USA Swimming’s Club Excellence program recognizes USA Swimming organizations with high-performing athletes 18 years and younger. Then based on points, they rank these teams and categorize them into Gold, Silver, and Bronze tiers. Lakeside Swim Team has been recognized as a Gold Medal Club 14 times since the program started in the early 2000’s. This past year, Lakeside received silver medal recognition for the first time, but our athletes have been working hard to climb our way back to Gold Medal Status.

Lakeside Swim Team members earn their Black National Team Cap once they achieve their first Summer Jr National Qualifying Time. At that level, they begin scoring points for the team within the Club Excellence Program. Scoring is based on the FINA Points Table, a power point rating system that assigns point values to swimming performances. In order to be eligible to score points, athletes must achieve a Gold, Silver, or Bronze standard between September 1st, 2017 and August 31st, 2018. Points for Gold swims will be multiplied by a factor of 2.0; points for Silver level swims will be increased by a factor of 1.5, and points for Bronze swims are equal to their point value. The Gold Time Standard is equal to the 150th ranked swimmer in the world last year for the women and the 200th ranked swimmer in the world last year for the men, the Silver Time Standard is equal to the 2018 LCM Phillips 66 National Championships, and the Bronze Time Standard is equal to the 2018 LCM Speedo Junior National Championships.

 

Gold Medal Swims

• Annabel Crush – 100 Backstroke

Silver Medal Swims

• Aldan Johnston – 200 Freestyle
• Emily Lenihan – 100 Backstroke
• Emily Lenihan – 200 Backstroke
• Ellie Masterson – 400 IM
• Hunter Tapp – 100 Backstroke

Bronze Medal Swims

• Jack Anderson – Top 5 Finish at the 5K Open Water Jr National Championship
• Alex Blom – 200 Breaststroke
• Alex Brehm – 100 Breaststroke
• Alex Brehm – 200 Breaststroke
• Cole Brown – 200 Butterfly
• Jake Burd – 100 Breaststroke
• Will Cole – 100 Free
• Will Cole – 200 Free
• Annabel Crush – 200 Backstroke
• Aldan Johnston – 100 Butterfly
• Aldan Johnston – 400 Freestyle
• Aldan Johnston – 200 IM
• Mackenzie Lanning – Top 5 Finish at the 5K Open Water Jr National Championship
• Emily Lenihan – 100 Butterfly
• Ellie Masterson – 200 Breaststroke
• Jackson Mussler – 200 Backstroke
• Grayson Schroering – 100 Breaststroke
• Grayson Schroering – 200 Breaststroke
• Hunter Tapp – 200 Backstroke
• Hunter Tapp – 100 Butterfly
• Hunter Tapp – 50 Freestyle
• Hunter Tapp – 100 Freestyle
• Hunter Tapp – 200 Freestyle