MINNESOTA TIME STANDARDS
MAC: Any time slower than "Silver" qualifies.
MRC: "Bronze" time qualifies for 50 and 100 events. "Silver" time qualifies for 200 + events, must be slower than "Champ".
State: "Champ" time qualifies.
Zones: "Zone" time qualifies. Must be age 14 or younger.
MN GIRLS & BOYS STATE QUALIFYING TIMES
ND GIRLS STATE QUALIFYING TIMES
ND BOYS STATE QUALIFYING TIMES
ATHLETE RESOURCES
There are many resources of information that can be sought out to help you improve in the world of swimming, from websites to books and much more. If you have any questions about further research of resources, please feel free to ask one of the coaches.
Minnesota Swimming
This is the page with all necessary documents for all athletes all year round in the LSC of Minnesota!
USA Swimming Swimmer Resources
This page, provided by USA Swimming, offers many resources for swimmers, from nutrition and performance tips to weekly columns on how to improve as an athlete, a student and a person.
Swim Swam
Swim Swam is one of the world's leading online resources on water sports. Their website provides swimming news, coverage of meets at many levels (including some high school meets), articles with tips on how to enhance swimming and dryland training, and much more.
Swimming World Time Converter
This tool helps in converting times from short course yards to long course meters and/or short course meters, or the other way around. This is especially helpful when setting goals between the summer and winter seasons. It also includes a tool from comparing times between circle swimming and swimming in a straight line.
COLLEGE RECRUITING
NCAA - National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA Website for Future Student-Athletes
NCAA Guide for College Bound Athletes
NAIA - National Association or Intercollegiate Athletics
Tips:
YOU Communicate with a potential future college coach - NOT your parents. There is nothing more unappealing to a future coach than "helicopter parents." Plus in college you will be 18 and your parents will no longer have any say in what classes/events/teams you participate in and the school can no longer release your records without your permission. YOU will be the Adult.
Pick a school based on the program you want for EDUCATION first, team second.
Pick a school that makes you feel wanted and welcomed
Useful Links
College Swimming: CollegeSwimming is a website to see top rankings, top times, power index, Minnesota ranking, year ranking and results. This is also a tool for many Juniors and Senior to send to possible colleges to be recruited. If you are in high school we highly suggest you claim your profile.
Advice for HS Swimmers Considering College Swimming: Check it out! It might help you consider things you haven't even thought of or answer questions you have.
