One set of results.Every screen at the meet.
results runner is SwimmingSA's meet software. It reads each result as it's posted, checks it for records, and puts it where it's needed: the records desk, the announcer's iPad, the medals table and families' phones.
Three parts, one set of results
Everything below runs from the same official results, so the desk, the deck and the stands never disagree.
- On the records desk
The software
Finds every swim that beats a South Australian record, shows the evidence, and keeps the record book once an officer signs it off.
For administrators - On pool deck
The desk screens
The announcer, the callroom, the medals table and the session manager each get a screen for their job, on an iPad or a phone.
For officials - In the stands
Results Runner Live
Families follow their swimmers, the results and the records on their own phones, with nothing to download.
For parents
What happens to one swim
From the touch on the wall to a parent's phone. How it works
- The race is swumTimed and made official the way it always has been.
- results runner reads itEach result is picked up as it's posted and checked against the record tables.
- An officer decidesA swim that looks like a record waits for a records officer to ratify it.
- Pool deck hearsThe announcer gets the words to read, and the medals table gets the winners.
- Families see itThe result, and any record, are on their phones.
In the stands: Results Runner Live
Families follow the meet on their own phones, at the pool or from home. Five tabs, no app and no sign-in. These are the real screens, with made-up swimmers in them. What it does for a swim parent
Today
The first screen you see. It changes through the session.
- Messages from the meet desk sit at the top: a session running late, the car park filling up, a change to the program.
- If the session is being streamed, there's a link to watch it.
- Record on the line shows a final coming up tonight where the fastest qualifier is close to the record, with both times.
- Below that is the result of the final that has just been swum.
- When the session ends, it shows how many events and swims there were, and any records.
Events
The program for each session, and the results as they're posted.
- Events are listed by session. The one in the water is marked Live, and events still to come have an estimated start time.
- Open a final to see the podium and the full list of places and times. If the event covers more than one age group, switch between them at the top.
- Under the podium is the winning margin. At each wall opens the splits.
- An event that hasn't been swum yet shows who's entered, fastest first.
- The search box finds any swimmer or club at the meet.
Mine
Follow the swimmers you're there for and they're all on one screen.
- Search for a swimmer by name, or follow a whole club.
- Your list is saved on your phone, so you don't need an account.
- For each swimmer you'll see their next swim and roughly when it's on, then the result once it's in.
- You can add their swims to your phone's calendar.
Records
Records broken at the meet, and the finals where one could go.
- A record is listed with who swam it, the time, and the time it replaced.
- On the line tonight lists the finals where a record is within reach and what time they're on.
- The Clubs view has club points and each club's medals.
Guide
The practical information for the meet. SwimmingSA writes it for each one.
- Session times: when doors open, when warm-up ends, when racing starts and about when it finishes.
- A venue map, how to get there and what to know before you go.
- Food and the shop, the rules on photography, and the families and safety page.
- New to swim meets? explains heats and finals, seed times, and what DQ, PB and QT mean.
- A link to SwimmingSA's WhatsApp channel for the meet.
On pool deck: a screen for every job
Each official opens one screen, built for what they're doing, with the meet's four-digit code.
- CallroomOne tap sends the next race to the announcer.
- AnnouncerCalls, records and medals arrive written out, ready to read.
- CeremoniesThe medallists for each final, straight from the result.
- ManagerThe race that's on, what's next, and how each desk is going.
On the records desk: the software
An app on one laptop does the checking. A records officer makes the call.
- Each result is checked against the state, Allcomers, Country and Multi-Class tables.
- The result, the swimmer's details and the record it beats are shown side by side.
- Once a swim is ratified, the tables, the history and the certificate are done.
- Club carnivals and interstate results are checked when their files arrive.
How records work on the site
Every swim is checked against the South Australian record tables as the results come in. A record only appears on the site after a records officer has ratified it.
- On the lineBefore a final, Today shows the record next to the fastest qualifier's time.
- SwumThe result is posted and the swim is checked against every record it could break.
- RatifiedA records officer looks at the swim and confirms it. This can take a while.
- On the siteThe record is listed under Records and marked on the result, with the time it replaced.
The five kinds of South Australian record
| Record | Who can set it | Where |
|---|---|---|
| South Australian record | A member of a South Australian club | Any meet, anywhere |
| Allcomers record | Any registered swimmer, visitors included | A meet held in South Australia |
| Country record | A member of an SA country club | Any meet, anywhere |
| Country Championships record | Anyone racing at the SA Country Championships | That meet |
| Multi-class record | An SA club member with a classification | Any meet, any event |
Each kind is kept by age group, stroke and distance, with separate tables for long course and short course, so one swim can break more than one record.
Which meets are on it
SwimmingSA's own meets
These get everything on this page. The guide can go up before the meet starts, ahead of the results.
Other meets South Australians swim at
For a meet SwimmingSA follows but doesn't run, such as a national championship, the site has the results and records.
More than one at a time
If two meets are on at once, both are on the site and you can switch between them.
Past meets
A meet stays up after it finishes. You can look up a swimmer across all of them.
Good to know
- Who makes it?
- SwimmingSA. results runner was built for its own records desk and runs at its own meets.
- Do I need an app or an account?
- No. It opens in your phone's browser. You can add it to your home screen if you want it to open like an app. The swimmers you follow are saved on your phone, so there's no sign-in.
- How current are the results?
- Results go up as soon as results runner reads them from the meet's official results, which happens every few minutes. Start times for events still to come are estimates and will move if the session runs late.
- When does a record show up?
- After a records officer has ratified it. A fast swim isn't called a record on the site until then.
- What is not shown?
- Dates of birth, registration numbers, and the reason for a disqualification (you'll see the code only).
- Can a swimmer's name be kept off the site?
- Yes. SwimmingSA can withhold a name. The time stays in the results so the places still add up, but the swimmer isn't named and won't come up in search.
- Why is a first name sometimes cut short?
- The official results pages cut long names off. Where SwimmingSA has the full name, the site uses it.
Want the detail? There's a page on where the results come from and how a swim gets checked for a record. How it works
At a meet this weekend?
resultsrunner.com.au/live