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GLOSSARY OF SWIMMING TERMS<br />
“A” Times. Motivational time standards for USA <strong>Swimming</strong>. The “A” Times are the qualifying<br />
time standards for the “A” Championship meet. (See USA Time Standards below)<br />
Age Group Swim meet. All USA registered <strong>swim</strong>mers 18 years old or younger who have met the<br />
qualifying time standard for specific events are eligible to participate in their age category. Age on<br />
the first day of the meet shall govern the entire meet.<br />
AGSR. (Age Group Standard Requirement). Motivational time standards for USA <strong>Swimming</strong>.<br />
These time standards are the qualifying time standards for the JO Championship meet and Senior<br />
Championship meet for USA <strong>Swimming</strong>. (See USA Time Standards below)<br />
“B” Times. Motivational time standards for USA <strong>Swimming</strong>. (See USA Time Standards below)<br />
Bullpen. Where <strong>swim</strong>mers report to at meets before their events, to receive their entry cards and<br />
to be placed into their heat and lane assignments.<br />
Circle Seeding. In trials or preliminaries of preliminary-finals meets, the <strong>swim</strong>mers in the top 3<br />
heats are intermingled so that the fastest three <strong>swim</strong>mers are in the middle lanes of the last 3 heats,<br />
the next 3 fastest are in the lane next fastest lanes, and so forth. In finals, those finishing fastest by<br />
time <strong>swim</strong> in the top 1 or 2 heats (Final and Consolation Final).<br />
Consolation Finals. The first or slower of two heats of finals at a championship meet.<br />
Course. Designated distance over which the competition is conducted. Long course (LCM) is 50<br />
Meters; short course is 25 Yards (SCY) or 25 Meters (SCM).<br />
Deck Seeding. Heat and lane assignments are determined for the <strong>swim</strong>mers at the beginning of<br />
each meet session, after scratches are taken out.<br />
DQ. Disqualification. A disqualification occurs when a <strong>swim</strong>mer performs a stroke, touch, or<br />
turn incorrectly or when entering the water before the start (a false start).<br />
False Start. A <strong>swim</strong>mer who enters the water before a race or who moves during the start may be<br />
charged with a false start. This results in disqualification.<br />
Dual Meet. Meets conducted between two <strong>team</strong>s, usually with a limitation on the number of<br />
entrants from each <strong>team</strong>.<br />
Finals. The session of a meet where the finalists, who were determined previously in qualifying<br />
rounds, <strong>swim</strong> to determine the ultimate order of finish for each event. Usually there are 1-2 heats<br />
of finalists; most trials-finals meets are championship meets.<br />
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