Swimming New Zealand has committed to undertaking a review of our competitive swimming pathway to ensure that our national events calendar is appropriately aligned to the Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) Progression model.
a series of presentations on the proposed competitive pathway has been conducted with leading NZ coaches, NZSCTA as well as presentations at national competitions. The presentation aims to outline the current progression and performance of New Zealand swimmers of all ages, what SNZ believe are the challenges in front of us to be addressed and how we might go about it.
Main Changes
- There will no longer be a Div II competition
- Age Groups to be split into two competitions, Age Group and Youth
- The pathway would be broken down on ages rather than performance. National Age Group and National Youth Championships would replace the current NAG and Div II.
NZ JUNIORS FESTIVAL − Male10 to 12, Female 10 and 11
- Short course
- Key Qualifying events 100/200IM as the initial qualification requirement
- Timed finals
- Programme and qualifying times would be revised according with the new format
- Recognition to swimmers performing across different strokes and distances (similar to the take your marks rankings) would be applied.
NZ AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHPS
- Male 13 to 15, Female 12 and 13
- Long course
- Olympic and distance non Olympic events
- Heats and finals except for 400, 800 and 1500 that would be timed finals
- 1 final and 1 podium per event/age
NZ YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Male 16 to 18, Female 14 to 16
- Long course
- Olympic and distance non Olympic events
- Heats and finals except for 800 and 1500 that would be timed finals.
- A,B and C finals (ages combined)
- 1 podium per event
NZ SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Qualifying times for three categories:
- Age Group
- Youth
- Senior
- Olympic and non Olympic events
- Heats and finals except for 800 and 1500 that would be timed finals
Click here to view details “SNZ New Competitive Pathway Proposal”