A meet eligibility on swim team

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Another version, our pool says you can swim the B but only get a competitor ribbon if you placed in the top 3 at the prior A meet. You can swim B for time, but not for place.

So exhibition only right? I wish our pool would allow that.

That makes so much sense!

My B meet kid finished around 4th or 5th for his age group, with the top kids in his heat going very fast. (My kid was around 1:08 for backstroke and those kids were clearly well under 1 minute)

There were 2 heats and the 2nd heat looked slower than the first.

When we picked up ribbons, my kid got first. We assumed it had to be because all those faster kids got DQ'd.

But when I looked up the race time, there were only 6 kids shown. My kid was indeed the fastest and only 1 kid was DQd. But I saw around 11 kids race.

It now makes sense if those faster kids were A team kids just swimming for practice/exhibition times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another version, our pool says you can swim the B but only get a competitor ribbon if you placed in the top 3 at the prior A meet. You can swim B for time, but not for place.

So exhibition only right? I wish our pool would allow that.

That makes so much sense!

My B meet kid finished around 4th or 5th for his age group, with the top kids in his heat going very fast. (My kid was around 1:08 for backstroke and those kids were clearly well under 1 minute)

There were 2 heats and the 2nd heat looked slower than the first.

When we picked up ribbons, my kid got first. We assumed it had to be because all those faster kids got DQ'd.

But when I looked up the race time, there were only 6 kids shown. My kid was indeed the fastest and only 1 kid was DQd. But I saw around 11 kids race.

It now makes sense if those faster kids were A team kids just swimming for practice/exhibition times.

For A and B meets, a child can swim different events.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another version, our pool says you can swim the B but only get a competitor ribbon if you placed in the top 3 at the prior A meet. You can swim B for time, but not for place.

So exhibition only right? I wish our pool would allow that.

That makes so much sense!

My B meet kid finished around 4th or 5th for his age group, with the top kids in his heat going very fast. (My kid was around 1:08 for backstroke and those kids were clearly well under 1 minute)

There were 2 heats and the 2nd heat looked slower than the first.

When we picked up ribbons, my kid got first. We assumed it had to be because all those faster kids got DQ'd.

But when I looked up the race time, there were only 6 kids shown. My kid was indeed the fastest and only 1 kid was DQd. But I saw around 11 kids race.

It now makes sense if those faster kids were A team kids just swimming for practice/exhibition times.

For A and B meets, a child can swim different events.

But many teams don’t allow a kid who won a ribbon at an A meet to win any ribbons at the following B meet. They can swim strokes that they didn’t swim at the A meet, but they aren’t eligible for any ribbons.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another version, our pool says you can swim the B but only get a competitor ribbon if you placed in the top 3 at the prior A meet. You can swim B for time, but not for place.

So exhibition only right? I wish our pool would allow that.

That makes so much sense!

My B meet kid finished around 4th or 5th for his age group, with the top kids in his heat going very fast. (My kid was around 1:08 for backstroke and those kids were clearly well under 1 minute)

There were 2 heats and the 2nd heat looked slower than the first.

When we picked up ribbons, my kid got first. We assumed it had to be because all those faster kids got DQ'd.

But when I looked up the race time, there were only 6 kids shown. My kid was indeed the fastest and only 1 kid was DQd. But I saw around 11 kids race.

It now makes sense if those faster kids were A team kids just swimming for practice/exhibition times.

For A and B meets, a child can swim different events.

But many teams don’t allow a kid who won a ribbon at an A meet to win any ribbons at the following B meet. They can swim strokes that they didn’t swim at the A meet, but they aren’t eligible for any ribbons.

Ours does as I just got my child's ribbons.

Remember summer kids are competing with year round kids, some in private lessons so you will get a huge range of abilities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another version, our pool says you can swim the B but only get a competitor ribbon if you placed in the top 3 at the prior A meet. You can swim B for time, but not for place.

So exhibition only right? I wish our pool would allow that.

