2025 SC TAGS Championships Information
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The 2025 Short Course Texas Age Group Swimming (TAGS) Championships will be held from March 6-9, 2025, at the FMH Foundation Natatorium in Midland, TX. This championship meet will bring together some of the top age-group swimmers from across Texas to compete in a wide range of events, including freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and relays.
Meet Details
- Location: FMH Foundation Natatorium, Midland, TX
- Dates: March 6-9, 2025
- Host LSC: West Texas Swimming
- Sanction: WT-0306-25
This meet is conducted under USA Swimming sanctioning and will feature prelims/finals format for most events, with some timed finals.
Qualifying Time Standards
To participate in the 2025 SC TAGS Championships, swimmers must meet specific time standards for their age group. Both qualifying and bonus standards are available.
View the full 2025 SC TAGS time standards here:
2025 SC TAGS Championships Time Standards
Eligibility
- Age Groups: 10 & Under, 11-12, and 13-14.
- Time Standards: Swimmers must meet the required time standards in a sanctioned, approved, or observed USA Swimming meet.
- BONUS EVENTS: Swimmers with one qualifying time may enter additional bonus events if they meet the bonus time standards, subject to event limits.
Entries
- Entry Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2025, at 12:00 PM (Noon CST)
- Entry Process: All entries must be submitted via USA Swimming’s OME system (Online Meet Entry).
- Entry Limits:
- Max 7 individual events for the meet
- Max 3 individual events per day
- Max 2 relay events per day
Entry Fees:
- Individual Events: $15.00 per event
- Relay Events: $30.00 per relay
- Swimmer Facility Surcharge: $25.00 per swimmer
- TSA Membership Dues: $50.00 per team (must be paid through OME)
Deck entries are allowed at $30 per individual event and $60 per relay (subject to time availability).
Facility Information
- Location: FMH Foundation Natatorium, Midland, TX
- Pool: Two 10-lane, 25-yard pools with non-turbulent lane lines.
- Timing: Colorado Timing System with touchpads and Hy-Tek Meet Manager.
- Spectator Seating: Available, with the pool deck restricted to athletes, coaches, and officials.
- Warm-up Lanes: Designated warm-up lanes will be available in the diving pool.
Meet Schedule & Warm-ups
- Thursday, March 6, 2025:
- Warm-up: 2:00 PM
- Meet Start: 4:30 PM
- Friday-Sunday (March 7-9, 2025):
- Morning Prelims:
- Warm-up starts at 7:00 AM
- Meet begins at 9:10 AM (Friday) / 9:00 AM (Sat & Sun)
- Finals:
- Warm-ups at 3:15 PM
- Finals session begins at 4:30 PM
- Morning Prelims:
There will be a three-hour break between prelims and finals each day.
Scratch Procedures
- Prelims are pre-seeded, and scratches must be submitted by the published deadlines.
- Finals:
- Swimmers who qualify for finals must declare their intent to scratch or compete within 30 minutes of the preliminary results being posted.
- Failure to compete in a final after qualifying will result in removal from the rest of the meet unless properly scratched.
Scoring & Awards
- Scoring:
- Top 20 places score in individual and relay events.
- Individual Events: 24-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-11-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
- Relay Events: Double points (48-42-40-38, etc.).
- Awards:
- Medals: 1st - 10th place (individual events)
- Ribbons: 11th - 20th place
- Relay Medals: 1st - 3rd place, Ribbons 4th - 10th place
- High Point Awards: Presented to the highest-scoring boy & girl in each age group.
- TSA Team Trophies: Awarded to the Top 10 teams, with the 1st place team receiving the Leo Cancellare Trophy.
- Horizon Award: Given to the team with the greatest improvement in standings compared to 2024.
Relays
- Teams may enter unlimited relays per event.
- Relay Qualification:
- Swim-up or aggregate times may be used.
- If a team has 3 individual qualifiers, they may bring 1 relay-only swimmer to fill out relays.
- Relay Declaration:
- Teams must declare relay lineups by 6:00 PM the evening before each relay event.
- Fastest 10 relays may elect to swim in finals.
Additional Meet Details
- Time Trials:
- Time trials will be offered Friday & Saturday only (not Thursday or Sunday).
- Swimmers may only swim one time trial per day.
- Fee: $30 per individual event, $60 per relay.
- Officials & Coaches:
- All coaches and officials must be current 2025 USA Swimming members and display credentials at all times.
- Officials must attend mandatory pre-session meetings.
- General Meeting:
- All swimmers must be represented at the mandatory Zoom meeting on Wednesday, March 5, at 8:00 PM.
How to Watch & Follow
No paper results will be posted. Results can be found on Meet Mobile and on the TSA & COM websites. For more information, download the official meet announcement:
2025 SC TAGS Meet Announcement (PDF)This is a premier meet for age-group swimmers in Texas, and a fantastic opportunity to race against the best in the state. We look forward to seeing you in Midland this March!
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I thought TAGS was at Midland
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Last season long course was in College Station
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@olliebug_swims
Thank you so much! The meet information has been updated now.
