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Your Points
Count
So
you think your times do not count, well they do! Each and
every time a swimmer steps up on the blocks in a race, they have a
chance to raise the team ranks. USA Swimming offers a great
program to track teams and success with the Virtual Club
Championships. USA Swimming uses your times and ranks PRA with
teams from the local area to across the nation. What a great
way to help your team. Below is the actual description from
USA Swimming. After that are the PRA rankings from 0809 SCY
season and 09 LCM season.
COME ON PRA LET’S
RAISE OUR RANK!
IT IS UP TO
YOU!
Virtual Club Championships
Purpose: 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 short course and long course from
September 1 through August 31 of the following year. (Prior to the
2008-2009 seasons, short course rankings were tabulated using
results from September 1 through May 31).
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 will score single age groups from 11-16 years
old and 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). This means for Women the 1000y/800m freestyle
and for Men the 1650y/1500m will be the long distance
event scored.
- No
relays will be scored.
View Options: A viewer has four options to look at their
club ranking:
- 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)
"View Detail" Option: 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 13-18 year olds includes:
50, 100, 200 freestyles.
- Distance freestyle for 11 & 12 year olds
includes: 200 & 400/500 freestyles.
- Distance freestyle for 13-18 year olds includes:
400/500 freestyles and either the 800/1000 freestyle for Women or
the 1500/1650 freestyle for Men.
- The
11 & 12 year olds in the IM column only have the 200 IM while
the 13-18 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.
2008 2009 Short Course
Yard LSC Rankings
Top 12
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173
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1
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139,147
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Allegheny North Swim Club
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AM
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Wexford
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PA
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303
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2
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110,090
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Bethel Park Recreation Swm Tm
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AM
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Bethel Park
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PA
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314
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3
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108,262
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Fox
Chapel Killer Whales
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AM
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Pittsburgh
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PA
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362
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4
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100,780
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Seneca Valley Swim Club
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AM
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Evans City
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PA
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395
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5
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96,801
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Jewish Community Ctr Sailfish
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AM
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Pittsburgh
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PA
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402
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6
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95,990
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Peters Township Swim Club
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AM
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Canonsburg
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PA
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417
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7
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94,558
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Mount Lebanon Aqua Club
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AM
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Pittsburgh
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PA
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518
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8
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81,724
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Pine
Richland Aquatics
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AM
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Gibsonia
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PA
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547
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9
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79,063
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Airport Area Aquajets
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AM
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Coraopolis
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PA
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635
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10
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70,583
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Upper St Clair Swim Club
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AM
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Pittsburgh
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PA
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685
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11
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65,405
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Hampton Dolphins
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AM
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Allison Park
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PA
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725
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12
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61,977
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Franklin Area Swim Team
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AM
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Murrysville
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PA
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2008 2009 Long Course
Meters LSC Rankings
Top 12
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190
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1
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115,260
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Allegheny North Swim Club
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AM
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Wexford
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PA
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270
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2
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97,414
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Bethel Park Recreation Swm Tm
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AM
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Bethel Park
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PA
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317
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3
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89,580
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Jewish Community Ctr Sailfish
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AM
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Pittsburgh
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PA
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323
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4
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88,986
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Fox
Chapel Killer Whales
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AM
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Pittsburgh
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PA
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340
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5
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87,208
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Mount Lebanon Aqua Club
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AM
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Pittsburgh
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PA
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430
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6
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74,731
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Seneca Valley Swim Club
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AM
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Evans City
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PA
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467
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7
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69,252
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Pine
Richland Aquatics
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AM
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Gibsonia
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PA
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505
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8
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64,931
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Erie
Aquatics Club
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AM
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Erie
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PA
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616
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9
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54,627
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Hampton Dolphins
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AM
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Allison Park
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PA
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679
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10
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50,072
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Peters Township Swim Club
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AM
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Canonsburg
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PA
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786
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11
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43,403
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West
Allegheny Aqua Club
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AM
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Mc
Donald
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PA
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809
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12
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41,649
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Laurel Highlands Regional Ymca
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AM
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Ruffs Dale
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PA
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