Bomi Park scored 2374 points at the IMX Good for 6th in Southern California Swimming

      This was the first competition for The Armada in the newly established IMX Challenge which assigns IMX points for each event based on the ranking of the swimmer's times in the International IMX point standards.  Coach, Garman explained that the IMX scores allow comparison of swimmers in different age groups. Since the IMX scores are based on a National percentile ranking, swimmers of different ages can be compared based on this ranking rather than on swim times. The IMX points for each event were tallied to determine an IMX point total for each swimmer. “IMX scores over 2000 represent significant achievement,” according to Garman, “while totals over 3000 place the swimmer at a very elite level.”

     Leading the way for the Armada was 13 year old Ryan Kao, who scored an incredible 4,751 points, the sixth highest total in the nation at this point in the season.  Bomi Park was the highest ranked IMX swimmer for the 12 year old girls, scoring 2,871 points and ranking her 8th in Southern California.  Patrick Young was the top 12 year old boy for the Armada with 2,359 points and Emmett Poon led the 14 year old boys with an impressive 3,487 points, sixth best in southern California.

      Senior Coach Jacobson was very impressed with the IMX scores of several swimmers noting that it was still early in the short course season and the team was training hard without any tapering before the meet. “These IMX scores are remarkable,” added coach Jacobsen, “because the swimmer must be very proficient in all strokes to achieve such high marks.” “The IMX scores show our swimmers are excelling in all age groups,” concludes Jacobson, “The
Armada is on track to have a very exciting season.”