In lieu of competitions, we have decided to participate in Swim England's Level 'X' Racing Series. This will provide our Regional Squad members with an opportunity to compete in a competition style environment and to have times recorded in 50m, 100m, 200m & 400m events across all four strokes and the IM.
Please see below for further information on the Level 'X' Racing:
What is it?
· Level 'X' Racing is a club time trial, held in normal training session times, with results being submitted to Swim England's Rankings database.
· It is a fun opportunity for swimmers to practice some racing skills in the absence of competitions due to COVID-19.
· Swim England will publish leaderboards at designated times throughout the racing period to celebrate success.
Who is it for?
· Any Swim England 'category 2' member can take part in Level X Racing. Swim England are offering a free upgrade to Category 2 for current Category 1 members for the remainder of 2020 to enable them to take part in Level X Racing, however to participate in 2021 swimmers will need to be a fully paid Category 2 member.
· Only swimmers who would usually be attending that particular training session should take part in Level X Racing sessions, and all swimmers should take part with social distancing maintained throughout.
When is it happening?
· Series 1 of Level X Racing starts on 23 October and ends on 31 December 2020. You can view the schedule here (https://www.swimming.org/sport/level-x-racing-schedule/).
· Series 2 of Level X Racing will start in January 2021 with dates being published in December 2020.
How will Leeds run these time trials?
· Level 'X' time trials will be organised in normal squad training time. For Regional Squads, these time trials will take place at John Charles Aquatics Centre on a series of Friday evenings. Swimmers will follow the programme below:
| Date | Events |
| Friday 13th November 2020 | 50m Butterfly; 100m Backstroke; 200m IM; 50m Breaststroke,100m Freestyle |
| Friday 20th November 2020 | 100m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke, 200m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle |
| Friday 4th December 2020 | 200m Butterfly, 200m Backstroke, 200m Breaststroke |
| Friday 18th December 2020 | 400m Freestyle, 400m IM |
· All children will have the opportunity to race in the above events.
· Coaches may withdraw swimmers in certain events if they feel swimmers are not ready to swim the event/ distance to the standard of ASA technical law.
· Only swimmers who compete races to the ASA technical standard will qualify for their result to be sent to the ASA rankings. .
· Any disqualifications by swimmers will be shown in the results as DQ.
· Any swimmers who are absent ot have not taken part in a particular event will be shown in the results as DNC.
· Unfortunately, it will not be possible for parents/guardians to spectate.
· There will be another round of time trials in January 2021. As soon as Swim England publish dates, we will make the necessary arrangements for our swimmers to participate also.
What does my child need to bring to these sessions?
· Your child will be permitted to wear a racing costume for these sessions. They should arrive in this costume, as there will be no facilities for getting changed.
· Please also ensure that your child has adequate drinks bottles available and an extra towel/t-shirt to keep warm whilst they wait to race.
Best of Luck!
The Regional Team
