Melissa Alms

Fage 17VACA-YGATRUN-CY

88 plausible swims · 15 meets · 2019-11-02 → 2023-01-29

Personal records

EventCourseBest CutDateMeet
50 Freestyle SCY 25.01 AA+0.02s to AAA 2022-02-26 2022 VA SW 9 & Over District Champs venue
100 Freestyle SCY 55.35 AA+1.26s to AAA 2022-03-03 2022 VSI SC Senior Championships
200 Freestyle SCY 1:58.17 AA+1.18s to AAA 2022-11-19 Cavalier Aquatics Fall Invite slow pool
500 Freestyle SCY 5:21.83 AA+6.24s to AAA 2023-01-15 Cavalier Aquatics Winter Rumble slow pool
1000 Freestyle SCY 11:02.50 AA+9.61s to AAA 2023-01-13 Cavalier Aquatics Winter Rumble slow pool
100 Backstroke SCY 1:02.00 A+0.81s to AA 2022-02-26 2022 VA SW 9 & Over District Champs venue
200 Backstroke SCY 2:12.41 AA+5.42s to AAA 2022-11-06 2022 The Commonwealth Cup venue
100 Breaststroke SCY 1:14.97 BB+1.58s to A 2022-10-22 LY 2022 YMCA October Meet venue
200 Breaststroke SCY 2:42.49 BB+2.40s to A 2021-11-06 2021 VA HOKI November Invitational venue
100 Butterfly SCY 1:01.46 A+0.57s to AA 2021-11-06 2021 VA HOKI November Invitational venue
200 Butterfly SCY 2:18.67 A+3.08s to AA 2021-11-06 2021 VA HOKI November Invitational venue
100 Individual Medley SCY 1:05.69 2022-09-25 Cavalier Aquatics Sprint September 2022 slow pool
200 Individual Medley SCY 2:13.30 AA+2.71s to AAA 2022-11-06 2022 The Commonwealth Cup venue
400 Individual Medley SCY 4:41.66 AA+3.47s to AAA 2022-03-03 2022 VSI SC Senior Championships
100 Freestyle LCM 1:04.18 AA+2.69s to AAA 2022-05-22 2022 VA CGBD May Spring Luau Meet slow pool
200 Freestyle LCM 2:19.92 A+0.73s to AA 2022-05-21 2022 VA CGBD May Spring Luau Meet slow pool
400 Freestyle LCM 4:48.44 AA+7.35s to AAA 2022-05-22 2022 VA CGBD May Spring Luau Meet slow pool
800 Freestyle LCM 10:17.12 A+8.13s to AA 2022-07-14 2022 VA LC Senior Champs venue
100 Butterfly LCM 1:12.49 BB+0.20s to A 2022-05-21 2022 VA CGBD May Spring Luau Meet slow pool
200 Butterfly LCM 2:45.24 BB+5.35s to A 2022-07-16 2022 VA LC Senior Champs venue
200 Individual Medley LCM 2:38.92 A+2.23s to AA 2022-07-14 2022 VA LC Senior Champs venue
400 Individual Medley LCM 5:38.38 A+5.79s to AA 2022-05-21 2022 VA CGBD May Spring Luau Meet slow pool

Cuts are USA Swimming single-age motivational standards (B → AAAA) at age 17.

Pool tags are a venue speed heuristic (median deviation of all swims there vs each swimmer's typical time) — see the venue page for the method.

Fastest relay legs

LegCourseTime StartRelayDateMeet
50 Freestyle SCY 26.38 flat 200 Free Relay 2022-02-27 2022 VA SW 9 & Over District Champs

Reconstructed from relay split marks. Flat = lead-off (comparable to individual times); flying starts run ~0.5–0.7s fast and are not PRs.

IMX / IMR

IMX 17-18 · SCY

4410 points (6/6 events)

EventTime Points
500 FR SCY 5:21.83 789
200 BK SCY 2:12.41 727
200 BR SCY 2:42.49 619
200 FL SCY 2:18.67 682
200 IM SCY 2:13.30 779
400 IM SCY 4:41.66 814

IMR 17-18 · SCY

3625 points (5/5 events)

EventTime Points
200 FR SCY 1:58.17 815
100 BK SCY 1:02.00 697
100 BR SCY 1:14.97 610
100 FL SCY 1:01.46 724
200 IM SCY 2:13.30 779

Scored against AAAA motivational base times: ordering is exact, absolute points run ~25% above the official USA Swimming scale.

