Age as at 31st December 2020 – All times to be achieved in licensed meets L1, 2 or 3 between 1st September 2019 and the closing date of 15th April 2020.
800m and 1500m qualifying times for Boys 14/under & 15/over and Girls 13/under & 14/over
All times are 50m qualifying times. 50m recorded times are accepted or 25m times converted to 50m to qualify will be accepted.
Converted times will be accepted from Sportsystems https://www.sportsys.co.uk/?page_id=197
Sportsystems is used by swimmingresults.org and Swim England
Swim England West Midlands Region has taken the decision to move to long course qualifying times for 2020, as the Midland Championships is swum LC. This aligns us with other Regions that have also moved to LC QT’s recently (Swim England East Midlands did this this year).
At the same time we have had to change some of the times as we had too many swimmers competing in the 50m events this year, which lead to safety concerns regarding the number of swimmers poolside. Some 50m events were converted to LC times (using the sports systems converter) and some were adjusted depending on the number of heats/swimmers in 2019 West Midland Regional Championships.
For the distance events we also converted times from SC to LC but have also adjusted the times to try and equalise the number of heats per distance/gender.
If you require any further clarification please contact our regional Events and Competitions co-ordinator at [email protected]