Swim Reminders & Adaptive Timeline

➧ Upcoming Swim Reminders

Team members who upgrade to a Pro subscription will receive upcoming swim reminders on meet days for their favorite athletes based on the estimated start time of each event as the meet progresses.

Depending on how notifications are configured in each user's device, reminders can come through as a banner pop-up...

...but will also be available within the notification section of the app under the bell icon (upper right).

When the Live Event/Heat Bar is activated in a meet -- the current estimated start time for each swim is displayed in the “Upcoming” tab. This tab only shows events that have not yet happened. Entry times for future events and Results for past events are shown under the “All” tab (the default view).

Showing the estimated start time for all swim events in the Meet Overview makes it easier to “plan your meet day” and identify good pockets of time to grab a meal or otherwise take a break.

➧ Adaptive Meet Timeline - Estimated Start Times Adjust

The estimated start times automatically adjust based on the recorded actual start time of each event, based on the Live Bar updates made by a volunteer or made automatically when our meet software is used with a supported timing system (i.e., Colorado Time Systems, Time Drops, Wylas).

In addition to increasing the accuracy of the estimated start times shown in the Upcoming tab on the Meet Overview, the adaptive meet timeline feature also dramatically improves the accuracy of upcoming event reminders delivered to Pro subscribers.

➧ Live Event/Heat Bar Aids Start Time Accuracy

The adaptive meet timeline relies on Live Bar updates to automatically adjust the meet timeline, so using the Live Bar feature is highly recommended. Updating the Live Bar during the meet provides current event/heat information for free to all app users, and greatly increases the accuracy of estimated start times and upcoming swim reminders for Pro subscribers. If the Live Bar is not enabled, upcoming reminders will be sent out according to the original meet timeline.

For more on the Live Event/Heat Bar ➞ See Swimtopia Mobile App - Free Feature Details.

➧ Pausing Upcoming Swim Reminders (Delayed/Canceled Meet)

➧ Reminders and Adaptive Timeline are Session and Time Zone-Aware

Sessions can start at different times and occur on different days; thus each Session has a separate timeline that is updated independently from other Sessions. Prior to the prevalence of virtual meets, holding Sessions in different locations was extremely rare, but now in the era of Covid and virtual meets, it has become commonplace. As a result, it is now much more common for different Sessions in the same meet to occur in different time zones. 

We have added the ability to specify per-session time zones, and the Session timeline and upcoming reminders automatically use the per-session time zone. Additionally, when merging a virtual meet, in addition to loading the default pool configuration for each team into each virtual session, we now also copy the team’s time zone as the setting for that team’s virtual meet session. 

➞ See our Swimtopia Meet - Virtual Meets article for more on this topic.

Meet Results & Team Scores

➧ Live Results Notifications

For teams that use our meet software to manage their meets, team members with a Pro subscription are notified of swim results and team scores for all swimmers live throughout the meet. 

Similar to the upcoming swim reminders, live results notifications are sent based on your notifications settings. Below is an example of a banner notification:

The notifications will also be available within the notification section of the app under the bell icon (upper right).

➧ Live Results in the Mobile App 

(Including Broken Records and Time Standard Achievements)

Pro subscribers can also follow along as the results are dynamically updated as each event and heat progresses.

➞ Broken Records and Time Standard Achievements Badges

• Broken record badges for records applied to the meet run using our meet software will be displayed in the mobile app (during the meet for Pro subscribers, or after the results are finalized for non-subscribers).
• The opposing teams' pool records can show up as being broken by an athlete on another team during the meet, but these badges will not remain after the meet is complete, since post-meet results are based on each team's own record books.
• Time Standard achievement badges for any time standard set created on the team site (active or inactive) or shared by the league will be displayed (during the meet for Pro subscribers, or after the results are finalized for non-subscribers).
• USA Swimming Teams: We will only display the top USA Swimming cut achieved, not all from the lowest to highest.

➧ Post-Meet Results (Meet is Complete)

➞ Pro Version View: 

Results for ALL athletes and events can be viewed as the meet progresses (if run using our meet system) and when the meet is complete from the Events > Results tab.

➞ Free Version View: 

Users will see meet results for THEIR athletes only from the Meet Overview screen and the athlete's meet history screens, but only AFTER the meet is finalized and the meet host has either transferred or uploaded the results to the meet (when the meet is run in another system). 

Learn more about meet results in the Free version here➞ Swimtopia Mobile App - Free Feature Details

➧ Team Scores

Teams can choose to display the meet scores in the Mobile App during and/or after the meet. This is determined under the Mobile App Settings within each meet in Swimtopia Meet.

When all scores are published to the mobile app, Pro subscription users will be able to see the combined team scores, scores by competition category. and points awarded per athlete as the meet progresses. Users of the free version will only see the breakdown of scores after the meet has been completed.

Performance Graphs

Pro subscribers can track athlete progress at a glance with the performance graph in the Swimtopia Mobile App! 

Parents and athletes can visualize improvements over time for any stroke and distance — and instantly see when time standards are achieved (if time standard sets have been configured by the team or league). 

To learn more, ➞ see Swimtopia Mobile App - Performance Graphs

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