DP- do you know their ages because they swim with certain groups. And as for the puberty, it’s painfully obvious! |
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Seriously. Wedding gifts and making swim time cuts - TOTALLY the same. |
That’s the point, darling. Wear that “I Voted” sticker and post it on Facebook again. Look at that, a participation trophy. |
NP. The amount of sour grapes here is even more than I anticipated. If reading about a meet like NCSAs is going to trigger you because your kid won’t ever qualify for it, you can just scroll past. |
There's a just turned 12 year old girl at the Speedo sectionsls meet in Ithaca with a 100 free seed time of 53.25, 100 fly time of 56.61, and 100 back time of 58.19. It will be interesting to see how she progresses. |
In 10 years people will care just as much about someone’s participation trophy from u10 rec soccer as they will about a random medal from an 10u swimmer. |
Oh, come on. Learn reading comprehension or maybe a sliver of context. The OP is saying the NCSA kids themselves aren’t even that great. Well, okay, I guess if you don’t make the Olympic trials, you’re not worth cheering for? So why get excited about any sport outside of the professional or Olympic context? Except you don’t need to make the Olympics to be proud of what you’ve achieved - and let’s be real, most Olympians aren’t well known either. So if your point is - none of these kids will make a career of it, sure. But to poop on kids who are actually among the best swimmers in the country for their ages - is just pathetic. I don’t even understand the participation trophy comment. How stupid are people who read this forum? |
Kudos to the kids at the meet but there are a lot of kids at other meets too. |
I don’t think OPs post was that deep, there’s a lot of projection going on here. |
Seriously! Some of you need to take a step back and look at your way over the top reactions to OPs post. |
Yasssss!!!!!!! |
It is honestly creepy to care about and compare other people’s kids this much, in any sport and at any level. |
My “weak” 13/14 yo girl had a great time with her friends and swam some PBs and learned that working hard pays off, so the meet was a success for us, even if she was short of regular NCSA cuts. She’s in no hurry.
Then again not everyone’s priorities make sense. OP you sound like a mean person! |
Have you ever heard of competitive swimming? It’s literally a comparison of times. |