Schroeder YMCA Swim Team Silver Medal Club in 2012

Schroeder YMCA Swim Tean has been recognized again as a USA Swimming Silver Medal Club.  This distinguishes USA member clubs that have achieved competitive success during the year prior and is a good indication of the team's relative stature within the USA Swimming family.  At the inception of the Club Excellence Program, Schroeder was recognized as a Bronze Medal Team, for the last six years Schroeder has been recognized as a Silver Medal Team.

SwimMAC Wins First- Ever Club Excellence Title

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – SwimMAC Carolina is the decisive team champion in the 2012 Club Excellence rankings. Scoring 59,856 points, Coach David Marsh’s club took top honors for the first time. The Dynamo Swim Club finished in 2nd place with 50,882 points followed by the Mission Viejo Nadadores in 3rd position with 47,588.

The following clubs achieved the coveted Gold Medal level for 2012:

1. SwimMAC Carolina 59,856
2. Dynamo Swim Club 50,882
3. Mission Viejo Nadadores 47,588
4. Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics 46,072 
5. North Baltimore Aquatic 44,005
6. Swim Atlanta 38,388
7. Sarasota YMCA Sharks 33,104
8. First Colony Swim Team 32,765 
9. Bolles School Sharks 32,554
10. Lakeside Swim Team 31,970
11. Curl Burke Swim Club 31,928
12. Germantown Academy A.C. 31,508
13. Carmel Swim Club 29,897
14. Y Spartaquatics Swim Club 29,141
15. North Coast Aquatics 28,856
16. Rockville-Montgomery S.C. 25,951
17. NOVA of Virginia Aquatics 24,383
18. Nashville Aquatic Club 23,808
19. Santa Clara Swim Club 22,874
20. Crimson Aquatics 22,462 

Three clubs have achieved the Gold Medal level for the first time this year…First Colony Swim Team, Y Spartaquatics Swim Club, and Crimson Aquatics. This year, the competition was the toughest in the history of the program. Of the 306 teams that submitted applications for this year’s program, a record 88 clubs achieved the criteria for Gold Medal eligibility. Following is a chart showing the minimum point totals to finish Gold, Silver, or Bronze this year vs. 2011 …

There were several key changes to this year’s program. The most notable being: 
• Only 18 & Under athletes are eligible to participate
• The number of Gold Medal teams has increased from 16 to 20 teams
• Scoring was added in the Women’s 1500 Free and the Men’s 800 Free
• Scoring was added for participants in USA Swimming’s Open Water Nationals, and
• The dates for eligible performances are based on the 2010-2011 swim year, not the calendar year as in the past

Clubs have been selected as Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal clubs according to the following parameters:

Gold Level: The top 20 point-scoring clubs eligible for the Gold level.
Silver Level: The remaining clubs ranked through #100 and not achieving Gold status.
Bronze Level: Clubs ranked #101 through #200 and not achieving Gold or Silver status.

The program recognizes USA Swimming clubs for their commitment to excellence in performance. In addition to recognizing the top club teams, the program provides grant funding for resources that enable clubs to expand and/or enhance the services they already provide to athletes. A total of $330,000 in grant dollars will be distributed to the 100 Gold and Silver-level clubs. Final grant awards will be announced by April 20.