Bishop McDevitt Swimming Presidents' Day Challenge Set - Monday, February 20

Bishop McDevitt Swimming Presidents' Day Challenge Set

(credit given to Ryan Woodruff, Head Coach Lynchburg YMCA, for the basis of this set)

2 rounds of the following:
2 x (75 FAST + 75 easy) on 3:00
2 x (75 FAST + 50 easy) on 2:30
2 x (75 FAST + 25 easy) on 2:00

Guidelines to successfully complete this set:
• Each 75 FAST swim can be no slower than best 100 time minus 00:07.5. For example, if a swimmer’s best 100 free time is 1:00.00 and they choose freestyle for the 75 FAST, they must finish the 75 FAST at 52.50 or faster.
• Swimmers must complete the FAST and easy swim on the assigned interval.
• The first and second round may be completed doing different strokes but each round should be completed doing only one stroke.
• The first and third group of FAST/easy swims will begin from a dive. The second group of FAST/easy swims will begin from a push-off.
• A break may be provided after the first round, at the coaches’ discretion.
• Two times (2) is the set’s default repeat for each group of FAST/easy swims.
• The default repeat will not decrease but could increase based on the team's averaged score for the U.S. Presidents quiz. If the average score for the team’s quiz result is 85% or higher (at least a B average), the practice will be completed as written. If the average score for the team’s quiz result is 80-84%, one additional repeat (3 instead of 2) will be required to successfully complete the set. If the average score for the team’s quiz result is 75-79%, two additional repeats (4 instead of 2) will be required to successfully complete the set.

• The U.S. Presidents Quiz: List the 45 U.S. Presidents in order (Grover Cleveland served two, non-consecutive terms).

• Use this list of U.S. Presidents to study.

• Swimmers will receive a paper that looks like this to complete the quiz.

Scoring the Quiz:

• If a president is listed in the incorrect position (George Washington listed incorrectly as the 2nd President), 2 points will be deducted.
• If a president is not listed at all (Donald Trump’s name does not appear on the completed quiz), 1 point will be deducted (you’re better off not blindly guessing unless you’re sure of a correct sequence – see below).
• If at least three presidents are listed in the correct consecutive order but placed next to the incorrect number sequence, only 3 points will be deducted.
Correct order but incorrect number:

5. James Madison
6. James Monroe
7. John Quincy Adams

In this example, Madison, Monroe and Adams is a correct sequence but the numerical order is 4th, 5th and 6th U.S. President (not 5th, 6th, 7th).

• The quiz will be scored in three parts to eliminate a compounding of point deductions. No more than 12 points will be deducted for the 1st-15th U.S. President, 16th-30th U.S. President, and 31st-45th U.S. President (hint: study as groups of 15)

Swimmers will have from 3:30-4:00 p.m. to finish the quiz (arrive early if you wish to have a half hour to complete the quiz).

Any District qualifier that is not present for the quiz, without acceptable excuse, will receive a 50% which will be included in the team's averaged score.

Good Luck!