What is a swim off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My swimmer had to do one in 200 fly...it was one of the most exciting races of his swim career. He won the swim off, which meant his "prize" was to swim the 2 fly at finals...the third time that day!

I feel like making kids swim off for 200 fly is just cruel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My swimmer had to do one in 200 fly...it was one of the most exciting races of his swim career. He won the swim off, which meant his "prize" was to swim the 2 fly at finals...the third time that day!

They could have agreed to do a different length.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My swimmer had to do one in 200 fly...it was one of the most exciting races of his swim career. He won the swim off, which meant his "prize" was to swim the 2 fly at finals...the third time that day!

They could have agreed to do a different length.

Or a different stroke!

But, I have no idea what my kid would do in this situation. Their 200 fly is significantly better than 100 fly, same with free. Kid really is a mid-distance swimmer 200/400/500. So I’m sure they wouldn’t agree to a 50 and probably not a 100 either in a swim-off situation.