubs that are developing athletes and achieving success at multiple levels in the club swimming continuum emphasizing the team element in club swimming. This program serves as a key part of the Athlete Development & Performance component of the Club Recognition Program.
Period
The Virtual Club Championships will be tabulated annually for both the short course and long course seasons. Both Short Course Yard (SCY) and Long Course Meter (LCM) rankings will be tabulated using results achieved between September 1 and August 31. (Prior to the SCY 2008-2009 season the yards season was from 9/1 to 5/31 of the following year.)
TABULATION
All registered USA Swimming clubs will be scored automatically. The USA Swimming Star Times Data Base will be used in combination with the Hy-Tek Single-Year Age Group Power Point system. The program scores single age groups from 11-16 years old and has a combined 17-18 age group. After all eligible swims have been scored using the power point system, a team score for each registered USA Swimming club will be calculated. The tabulation will occur once every evening.TEAM EVENT LIMIT
Each team will be limited to two entries per event by age group and gender. The program will automatically tabulate which two events in combination with other teammates produce the highest team score.
INDIVIDUAL EVENT LIMIT
Each swimmer will be limited to four events. A swimmer may contribute only four times per season even if they age up (i.e. may have two times selected as an 11-year old and two as a 12-year old, but not four as an 11-year old and four as a 12-year old). The program will automatically tabulate which four events in combination with other teammates produce the highest team score. For larger clubs, the computer will go through more than 1,000,000,000,000 (1 Trillion) calculations to determine the optimum score!ELIGIBILITY
For a swimmer’s point total on a specific swim to count toward the overall team total, the athlete and/or their swim must meet the following eligibility criteria:
Times must have been achieved while representing a registered USA Swimming club (no unattached times may be used).
AGE GROUPS AND EVENTS
The following event results will be tabulated for both men and women:
- 11 & 12 year olds – 50 Fr, 100s of each stroke, 200 Free, 4/500 Free, 200 IM (8 events).
- 13, 14, 15, 16, 17-18 year olds – All recognized Olympic events (13 events) plus the long distance event not swum at the Olympics (Men's 1000y/800m freestyle and the Women's 1650y/1500m).
- No relays will be scored.
The Virtual Club Championship rankings are updated nightly with any new times submitted by Local Swim Committee (LSC) times volunteers.
CUSTOMIZING YOUR REPORT
VIEW OPTIONS
- If you select no option you will see all clubs sorted by national rank.
- Select Club will see only the selected club (it will show the national rank and then show VCC rank=1).
- Only looking at clubs in their LSC (will show the national rank first then the rank within the LSC).
- Only looking at clubs in their Zone (will show the national rank first then the rank within the Zone).
All SCY seasons prior to the 2008-2009 season are 9/1 to 5/31 of the following year and starting with the SCY 2008-2009 season the dates are 9/1 to 8/31 of the following year. The LCM seasons are all 9/1 to 8/31 of the following year.
VIEW OPTIONS
A team may choose to look at the detail summary chart by clicking on the View Detail link on the far right-hand side of the ranking. At the beginning of the report, the viewer will see a chart that will quickly give coaches the ability to assess strengths and weaknesses of the team.
- Sprint freestyle for 11 & 12 year olds includes: 50 & 100 freestyles.
- Sprint freestyle for 13-17/18 year olds includes: 50, 100, 200 freestyles.
- Distance freestyle for 11 & 12 year olds includes: 200 & 400/500 freestyles.
- Distance freestyle for 13-17/18 year olds includes: 400/500 freestyle, the 800/1000 freestyle and the 1500/1650 freestyle.
- The 11 & 12 year olds in the IM column only have the 200 IM while the 13-17/18 year olds include the 200 and the 400 IM.
Following the chart is the detail breakdown of every swimmer that was used in the computation of the team's score.
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