This Week at NTN

Jason Roberts
 

Below is information for this week at NTN. Please read over the information as it contains important information.

Parent Meeting – Sept 2nd, 2025
Parent Meeting at Legends Hall at the Marq
285 Shady Oaks Dr, Southlake, TX 76092

This meeting is to kick off a new season with all the information you need
Meet the Coaches, Swim Meets, Volunteer Requirements, Communication, Time Standards and More!!!

6:30-7:30pm - New Families
We are asking that one parent from every new family attends. 
No Children 

7:45-8:30pm  - Returning Famlies 
We are asking that one parent from every family attends. 
No Children

Cancelled Practices
Many of you know during the fall we have multiple water polo tournaments and swim meets that affect our practice schedule. Below are the dates for August and beginning of September. We appreciate everybody’s

August 21,22,23rd – Water Polo 
August 26th – Water Polo 
September – 1, 2nd – Water Polo

Meet Schedule  
We have posted all meet scheduled through December on our website. Please check out the schedule and plan accordingly. All swimmers are expected to compete in swim meets  – Click Here

We Need More Officials On Our Team

We are currently seeking parents who may be interested in serving as swimming officials. No prior experience is necessary, and you do not need to have a background in swimming to get started. This is a wonderful opportunity to volunteer, support our program, and gain a deeper understanding of the sport.

As a program, we provide the following benefits to our officials:

  1. Coverage of all certification and training fees
  2. A monthly discount on your swimmer’s program fees
  3. Automatic fulfillment of job sign-ups for all home meets

If you are interested in learning more or would like to get started, please contact Fred Collins at [email protected].

Thank you for considering this important role in supporting our team.

What are Age Group Motivational Time Standards

Time standards are used as a tool to motivate swimmers.  Swimmers can use these times to set goals for a season and give them away to compare themselves to other swimmers of the same age and sex.  The time standards are also used to limit the number of entries in a swim meet and to allow swimmers to compete against swimmers of the same abilities.

Current time standards can be found on our website. Click Here .

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USA Swimming time standards defined:

  • ​AAAA – This standard means your swimmer is ranked in the top 2% of swimmers in their age group, their same-sex, in that stroke and distance.
  • AAA - This standard means your swimmer is ranked in the top 6% of swimmers in their age group, their same-sex, in that stroke and distance.
  • AA - This standard means your swimmer is ranked in the top 8% of swimmers in their age group, their same-sex, in that stroke and distance.
  • A - This standard means your swimmer is ranked in the top 15% of swimmers in their age group, their same-sex, in that stroke and distance.
  • BB - This standard means your swimmer is ranked in the top 35% of swimmers in their age group, their same-sex, in that stroke and distance
  • B - This standard means your swimmer is ranked in the top 55% of swimmers in their age group, their same-sex, in that stroke and distance.
  • C - This standard is for all swimmers with times below the "B" standard. Everything from 0.00 up to the "B" standard is a "C" time.

How are the time standards determined?

Age Group motivational standards are set on a four-year (quad) basis.  The current time standards are for the 2024 to 2028 time period.  The motivational times are based on the historical fastest 16th place seed time of the Top 16 swimmers in that age group for each year in the previous cycle. For exact details on how they are calculated please see this Swim Swam article.

How do motivational times factor into swim meets?

All swim meets have some form of time standards.  Those standards are published in the meet form that accompanies each meet and can typically be found on the event page for that particular meet under details.  You may also see an indicator of what the time standards are for each meet by looking at the name.

Let's look at this example from a recent meet we scheduled. The name of the meet is “NTN BB and Below Meet” you can tell that this is a meet that is being hosted by NTN, it is a Short Course Meet and that it is open to swimmers with B or C times.  That means if you have a time faster than a “BB” time you could not swim that event in this meet. This can also be seen in the meet file to confirm what the time standards are for this meet.

Extreme Swim – Equipment and Suit Order
Were you not able to get to the Extreme Swim day this past weekend? No worries, parents can also order online under the team store. Click Here and set up an account on their website. You will need to register that you belong to NTN to see all the products that are specific to our team. Questions on signing up please call the store - 972-596-2188

USA Swimming Registration

This season we will be registering the swimmers as one team and we will NOT be doing this individually as has been done in the past. So, No worries on these parents we have it covered.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to your coaches: