IAS qualification

[Anonymous]

Are Divisionals, the last chance to achieve a time for the IAS, or is it the 5th week A-meet? I'm guessing they won't use times earned during B-meets, right? Also, is it only the top 20 swimmers for each stroke and IM?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

For what league? Each league has different rules.

[Anonymous]

NVSL- the only times that matter are the ones from divisionals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are Divisionals, the last chance to achieve a time for the IAS, or is it the 5th week A-meet? I'm guessing they won't use times earned during B-meets, right? Also, is it only the top 20 swimmers for each stroke and IM?

Thanks!

NVSL- Divisional is the ONLY chance to make All Stars. All other times do not matter.

Top 18 swim in IAS and next 2 are alternates. Things also move around due to scratches. More likely with older kids.

[Anonymous]

What does it mean when a kid gets an “all star time” during a regular dual meet?

[Anonymous]

Nothing. It just gives you a sense of where they are and the chance they have to qualify for IAS at Divisionals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does it mean when a kid gets an “all star time” during a regular dual meet?

That is based on all star times from the previous season. Helps gauge where is kid is at but ultimately how they and everyone else in the league perform at divisionals is what matters.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for these explanations. I have always wondered about this, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for these explanations. I have always wondered about this, too.

IAS is also hard to predict because a kid can have top times in all 4 events but can can pick two to swim at divisional. Plus IM times are somewhat bind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does it mean when a kid gets an “all star time” during a regular dual meet?

MCSL has defined a time for each age/gender/stroke that will cause them to be ranked on the MCSL site. All that means is that they are now ranked. For MCSL top 16 and 2?3? alternates are chosen for the individual all stars meet. However at this meet any swimmer can only do two events. So they end up going deep sometimes into the list as people have to scratch an event because they are already in two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are Divisionals, the last chance to achieve a time for the IAS, or is it the 5th week A-meet? I'm guessing they won't use times earned during B-meets, right? Also, is it only the top 20 swimmers for each stroke and IM?

Thanks!

For MCSL any official meet counts - so A meets and divisional. B meets are NOT MCSL meets - it’s really easiest to think of them as a bunch of timers and kids got together and just did an extended time trial with ribbons. They only exist to get kids updated times that didn’t swim in the A meets. I don’t even think pools will take a pool record from a B meet.