Summer swim brings out the crazy
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Anonymous
My kids are some of the fastest in their respective age and gender categories in the NVSL. I can tell you this happens at teams, I have physically seen it, seen the email correspondence, and the coach has confirmed he doesn’t have the final say. So some teams let the coach choose and some let parents who could never possibly be completely objective help with the process. |
Anonymous
| we are a top division team and our coach definitely doesn't have final say on the meet sheet. It goes by ladder, but who swims what and the domino effect that follows is not up to our coach. |
Anonymous
Who decides? |
Anonymous
It’s really not bad out right now. |
Anonymous
We are in D1 and the decisions seem to be made by the match ups against the Saturday opponent. It’s not all ladder. At the end of the day you are trying to win the meet. The coach is trying to score the points and reduce points received for the other team. It’s not always going to be the three fastest in each event from your team. That wouldn’t make sense in a close, competitive meet. |
Anonymous
| I just wish they did away with “ a” meets. Wish we had more teams and smaller teams . One meet a week . That is how we used to do it . It felt more like a team environment. |
Anonymous
The ENTIRE OKM team was suited up at Tuckahoe this Saturday! |
Anonymous
And the swimmers swam amazing setting 12 or 13 records! I will say that Tuckahoe was a wonderful host. The officials, parents, volunteers, and swimmers were very kind. Tuckahoe hate runs deep on DCUM threads. The reality was a lot different than described in these chats. |
Anonymous
| That’s a lot of records wow |
Anonymous
Exactly. This is how it’s supposed to work. But the PP implied someone other than the coach is making these decisions. Who is that? I’m a team rep for a D1-3 team and it’s definitely the coaching staff seeding the meet to win. The reps just check for errors but have zero say in who swims what or if at all (as it should be). |
Anonymous
It’s amazing what a little recruiting can do! |
Anonymous
Show us where OKM recruited. (Are you arguing that growing pool memberships is recruiting? OKM does not, and never had, a waitlist. It didn’t an HOA, and it accepts members from anywhere. Because I’m annoyed and also SMH, I’ll break down the OKM swimmers and tell you when they joined the team (all info public on mynvsl.com: 15-18 Girls: #1 in NVSL, 50 Free, on OKM team since age 7; #11 in in 50 Free, on OKM team since age 6; #89 in 50 Free, on OKM team since age 10 #1 in NVSL, 50 Back, on OKM team since age 6; #65 in 50 Back, on OKM team since age 13* and never swam on any other noVA summer team #1 in NVSL, 50 Fly, on OKM team since age 6; #28 in 50 Fly, on OKM team since age 12* #37 in NVSL, 50 Breast, on OKM since age 5 13-14 Girls: #3 in NVSL, 50 Free, on OKM since age 7; #25 in 50 Free, on OKM since age 6; #32 in 50 Free, on OKM since age 6 #3 in NVSL, 50 Back, on OKM since age 6; #19 in 50 Back, on OKM since age 7 #11 in NVSL, 50 Breast, on OKM since age 7 #1 in NVSL, 50 Fly, on OKM since age 7; #6 in 50 Fly, on OKM since age 6 11-12 Girls: #1 in NVSL, 50 Free, on OKM since age 6; #27 in 50 Free, on OKM since age 7; #29 in 50 Free, on OKM since age 8 #3 in NVSL, 50 Back, on OKM since age 6; #7 in 50 Back, on NVSL since age 8; #36 in 50 Back, on OKM since age 8; #48 in 50 Back, on OKM since age 8 #15 in NVSL, 50 Breast, on OKM since age 8 #2 in NVSL, 50 Fly, on OKM since age 6; #25 in 50 Fly, on OKM since age 10*; #26 in 50 Fly, on OKM since age 10; #37 in 50 Fly, at OKM since age 7; #59 in 50 Fly, on OKM since age 8 9-10 Girls: #3 in NVSL, 50 Free, on OKM since age 7; #10 in 50 Free, on OKM since age 7* #2 in NVSL, 50 Back, on OKM since age 7; #7 in 50 Back, on OKM since age 7*; #12 in 50 Back, on OKM since age 8 #2 in NVSL, 50 Breast, on OKM since age 7; #3 in 50 Breast, on OKM since age 8; #48 in 50 Breast, on OKM since age 8 #1 in NVSL, 25 Fly, on OKM since age 7; #4 in 25 Fly, on OKM since age 7*; #40 in 25 Fly, on OKM since age 8; (3 more in top 100, on OKM since age 7) *military and/or moved from outside NoVA |
Anonymous
15-18 Boys #26 in NVSL, 50 Free, on OKM since age 8; #83 in 50 Free, on OKM since age 8 0 (zero) 15-18 boys from OKM in top 100 for 50 Back #79 in NVSL, 50 Breast, on OKM since age 8 #58 in 50 Fly, on OKM since ago 8 13-14 Boys #24 in NVSL, 50 Free, on OKM since age 10; #33 in 50 Free, on OKM since age 6 #14 in NVSL, 50 Back, on OKM since age 10; #36 in 50 Back, on OKM since age 10 #71 in NVSL, 50 Breast, on OKM since age 10* #15 in NVSL, 50 Fly, on OKM since age 6; #35 in 50 Fly, on OKM since age 10; #71 in 50 Fly, on OKM since age 12* 11-12 Boys #15 in NVSL, 50 Free, on OKM since age 5; #38 in 50 Free, on OKM since age 8; #86 in 50 Free, on OKM since age 8 #15 in NVSL, 50 Back, on OKM since age 5; #60 in 50 Back, on OKM since age 10*; #78 in 50 Back, on OKM since age 10* #8 in NVSL, 50 Breast, on OKM since age 8 #2 in NVSL, 50 Fly, on OKM since age 5; #37 in 50 Fly, on OKM since age 5* 9-10 Boys #55 in NVSL, 50 Back, on OKM since age 8; #75 in 50 Back, on OKM since age 8 #21 in NVSL, 50 Breast, on OKM since age 8 No 9-10 boys ranked in top 100 for 50 Free or 25 Fly 8U Boys #1 in NVSL, 25 Free, at OKM since age 5; #10 in 25 Free, at OKM since age 8*; #40 in 25 Free, at OKM since age 7; #74 in 50 Free, at OKM since age 7 #4 in NVSL, 25 Back, at OKM since age 8*; #15 in 25 Back, at OKM since age 6 #2 in NVSL, 25 Breast, at OKM since age 5; #17 in 50 Back, at OKM since age 7 #1 in NVSL, 25 Fly, at OKM since age 5; #20 in 25 Fly, at OKM since age 7 8U Girls #12 in 25 Free, at OKM since age 7; #58 & #59 in 25 Free, both at OKM since age 7 #7 in 25 Back, at OKM since age 7; #25 in 25 Back, at OKM since age 6 #8 in 25 Breast, at OKM since age 7 #7 in 25 Fly, at OKM since age 6 |
Anonymous
Agreed. Tuckahoe was welcoming, their swimmers were competitive but not cruel, the facility was nice, and there were many really close and really fast races. We are thankful that Tuckahoe hosted us. OKM does permit tech suits and/or 12&U kneeskins if the swimmer is milliseconds from breaking a team record. |
Anonymous
There were 9 or 10 OKM girls (max) wearing tech suits or kneeskins. Each either broke a team record or was just shy of a team record. 2 9-10 girls, 2 11-12 girls, 3 13-14 girls, and 2 15-18 girls. (I can’t tell the difference in the guys’ suits, but it is doubtful that any of the guys wore tech suits.) |