Want to see what motivational time standards are being achieved, how many individuals are achieving those standards and in what part of the competitive season athletes are most likely to achieve them?

USA Swimming used data from SWIMS to compile the charts below for members. Users can utilize the bar or pie chart – based on their visual preference – as the data is the same.

Each swimmer’s time standard ranking is calculated from their fastest time standard in any event. For example, if swimmer Mary has one AA time standard and the rest are B time standards, she would be calculated as an AA swimmer. Additionally, a swimmer’s top race will count as one swim in each standard leading up to their highest achieving standard. In this example, Mary with one AA time standard will rank one swim in AA, A, BB, B and Slower than B time standard brackets. 

Tips for using the charts:

• Charts will change based on your filter values. If you hold the “Ctrl” key and click, you may select multiple filter values. E.g., 11-12 and 13-14 age groups.
•  If you hover over any bar or pie chart slice, you can see raw numbers and more detail about the selection.
• Try combining different filter values to view different results. E.g., 13-14 F and 11-12 M.
• Notice the percentage standard line on the bar chart? That shows the percentage of swimmers who achieved a specific time standard.
  • Unlike the bar and pie charts, the standard line percentages do not include events slower than the highest earned standard. E.g., Swimmer David reached an AA standard and is only calculated in the percentage above AA. David is not included in percentages for A, BB, B or Slower than B.

• Older swimmers tend to achieve higher standards. This certainly makes sense, as you would expect more serious swimmers to compete well into their high school years. Those who aren’t at the AA+ range might choose other sports in high school.
•  With only one year to reference, we do see a higher percentage of faster time standards in the second half of the season. This shows swimmers are improving over the course of the season.
• The total number of swimmers competing has increased drastically from 2021 to 2022 as we continue to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.
• With the progression of the new SWIMS database, we can now collect all high school meet results. Previously, we struggled to gather results from high school meets, and rarely were we able to match a swimmer’s time to their club team. Now that we can, this is driving a large increase of times for high school aged athletes.
• With the progression of the new SWIMS database, we can now collect all high school meet results. Previously, we struggled to gather results from high school meets, and rarely were we able to match a swimmer’s time to their club team. Now that we can, this is driving a large increase of times for high school aged athletes.