At regular meets in the Winter, scoring for individual races is as follows:

First Place - Blue Ribbon – 6 points
Second Place - Red Ribbon – 4 points
Third Place - Yellow Ribbon – 3 points
Fourth Place - no ribbon -  2 points
Fifth Place - no ribbon - 1 points

At regular meets in the Summer, scoring for individual races is as follows:

First Place - Blue Ribbon – 5 points
Second Place - Red Ribbon – 3 points
Third Place - Yellow Ribbon – 1 points
(no sweeps allowed)

At a regular meets, scoring for relay races is as follows:

First place - Blue ribbon - 8 points
Second place - Red ribbon - 4 points
Third place - Yellow ribbon - 2 points

These points are calculated for both teams and the ‘winner’ of the meet is determined by the highest number of points.

Personal Best Ribbons

These are the white ribbons and they represent the swimmers best time – first time swims are automatically awarded a personal best. Each time the swimmer clocks a time better than the last (s)he swam in any given event a new personal best ribbon will be awarded. There will be a notation on the ribbon describing the event, the time, and the amount of time that was ‘taken off’ . For example : John Doe, Boys 9-10 , 50 Free, 34.15, (- 3.14). This indicates John’s time is 34.15 and he swam this event 3.14 seconds faster than his previous best. Personal Best ribbons are the most important ribbon your swimmer receives – this is their own personal time clock and a true indication of their progress.