Swimming 100 time, 12 year old?

[Anonymous]

Sorry if this is really specific, but what's a good time for 100 free for a 12 year old boy?
Thinking of transitioning from a summer to a full year program, and he just got timed at his class, so I'm curious.
thanks

[Anonymous]

"Really good" depends on the comparison group but the US age group motivational time standards should give you a good idea:

https://www.usaswimming.org/docs/default-source/timesdocuments/time-standards/2020motivationaltimes-top16.pdf


This article explains the age group times:

https://reachforthewall.org/2018/10/26/age-group-motivational-times/

You can also check the standards for the meet your child is trying to qualify for (JOs, zones, etc.) on the PVS meet announcement page:

https://www.pvswim.org/schedule.html

Best of luck to your swimmer!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the links!
So if he's right around the B minimum, is that enough to make a good local year round team, or does he need to get better?

[Anonymous]

A good time is him progressing and improving at his own pace. If he wants year round, go for it. Don't try to compare him to kids who have been swimming 5-6 years year round.

[Anonymous]

It's a hard question to answer based on just the 1 time. By age 12 most year round teams will expect that he will at a minimum have four legal strokes and be able to complete a legal 100 IM. It will also depend on space in the specific program you are interested in. However if he has a B time with no previous competitive experience I would say he's off to a good start! Most teams don't have try outs this time of year but if you contact the teams directly they may be able to do an evaluation (again depending on space).

[Anonymous]

They tell me my stepson is a very talented swimmer. He’s 14 now but I checked his stats from a meet when he was 12. He swam the 100 free in 51.26 and placed second at the meet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They tell me my stepson is a very talented swimmer. He’s 14 now but I checked his stats from a meet when he was 12. He swam the 100 free in 51.26 and placed second at the meet.

Hmm, are you sure you got that right? A 53.29 is a AAAA time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They tell me my stepson is a very talented swimmer. He’s 14 now but I checked his stats from a meet when he was 12. He swam the 100 free in 51.26 and placed second at the meet.

Supposedly your step son is top 20 in the US. There was no single 12 y.o. with 51.26 100FR time in 2018 competition year. All individual swimming times is openly published info. And you also marked my previous response to your message to be deleted so you can continue posting non-factual "record" times of your relative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They tell me my stepson is a very talented swimmer. He’s 14 now but I checked his stats from a meet when he was 12. He swam the 100 free in 51.26 and placed second at the meet.

Supposedly your step son is top 20 in the US. There was no single 12 y.o. with 51.26 100FR time in 2018 competition year. All individual swimming times is openly published info. And you also marked my previous response to your message to be deleted so you can continue posting non-factual "record" times of your relative.

You posted his name so I asked Jeff to delete. I messaged him and he said for state the cutoff time is 56 and regionals is 1:01 if that helps the OP to determine what a good time is.

[Anonymous]

There was no swimmer with exact that time in 2018.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They tell me my stepson is a very talented swimmer. He’s 14 now but I checked his stats from a meet when he was 12. He swam the 100 free in 51.26 and placed second at the meet.

Supposedly your step son is top 20 in the US. There was no single 12 y.o. with 51.26 100FR time in 2018 competition year. All individual swimming times is openly published info. And you also marked my previous response to your message to be deleted so you can continue posting non-factual "record" times of your relative.

You posted his name so I asked Jeff to delete. I messaged him and he said for state the cutoff time is 56 and regionals is 1:01 if that helps the OP to determine what a good time is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They tell me my stepson is a very talented swimmer. He’s 14 now but I checked his stats from a meet when he was 12. He swam the 100 free in 51.26 and placed second at the meet.

Supposedly your step son is top 20 in the US. There was no single 12 y.o. with 51.26 100FR time in 2018 competition year. All individual swimming times is openly published info. And you also marked my previous response to your message to be deleted so you can continue posting non-factual "record" times of your relative.

You posted his name so I asked Jeff to delete. I messaged him and he said for state the cutoff time is 56 and regionals is 1:01 if that helps the OP to determine what a good time is.

Even if your step son indeed swam that time, what’s the point of sharing this info with parents asking about good time for a beginner 12 yo?
It’s like saying “Phelps swam 49 for 100FR” or whatever, but how relevant it is to the author of this thread rather than teasing her child who is a beginner ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They tell me my stepson is a very talented swimmer. He’s 14 now but I checked his stats from a meet when he was 12. He swam the 100 free in 51.26 and placed second at the meet.

Supposedly your step son is top 20 in the US. There was no single 12 y.o. with 51.26 100FR time in 2018 competition year. All individual swimming times is openly published info. And you also marked my previous response to your message to be deleted so you can continue posting non-factual "record" times of your relative.

You posted his name so I asked Jeff to delete. I messaged him and he said for state the cutoff time is 56 and regionals is 1:01 if that helps the OP to determine what a good time is.

You messaged your 14 year old stepson in the middle of a school day to ask that?

[Anonymous]

This thread is making me laugh because the swimming world is so small and I think I could probably guess who the kid is that went a 51 at age 12.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They tell me my stepson is a very talented swimmer. He’s 14 now but I checked his stats from a meet when he was 12. He swam the 100 free in 51.26 and placed second at the meet.

Supposedly your step son is top 20 in the US. There was no single 12 y.o. with 51.26 100FR time in 2018 competition year. All individual swimming times is openly published info. And you also marked my previous response to your message to be deleted so you can continue posting non-factual "record" times of your relative.

You posted his name so I asked Jeff to delete. I messaged him and he said for state the cutoff time is 56 and regionals is 1:01 if that helps the OP to determine what a good time is.

Even if your step son indeed swam that time, what’s the point of sharing this info with parents asking about good time for a beginner 12 yo?
It’s like saying “Phelps swam 49 for 100FR” or whatever, but how relevant it is to the author of this thread rather than teasing her child who is a beginner ?

I wasn’t trying to make her feel bad at all! She asked what a good time is so I shared a time of a good swimmer I know personally. I even went back a bit in his meet history to make sure I pulled a time from when he was a young 12 and not closer to 13. She wants to know what is considered a good time- I posted a good time from an actual 12 year old in an actual race.