TOPS
Tiny Olympic Prospects (TOPs) is a program run by Swimnews magazine
that encourages distance swimming for athletes 10 years and younger.
Olympians Swimming participates in TOPS three times a year. Distance
swimming is important component of athlete development because:
it is easier for younger swimmers to see significant improvements in time in distance races than in sprinting races
physiologically
speaking, younger athletes possess only aerobic energy systems that
make distance swimming easier than sprinting
Distances required by SwimNews in order to get the time published in the magazine are:
Age
Freestyle
IM
7&under
200m
100m
8
400m
100m
9
800m
200m
10
1500m
400m
The Olympians Swim Club participates in TOPs 4 times per year.
