Competition

XLR8 is a motivational programme developed by Swimming New Zealand where swimmers score points across a combination of events and are ranked nationally on their performances. The programme recognizes versatility and all-round ability, rewarding correct application of the processes necessary for long term athlete development.

Swimming New Zealand awards the top XLR8 swimmers bi-monthly in the following age categories: 10 & Under, 11 years, 12 years, 13 years and 14 years.  These athletes receive a personalized XLR8 certificate (AQUABLACK teams, AQUABLACK swimmers) an XLR8 cap, and a SNZ sticker.

The most recent XLR8 award winners for November/December 2011 can be found below:
Females
10 & U     Gina Galloway                       KSCAK       4009
11 yrs     Ciara Duncan                         THAWK      3919
12 yrs     Yeonsu Lee                            NSSAK       3905
13 yrs     Scarlett Tacon                       CAPWN       3612
14 yrs     Liana Smith                           HPKCO       3767

Males
10 & U    Joshua Gilbert                         STRTR       3859
11 yrs    Thomas Wilson                        QESCB      3657
12 yrs    Scott Fairburn                          NSSAK      3501
13 yrs    Jeremy Hopkins                       NEPOT       3590
14 yrs    Dominic Mildon                        HPKCO      3929

To measure a swimmers' performance, SNZ recommend using XLR8 point scoring for swimmers aged 14 years and under, and FINA point scoring for swimmers age 15 years and over. 

Visit our partner site: www.takeyourmarks.com to:

• Record all your meet results, including your splits!
• Automatically store and maintain your best times
• Set and track your goal times
• Graph your results and splits
• Convert times from one course to another
• See your XLR8 and/or FINA point rankings