OFFICIALLY UNOFFICIAL RANKINGS
Swim BC would like to thank teams for their involvement in the Officially Unofficial Rankings initiative, which ran through December and January. The program has now ended. The final rankings are available on the Swim BC website Women | Men. The program has been really well received with 1,124 swimmers in 9,034 swims from 31 teams. We look forward to re-launching an updated OU Rankings again in April. In the meantime, there are a number of racing development opportunities available:- Swim BC Virtual Divisional Championships Feb 15 – Mar 7 Competition Window
- Swim BC Virtual Provincial Championships Mar 15 – Apr 7 Competition Window
- Swimming Canada #RaceAgain Challenge Stage 1 Feb 26 – Mar 7
- Swimming Canada #RaceAgain Challenge Stage 2 Apr 9 – 18
- Swimming Canada #RaceAgain Challenge Stage 3 May 23 – 30
Five Things You Should Know About the Canadian Anti-Doping Program
From the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) written by Megan Cumming: Anti-doping is often thought to be exclusive to high-performance sport. Athletes are whisked away from the public eye after winning events to have urine and blood collected. It’s true that testing athletes at competitions is an important element of a successful anti-doping program, but there is much more involved in creating a sporting culture that values and celebrates clean sport.
On January 1, 2021, a new version of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) came into effect. As the country’s anti-doping agency, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) administers the CADP on behalf of the sport community. The CCES is proud to implement an effective anti-doping program that is tailored for Canadian sport and provides the most value to those who are subject to the rules.
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Introducing The Swim BC Officially Unofficial Rankings
Introducing The Swim BC Officially Unofficial Rankings
The O.U Rankings
This program is intended to be an opportunity for all clubs in BC to share performances, whether they be from a sanctioned time trial, a race rehearsal in workout, a get-out swim or one a last rep in a descending set. Coaches are encouraged to submit any times; Swim BC will rank and publish daily (or as best we can, pending a high volume of submissions)
When: November 30 – December 22, 2020 // January 4 – 31, 2021 (collect and submit times over Christmas break, we’ll rank them when staff return from holidays) Where: Club training session or scheduled time trial Who: All Swim BC Swimmers registered in the Competitive Category Why: We know training through COVID is becoming a challenge for all. With no specific and immediate competitive goal on the horizon we’ve created an opportunity to get a relatively quick sense as to where swimmers stand. In discussion with several coaches, we thought it would be a positive step to bring the province together, create an opportunity to see what your competitors are doing and how you compare Events: All Olympic, Paralympic and World Championship events Age Groups: 12 & Under; 13 – 14; 15 & Over The Details: Swim BC will be collecting and publishing results from time trial or coach timed swims though December and January. The opportunity is simply to provide an outlet for racing and inspire your swimmer’s competitive spirit.- Swimmers must be fully registered in the appropriate “Competitive” category.
- We’ll accept times from a sanctioned Time Trial, unsanctioned Time Trial, or any other swim deemed fair by the coach. It goes without saying that honesty will be the best policy when submitting times – the only way this program works if an ‘honest watch’ is used!
- We’ll start with SCM rankings – we’ll consider LCM if we get enough submissions.
- Results will be compiled and updated daily (or as quickly as possible) on the Swim BC Website.
- Results will be ranked by Age Group, Gender, and Time.
- Name (if Para – classification)
- Age (at the time of the performance)
- Club
- Event
- Course – SCM (we’ll do LCM if there’s enough demand)
- Time (mm:ss.00)
- Type of Start – please correct the time if alternate starts are used (we recognize not everyone has access to an idea racing environment)
- Blocks start – no time correction
- No blocks / start from deck – .5 sec correction (time – .5 sec = submitted time)
- Push start – 1.5 sec correction (time – 1.5 sec = submitted time)