Congratulations to all swimmers who took part in the 2021/22 State Based National Age Challenge (to be known as National Junior Challenge going forward).
Each State nominated a key event/s near the end of the long course season whereby all times swum have been submitted to Swimming Australia and then combined to produce rankings for each age group and event.
After initially launching the pilot program at the beginning of the 2020/21 season, every event across the country that was associated with this Challenge was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19. Therefore, this year is the first-time results have been captured and rankings collated.
The Challenge provides young swimmers aged 11-14 years, many of whom are not yet be eligible to compete at the Australian Age Championships, with the opportunity to compete at state competitions and acquire a national virtual ranking in a range of events.
This allows young athletes to see where they’re positioned against competitors from around the country at a meet held in a similar time of year.
The ten eligible events this past season were:
• 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle
• 50m and 100m backstroke
• 50m and 100m breaststroke
• 50m and 100m butterfly
• 200m individual medley
Following the conclusion of all nominated meets, Swimming Australia creates a national ranking which will be recognised and celebrated on Swimming Australia’s website.
Provided below are the top 50 national virtual rankings for 2021/22 for each gender, age group and event. Those swimmers coloured in gold are ranked in the top 5% for their age group. Those coloured in silver are swimmers ranked in the 6% to 25% for the age group. Those coloured in bronze are in the top 26% to 50% of swimmers in their age.
Full results are available via the links below:
