2026 MCSL Division Seedings

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

They recruited a bunch of kids and had some fleeting success. Those kids are not loyal like homegrown swimmers at neighborhood pools. This is karma for all of the recruiting.

Can you clarify what you mean by "recruited"? After starting club swim, some swimmers would prefer to swim for their year round coach during the summer and will seek a team transfer. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this, especially if their "home grown" team suffers from poor coaching by comparison.

What you describe is not allowed by league rules

It is allowed if approved by the Rules Committee. The key point is that there is no evidence of recruiting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

They recruited a bunch of kids and had some fleeting success. Those kids are not loyal like homegrown swimmers at neighborhood pools. This is karma for all of the recruiting.

All the swimmers mentioned above are homegrown kids, except for the girl injured who came from other country and started summer swim last year. Nice try though.

Homegrown by the coach and All Star Aquatics. Not homegrown to Avenel, Potomac Village or Oaklyn

Wow, seriously?? Those three who skipped this summer are NCAP swimmers. You are getting paranoid and that's not good for your mental health. Get a life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are the seedings out today?

Some parents are just obsessed and monitor all the kids, which is creepy and take the fun out of swimming.

I think a lot of parents actually want to move down divisions where it will be more fun.

It's not much more fun in the lower divisions. There are two types of parents, those who have club swimmers that are pushed to win (so that the team wins A meets), and those whose kids swim only during the summer and don't care about winning meets. This creates a bit of a tension and can tear a lower division team apart.

Not true. Over the years, we've been in B through F and and I would say the best in terms of being in the fun but still competitive sweetspot is D and E. Once you are in the top 3 divisions, it's mostly going to be year round swimmers swimming A meets.

I would argue that C is fun too. Our team’s division (which has varied over the years) really hasn’t impacted what % of non-club kids make A meets. We have some club kids who are very strong but barely make A meets because their cohort just happens to be extremely strong, and other age groups where many non-club kids are making A meets.

We are in C this year and I disagree. We were in lower divisions in the past and it was a lot more fun. This year is toxic with the competition and there are very few non-club kids making A meets other than in age groups where we don't have enough swimmers to fill lanes.

Lower divisions can be fun at B meets. At A meets, there is still pressure to win, and the few club kids who swim are often expected to rack up most of the points. That isn't very much fun for them.

Our club swimmers don't go to practices and dominate the meets. It must be fun for them or why are they doing it? If its not fun, drop out or do less and let others get to swim A meets. There should be a requirement to acutally participate in the team and do practices vs. just show up for A meets.

You should talk to your rep/team leadership to see if you can get this rule in place for your team.

This won't happen. This is the norm and has been for ages. High school swimming is the same.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

They recruited a bunch of kids and had some fleeting success. Those kids are not loyal like homegrown swimmers at neighborhood pools. This is karma for all of the recruiting.

Can you clarify what you mean by "recruited"? After starting club swim, some swimmers would prefer to swim for their year round coach during the summer and will seek a team transfer. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this, especially if their "home grown" team suffers from poor coaching by comparison.

What you describe is not allowed by league rules

Incorrect. Any swimmer can transfer after taking a year off from summer swim. "Recruiting" is something of a subjective term, but "transferring" is not. There is a rule in place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

They recruited a bunch of kids and had some fleeting success. Those kids are not loyal like homegrown swimmers at neighborhood pools. This is karma for all of the recruiting.

All the swimmers mentioned above are homegrown kids, except for the girl injured who came from other country and started summer swim last year. Nice try though.

Homegrown by the coach and All Star Aquatics. Not homegrown to Avenel, Potomac Village or Oaklyn

Wow, seriously?? Those three who skipped this summer are NCAP swimmers. You are getting paranoid and that's not good for your mental health. Get a life.

I was going to say 2 of Potomac’s best female swimmers are from NCAP and they are actually moving out of state (I think that may be why the 15-18 girl did not swim this summer). People need to stop with the ridiculous conspiracy theories.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

They recruited a bunch of kids and had some fleeting success. Those kids are not loyal like homegrown swimmers at neighborhood pools. This is karma for all of the recruiting.

Can you clarify what you mean by "recruited"? After starting club swim, some swimmers would prefer to swim for their year round coach during the summer and will seek a team transfer. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this, especially if their "home grown" team suffers from poor coaching by comparison.

What you describe is not allowed by league rules

Swimmers are absolutely allowed to transfer. What are you even talking about?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

Recruitment – Consistent with Sections 1(a) and 7(a) of the MCSL rules,
MCSL teams, including team representatives and coaches, shall not
encourage swimmers and their families to change MCSL teams.
Notwithstanding the above, recruitment shall not be deemed to have
occurred if a swimmer transfers teams under conditions set forth in
Section 7(g) of the MCSL Rules.

They recruited a bunch of kids and had some fleeting success. Those kids are not loyal like homegrown swimmers at neighborhood pools. This is karma for all of the recruiting.

Can you clarify what you mean by "recruited"? After starting club swim, some swimmers would prefer to swim for their year round coach during the summer and will seek a team transfer. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this, especially if their "home grown" team suffers from poor coaching by comparison.

What you describe is not allowed by league rules

Swimmers are absolutely allowed to transfer. What are you even talking about?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

Unbeatable? They lost to RF

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

Unbeatable? They lost to RF

Potomac was in Div B and RF was in A last year. WTH are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

Unbeatable? They lost to RF

Potomac was in Div B and RF was in A last year. WTH are you talking about?

RF beat them at AS despite Potomac being unbeatable in that age group. We have a sensitive Potomac parent on here

[Anonymous]

This Potomac thing is funny. What a bunch of tools. They seem very sensitive to the fact that they have egg on their face for playing games, and getting put to task.

[Anonymous]

Anybody else remember back in 2016 when Upper County fell from A to O?

I can't conceive of how that could actually happen.

And can you imagine starting that season in A and just knowing you were going to be totally uncompetitive? And not just "let's still have fun uncompetitive". But 15 total team points at a relay carnival uncompetitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anybody else remember back in 2016 when Upper County fell from A to O?

I can't conceive of how that could actually happen.

And can you imagine starting that season in A and just knowing you were going to be totally uncompetitive? And not just "let's still have fun uncompetitive". But 15 total team points at a relay carnival uncompetitive.

What happened to cause such a massive drop?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Division B
Bethesda
Mohican
River Falls
Darnestown
Glenwood
Flower Valley

Potomac to D

Potomac's downfall should be studied. Schlegel can't keep it up in A for long, I guess.

There's nothing to be studied. Their 13-14 Girls were unbeatable last year, but not so this year as they were swimming against some of the best in the area in Div A. One of their best female swimmers in 15-18 is not doing summer swim this year, another is injured after Week 2 and two of their best male swimmers are not swimming either this summer. More importantly, they have no depth in certain age groups. Nothing to do with coach Schlegel.

Unbeatable? They lost to RF

Potomac was in Div B and RF was in A last year. WTH are you talking about?

RF beat them at AS despite Potomac being unbeatable in that age group. We have a sensitive Potomac parent on here

Because two fastest girls didn't swim in that All Star Relay for PO. Compare their best times last season. PO's 13/14 Medley Relay was almost a second faster than RF's. Why don't you just stop making yourself look like an idiot.

[Anonymous]

If MCSL factored in all of PO’s excuses in the division alignment, they would be the #1 seed!