That makes so much sense!

My B meet kid finished around 4th or 5th for his age group, with the top kids in his heat going very fast. (My kid was around 1:08 for backstroke and those kids were clearly well under 1 minute)

There were 2 heats and the 2nd heat looked slower than the first.

When we picked up ribbons, my kid got first. We assumed it had to be because all those faster kids got DQ'd.

But when I looked up the race time, there were only 6 kids shown. My kid was indeed the fastest and only 1 kid was DQd. But I saw around 11 kids race.

It now makes sense if those faster kids were A team kids just swimming for practice/exhibition times.

For A and B meets, a child can swim different events.

But many teams don’t allow a kid who won a ribbon at an A meet to win any ribbons at the following B meet. They can swim strokes that they didn’t swim at the A meet, but they aren’t eligible for any ribbons.

Ours does as I just got my child's ribbons.

Remember summer kids are competing with year round kids, some in private lessons so you will get a huge range of abilities.

We are just doing swim team for glorified swim lessons and practice, so we are happily B team with no goals of making A team. I was just puzzled about how my kid ended up with first place when there were at least 4 kids visibly faster by several body lengths.

And when there were only 5 or 6 kids on the team unify site ai was even more confused.

It makes sense now if those fast kids were just swimming for practice. Maybe OPs kid is in a similar situation, where those faster scores are not on the site so it looks like her kid is top of the B meets.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another version, our pool says you can swim the B but only get a competitor ribbon if you placed in the top 3 at the prior A meet. You can swim B for time, but not for place.

So exhibition only right? I wish our pool would allow that.

That makes so much sense!

My B meet kid finished around 4th or 5th for his age group, with the top kids in his heat going very fast. (My kid was around 1:08 for backstroke and those kids were clearly well under 1 minute)

There were 2 heats and the 2nd heat looked slower than the first.

When we picked up ribbons, my kid got first. We assumed it had to be because all those faster kids got DQ'd.

But when I looked up the race time, there were only 6 kids shown. My kid was indeed the fastest and only 1 kid was DQd. But I saw around 11 kids race.

It now makes sense if those faster kids were A team kids just swimming for practice/exhibition times.

For A and B meets, a child can swim different events.

But many teams don’t allow a kid who won a ribbon at an A meet to win any ribbons at the following B meet. They can swim strokes that they didn’t swim at the A meet, but they aren’t eligible for any ribbons.

Ours does as I just got my child's ribbons.

Remember summer kids are competing with year round kids, some in private lessons so you will get a huge range of abilities.

We are just doing swim team for glorified swim lessons and practice, so we are happily B team with no goals of making A team. I was just puzzled about how my kid ended up with first place when there were at least 4 kids visibly faster by several body lengths.

And when there were only 5 or 6 kids on the team unify site ai was even more confused.

It makes sense now if those fast kids were just swimming for practice. Maybe OPs kid is in a similar situation, where those faster scores are not on the site so it looks like her kid is top of the B meets.

They must have gotten DQ'ed. Or, it may have gone by ages and they mixed the age groups but your child was the fastest in the age group. Don't use team for lessons as most don't have good coaching for stroke. Speed is great but getting good strokes is more important. I wish we started private lessons sooner than we did.

[Anonymous]

I believe in B meets each team gets their own placements...so there would be 2 first places, 1 for each team.

[Anonymous]

Not in our MCSL B meets. There is only one 1st place!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Another version, our pool says you can swim the B but only get a competitor ribbon if you placed in the top 3 at the prior A meet. You can swim B for time, but not for place.

So exhibition only right? I wish our pool would allow that.

That makes so much sense!

My B meet kid finished around 4th or 5th for his age group, with the top kids in his heat going very fast. (My kid was around 1:08 for backstroke and those kids were clearly well under 1 minute)

There were 2 heats and the 2nd heat looked slower than the first.

When we picked up ribbons, my kid got first. We assumed it had to be because all those faster kids got DQ'd.

But when I looked up the race time, there were only 6 kids shown. My kid was indeed the fastest and only 1 kid was DQd. But I saw around 11 kids race.

It now makes sense if those faster kids were A team kids just swimming for practice/exhibition times.

For A and B meets, a child can swim different events.

But many teams don’t allow a kid who won a ribbon at an A meet to win any ribbons at the following B meet. They can swim strokes that they didn’t swim at the A meet, but they aren’t eligible for any ribbons.

Ours does as I just got my child's ribbons.

Remember summer kids are competing with year round kids, some in private lessons so you will get a huge range of abilities.

We are just doing swim team for glorified swim lessons and practice, so we are happily B team with no goals of making A team. I was just puzzled about how my kid ended up with first place when there were at least 4 kids visibly faster by several body lengths.

And when there were only 5 or 6 kids on the team unify site ai was even more confused.

It makes sense now if those fast kids were just swimming for practice. Maybe OPs kid is in a similar situation, where those faster scores are not on the site so it looks like her kid is top of the B meets.

They must have gotten DQ'ed. Or, it may have gone by ages and they mixed the age groups but your child was the fastest in the age group. Don't use team for lessons as most don't have good coaching for stroke. Speed is great but getting good strokes is more important. I wish we started private lessons sooner than we did.

I would bet on exhibition or 2 age groups. They usually list DQs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe in B meets each team gets their own placements...so there would be 2 first places, 1 for each team.

No, one.. teams get points but only A meet is counted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe in B meets each team gets their own placements...so there would be 2 first places, 1 for each team.

At our B meets that’s not how it works but I have no idea how it works at other pools. When the results are sent out, I don’t see the other team’s times - only our team’s. But it also gives place and it can look like: 1, 3, 5, etc., so you see the gaps where the kids from the other team were. And, multiple kids can get 1st place even within the same stroke and age group, when there’s more than one heat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe in B meets each team gets their own placements...so there would be 2 first places, 1 for each team.

At our B meets that’s not how it works but I have no idea how it works at other pools. When the results are sent out, I don’t see the other team’s times - only our team’s. But it also gives place and it can look like: 1, 3, 5, etc., so you see the gaps where the kids from the other team were. And, multiple kids can get 1st place even within the same stroke and age group, when there’s more than one heat.

Ours post all including other team. If there are multiple heats, only one winner per group. Stronger kids go in the first heat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe in B meets each team gets their own placements...so there would be 2 first places, 1 for each team.

At our B meets that’s not how it works but I have no idea how it works at other pools. When the results are sent out, I don’t see the other team’s times - only our team’s. But it also gives place and it can look like: 1, 3, 5, etc., so you see the gaps where the kids from the other team were. And, multiple kids can get 1st place even within the same stroke and age group, when there’s more than one heat.

Never heard of a team doing it this way, but I guess they do for privacy and also to make kids feel good if they win their heat?
Our results for B meets are done exactly the same way as for A meets except no points are assigned for getting in 1st, 2nd and 3rd and no team "wins" the meet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I believe in B meets each team gets their own placements...so there would be 2 first places, 1 for each team.

At our B meets that’s not how it works but I have no idea how it works at other pools. When the results are sent out, I don’t see the other team’s times - only our team’s. But it also gives place and it can look like: 1, 3, 5, etc., so you see the gaps where the kids from the other team were. And, multiple kids can get 1st place even within the same stroke and age group, when there’s more than one heat.

Ours post all including other team. If there are multiple heats, only one winner per group. Stronger kids go in the first heat.

Our heats are done the opposite way, from slowest to fastest. Fastest kids go in the last heat.

[Anonymous]

It would be nice if more swim teams posted a comprehensive guide for new swim team members and their parents. There is clearly a lot of confusion about how kids are chosen for A meets and how B meets work. I know it took me more than one season to figure out some of it. My kids haven’t participated in any other sport or activity that involved so much mystery.