DC WAVE IRON ATHLETE CHALLENGE
The iron athlete challenge was created as a way to introduce our swimmers to the many different distances and events that exist in competitive swimming. Our program seeks to develop swimmers in all four strokes, sprint, middle distance, and distance events, so as to give each athlete a balanced competitive swimming foundation to build upon at the high school or collegiate level of the sport.
USA SWIMMING I.M. X-TREME CHALLENGE
USA Swimming's IMX program is very similar to our Iron Athlete Challenge. Swimmers received points based on times achieved in select events. Swimmers accumulating over 1,800 IMX points can qualify for the IMX Extreme Games, and other select competitions across the nation. What are the IMX events?
- 10 & Under
- 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
- 11 & 12
- 400 Free (LC) or 500 Free (SC), 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
- 13 & Over
- 400 Free (LC) or 500 Free (SC), 200 Back, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
