Oyster River Otters

Individual Goals

We always emphasize personal improvement first. It is only when individuals improve that the team can improve.

Individual swimmers look to cut time and swim a race without disqualifying.

The team looks to the Championship meet where it needs to be the strongest it’s been all season.

As soon as a swimmer completes a race legally, a time is recorded in our database.

This becomes the seed time for the next meet.

Sometimes, we time swimmers during practice and use this time to seed them so that the meet runs more smoothly.

Swimmers in every age group can swim more races than are offered at most Otter home meets.

Due to time, the league has decided on specific races that will be used at the Championship meet. These races are also used at the dual home meets.

When an Otter swimmer shows proficiency in a shorter distance race and wants to swim the longer distance race, the coach will put the swimmer in the race when it is available.

The swimmer most likely will be seeded with older swimmers.

Unless, told differently, the swimmer will not be scored in her/his age group, but with the age group for which the race at the meet is intended.

8 and under swimmers

League meet: 25 free, 50 free, 25 back, 25 breast, 25 fly, 100 IM

Other events: 100 free, 50 back, 50 breast, 50 fly, 200 IM

9 –10 swimmers

League meets: 50 free, 100 free, 50 back, 50 breast, 50 fly, 100 IM

Other events: 200 free, 500 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 100 fly, 200 IM

11-12 swimmers

League meets: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 50 back, 50 breast, 50 fly, 200 IM

Other events: 800 free, 1650 free, 100 back, 200 back, 100 breast, 200 breast 100 fly, 200 fly, 100 IM, 400 IM

13 and up swimmers:

League meets: 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 100 fly, 200 IM

Other events: 800 free, 1650 free, 200 back, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 IM