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The AMYMSA Championship Meet Results are available. The Top-10 swims for this season have also been updated.

Division Results for 2008 Championships

Male Division I:         		Female Division I:
  South Hills   395	                   South Hills     440  
  Erie          384
  Jamestown     336
   
Male Division II: 	            Female Division II:

   Greensburg    282                   Greensburg      303
   Lock Haven    259                   Erie            281
   Grove City    245                   Grove City      220    
   Sewickley     206                   Cranberry       212
   Cranberry     184  	               Jamestown       198
   Baierl        134                   Alleg. Valley   189 
                                       Baierl          135

Male Division III:              Female Division III:

  Hollidaysburg      100               Valley Points    42
  Beaver County       82               Sewickley        39
  Wilmerding          80       	       McKeesport       30
  Allegheny Valley    39               Wilmerding       16
  Clearfield          38
  Meadville           32






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AMYMSA General Information
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AMYMSA is the Allegheny Mountain YMCA/YWCA Masters Swimming Association.
This association began in 1976 to promote competitive swimming in the 'more-mature' ages (18 and over). The association has member teams from YMCAs and YWCAs that span the Allegheny Mountain region of Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia. It sponsors about 12 regular meets per year that each cover about half of the swimming events, a Mail-In 1650 Meet, and a championship meet at the end of the season that covers all the events. The regular season starts in September and runs throught March with either one or two meets each month with one of the member teams sponsoring the meet at either the local YMCA/YWCA, a local college/university/high school, or other available municiple pools.
The regular swim meets provide for competition within a person's age group and gender and also across age groups. The regular swim meets also includes relays. In addition, the championship meet provides competition between the organized teams and determines Team Champions for men's teams, women's teams, and combined teams and includes different size categories for the teams (e.g., "large" teams and "small" teams).
For all meets, seeding of the events is from fastest to slowest with men, women, and all age groups intermixed. The fastest heats swim first and continue down to the slowest heats. Results are summarized by age group and gender categories. The age groups are generally broken down in 5 year increments (18-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, ...). The association has had participants in the 85-89 age group category and hope to expand it beyond that. Relays are classified by the total age of the relay team members (72-99, 100-139, 140-179, 180-219, 220-259, 260-299,...) and the gender makeup of the relay (Men, Women, Mixed). Historical records of the fastest swims in the association-sponsored meets is also maintained (Top-10 Swims Lists)
To participate, a person only needs to be a member of a YMCA or YWCA and contact the association Secretary to register the team for the season. The association has teams with as little as a single member. A participant should be able to at least swim one length of a pool (typically 25 yards) since the minimum event distance is one length.