PR splits

200 Freestyle SCY 1:58.17

27.45
29.81
30.58
30.33

Front half 57.26s · back half 60.91s

500 Freestyle SCY 5:21.83

28.99
31.82
32.56
32.79
33.14
33.26
33.16
33.54
32.69
29.88

Front half 159.30s · back half 162.53s

1000 Freestyle SCY 11:02.50

28.69
32.31
32.87
32.99
32.92
33.02
32.39
32.81
33.11
33.50
33.58
33.21
33.23
33.70
33.95
34.18
34.78
34.04
34.44
32.78

Front half 324.61s · back half 337.89s

100 Backstroke SCY 1:02.00

29.85
32.15

Front half 29.85s · back half 32.15s

200 Backstroke SCY 2:12.41

30.78
33.71
33.87
34.05

Front half 64.49s · back half 67.92s

100 Breaststroke SCY 1:14.97

35.21
39.76

Front half 35.21s · back half 39.76s

200 Breaststroke SCY 2:42.49

36.43
40.79
42.25
43.02

Front half 77.22s · back half 85.27s

100 Butterfly SCY 1:01.46

29.25
32.21

Front half 29.25s · back half 32.21s

200 Butterfly SCY 2:18.67

29.75
34.06
36.79
38.07

Front half 63.81s · back half 74.86s

100 Individual Medley SCY 1:05.69

29.40
36.29

Front half 29.40s · back half 36.29s

200 Individual Medley SCY 2:13.30

28.24
34.61
40.11
30.34

Front half 62.85s · back half 70.45s

200 Freestyle LCM 2:19.92

66.46
73.46

Front half 66.46s · back half 73.46s

400 Freestyle LCM 4:48.44

70.06
74.73
73.14
70.51

Front half 144.79s · back half 143.65s

800 Freestyle LCM 10:17.12 RT 0.87s

32.60
36.47
36.97
38.07
38.78
39.18
39.48
39.05
39.52
39.21
39.82
40.00
41.10
39.06
40.14
37.67

Front half 300.60s · back half 316.52s

200 Butterfly LCM 2:45.24 RT 0.67s

34.30
40.84
44.64
45.46

Front half 75.14s · back half 90.10s

200 Individual Medley LCM 2:38.92 RT 0.73s

32.17
39.74
49.78
37.23

Front half 71.91s · back half 87.01s

400 Individual Medley LCM 5:38.38

76.59
86.12
101.69
73.98

Front half 162.71s · back half 175.67s

Reaction time

fastest 0.57s average 0.672s slowest 0.87s 6 electronic starts

Start reaction over time faster starts higher

From electronically-timed starts only (~2% of corpus swims carry a reaction time). PRs with a recorded reaction show an RT chip in the splits section above.

Progression

Faster times are higher. One card per event, all courses & history.

50 Freestyle SCY 25.01 9 swims
100 Freestyle SCY 55.35 7 swims
200 Freestyle SCY 1:58.17 8 swims
500 Freestyle SCY 5:21.83 6 swims
1000 Freestyle SCY 11:02.50 1 swim
100 Backstroke SCY 1:02.00 9 swims
200 Backstroke SCY 2:12.41 5 swims
100 Breaststroke SCY 1:14.97 4 swims
200 Breaststroke SCY 2:42.49 1 swim
100 Butterfly SCY 1:01.46 7 swims
200 Butterfly SCY 2:18.67 4 swims
100 Individual Medley SCY 1:05.69 1 swim
200 Individual Medley SCY 2:13.30 11 swims
400 Individual Medley SCY 4:41.66 5 swims
100 Freestyle LCM 1:04.18 1 swim
200 Freestyle LCM 2:19.92 2 swims
400 Freestyle LCM 4:48.44 1 swim
800 Freestyle LCM 10:17.12 1 swim
100 Butterfly LCM 1:12.49 1 swim
200 Butterfly LCM 2:45.24 2 swims
200 Individual Medley LCM 2:38.92 1 swim
400 Individual Medley LCM 5:38.38 1 swim