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01/10/2026 12:38

Subject: IMX

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Anonymous wrote:Why doesn’t NCAP send all of its best Age Group kids to the annual IMX meet?

Burke’s Silver 1 group is attending but not their Bronze 1 group. This means only the 13-14 Age group swimmers, not the younger ones.

And many 14 year olds won't go because of HS swim if they're freshmen.

The top 14 year olds will be there because the best club swimmers prioritize club over HS.

Not if they are gunning for HS records and regional and state cuts. Those meets are good racing meets.

To be fair, the top 14 year old club swimmers already have their regional and state cuts. The IMX meet also only conflicts with dual meets this year which are generally pretty slow. YMMV on this but at least at our particular site there is no one opting out of IMX in favor of HS meets.

Serious question - what clubs are really pushing IMX. My kids have gone and it was a meh meet. Looking at last year's times 13-14s do not have significant drops but a lot of adds. The 12&U do have drops, but generally every time a little kid swims prepuperty they are improving technique and make drops or they start growing and make huge drops.

We are a top PVS club and IMX is treated very much like an open and not a big deal. I know for the UMD IMX it attracts regional clubs to it and is a great travel meet opportunity - which sadly it is not for the us local teams.

What clubs are really pushing IMX in PVS and Virginia league?

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01/10/2026 23:25

Subject: IMX

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Anonymous wrote:Why doesn’t NCAP send all of its best Age Group kids to the annual IMX meet?

Burke’s Silver 1 group is attending but not their Bronze 1 group. This means only the 13-14 Age group swimmers, not the younger ones.

And many 14 year olds won't go because of HS swim if they're freshmen.

The top 14 year olds will be there because the best club swimmers prioritize club over HS.

Not if they are gunning for HS records and regional and state cuts. Those meets are good racing meets.

To be fair, the top 14 year old club swimmers already have their regional and state cuts. The IMX meet also only conflicts with dual meets this year which are generally pretty slow. YMMV on this but at least at our particular site there is no one opting out of IMX in favor of HS meets.

Serious question - what clubs are really pushing IMX. My kids have gone and it was a meh meet. Looking at last year's times 13-14s do not have significant drops but a lot of adds. The 12&U do have drops, but generally every time a little kid swims prepuperty they are improving technique and make drops or they start growing and make huge drops.

We are a top PVS club and IMX is treated very much like an open and not a big deal. I know for the UMD IMX it attracts regional clubs to it and is a great travel meet opportunity - which sadly it is not for the us local teams.

What clubs are really pushing IMX in PVS and Virginia league?

In PVS, NCAP and RMSC are the largest clubs that participate. ASA, AAC, OCCS, the Potomac Marlins, and TOLL participate as well. Machine is the best club locally that doesn’t participate. The 13-14 meet is very difficult. On the Saturday they swim the 2 Fly, 2 IM and 2 Breast, which is not a lineup anyone would normally swim in a single day and obviously will result in lots of adds. Our club/site looks at it as a good mental and physical challenge for the 13-14 swimmers leading into March champs season. It’s more part of the heavy January training block than a meet where kids are expected to throw down best times, especially because for the 13-14s this is a distance meet. It’s not a champs meet by any stretch, but it’s a much better benchmark meet than a random HS dual meet.

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01/11/2026 11:51

Subject: IMX

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Anonymous wrote:Why doesn’t NCAP send all of its best Age Group kids to the annual IMX meet?

Burke’s Silver 1 group is attending but not their Bronze 1 group. This means only the 13-14 Age group swimmers, not the younger ones.

And many 14 year olds won't go because of HS swim if they're freshmen.

The top 14 year olds will be there because the best club swimmers prioritize club over HS.

Not if they are gunning for HS records and regional and state cuts. Those meets are good racing meets.

To be fair, the top 14 year old club swimmers already have their regional and state cuts. The IMX meet also only conflicts with dual meets this year which are generally pretty slow. YMMV on this but at least at our particular site there is no one opting out of IMX in favor of HS meets.

Serious question - what clubs are really pushing IMX. My kids have gone and it was a meh meet. Looking at last year's times 13-14s do not have significant drops but a lot of adds. The 12&U do have drops, but generally every time a little kid swims prepuperty they are improving technique and make drops or they start growing and make huge drops.

We are a top PVS club and IMX is treated very much like an open and not a big deal. I know for the UMD IMX it attracts regional clubs to it and is a great travel meet opportunity - which sadly it is not for the us local teams.

What clubs are really pushing IMX in PVS and Virginia league?

In PVS, NCAP and RMSC are the largest clubs that participate. ASA, AAC, OCCS, the Potomac Marlins, and TOLL participate as well. Machine is the best club locally that doesn’t participate. The 13-14 meet is very difficult. On the Saturday they swim the 2 Fly, 2 IM and 2 Breast, which is not a lineup anyone would normally swim in a single day and obviously will result in lots of adds. Our club/site looks at it as a good mental and physical challenge for the 13-14 swimmers leading into March champs season. It’s more part of the heavy January training block than a meet where kids are expected to throw down best times, especially because for the 13-14s this is a distance meet. It’s not a champs meet by any stretch, but it’s a much better benchmark meet than a random HS dual meet.