For the first time at this year’s club championship, a “Skins” event was introduced on that last evening of the championships. For those who are new to this event, the “skins” is a knock-out event where the fastest six swimmers in the 50m freestyle event are invited to race. Each heat is swum every 3 minutes, with the last person eliminated until only two swimmers remain. The final two swimmers then battle it out to find the Skins champion. It’s about tactics as well as speed, as the swimmers will want to conserve energy for the later heats. As the heats continue and swimmers eliminated, the excitement (and noise!) builds up to the final.