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What looks like fading in the second 50 is often a slow first 50 in disguise. How to compare your swimmer's splits with peers who finish in the same time, and what it changes.
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What is a good 50 Free by age? Official USA Swimming B, BB, A and AA cuts for girls and boys, SCY and LCM, ages 8 to 18.
A final time says what happened. Splits say how. Sign in to Gophin, open Times → Splits, and read the Splits, vs PB, Pace and Find time tabs.
No spreadsheet. No PDF hunt. Sign in to Gophin, find your swimmer, and every sanctioned meet result lands in Best Times and Meets on its own.
Short course season is underway. Use last season's times, official cuts, and Gophin Compare → Seasons to set goals you can actually check.
Did that 100 Free make B, AA, or a championship cut? Sign in to Gophin, open Compare → Standards, and read the gap in seconds.
Club, region, country or meet: see where a swimmer sits in one event. Open Rankings (no account needed), set event, age and season, and read the gap.
A ranking is a map, not a verdict. What a swim ranking actually tells you about your swimmer, what it does not, and how to use it without the pressure.
At 15 she broke a world record, then finished 7th at the Olympics. What Allison Higson's career teaches parents about tracking a young swimmer.
Make sense of where a swimmer ranks. Understand regional vs national lists, course length effects, World Aquatics points, and when rankings mislead.
SB or PB? Two numbers, same event, different time windows. Learn when each one matters and how to keep them straight without a spreadsheet.
What actually happens to your swimmer's body after a championship meet, and how to help them recover in 24, 48, and 72 hours without overdoing it.
Your swimmer is training less and feels more tired. That is the taper. A plain-language guide to what it is, why it works, and how to support it.
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