Which means I’m not wrong. The only non pdf lists are all stars, as I said. |
So you think there are 103 girls in MCSL who are all stars in 8&u breaststroke? If so, that explains A LOT. |
The phrase the poster used was "...narrowly missing All Stars." In MCSL speak this would mean that they were close to the top 16 on the MCSL list, ie actually making it to the meet - otherwise one would say "... narrowly missing an all star time.", which for MCSL the nominating time for 8u girls breast is 29.40.... actually making it to the "show" this year you'd need to be around 4 and a half seconds faster(aorund 25.0 or so). This is why you can take MCSL off the list here because this isn't how they would phrase it. The more you know
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Yes, but the initial comment the poster also acknowledged not knowing anything about swim. So maybe they are just naïve about what constitutes narrowly missing All Stars. |
It sounds like they think everyone on the MCSL list, the one that's not a pdf, is an all star. |
Maybe but also none of the MCSL 7yo also fit the additional criteria so MCSL is out of contention on that alone, nevermind not knowing the lingo... that was just an additional tell up front. |
MCSL publishes weekly results in pdfs only, so that league seemed like the most obvious reference. Reachforthewall has their weekly results in database form though so it's not like the league is keeping any secrets. PMSL had no 7 year old girls with significant time drops in breaststroke at divisionals, so they're out. They also have a top times list not limited to all stars. PWSL doesn't hold an all star meet, so they're out. The Herndon Swim League also likes pdfs and doesn't appear to publish most results so there's another possibility. Times for the all star meet are really slow (36 seconds was the winner in Division A 8&u girls 25 breaststroke). A novice could come close to those times, which would make sense too. The Old Dominion Swim League has crude rankings that extend beyond all stars, so they're out. NVSL, CSL, and DCCL all publish results in databases, so they're out. The Reston Swim Team Association and the Columbia Neighborhood Swim League don't hold divisionals, so they're out. The Country Club Swimming and Diving Association had a 7 year old girl drop from 44 to 38 in 25 breaststroke at Division C Championships but they don't hold an all star meet (and even if they did 38 seconds shouldn't be close to qualifying) so they're out. |
That is truly creepy you looked at all those. |
| Lots of variation across those leagues. So it's possible the poster could have been truthful about the time big drops while still willfully misleading this audience that generally equates all star times with swimming fast. The Herndon League, for example, has a much lower standard for all stars that many probably did not realize until now. |
If I had a kid far enough to nearly make an all star qualifying time I’d probably phrase it just like PP. especially if a first year swim parent. |
I haven’t looked but yes, that sounds like the all star qualifying numbers. Any data that isn’t an all star qualifying time is is a pdf. I’m not sure why you are arguing about this. |
Most people with an all star qualifying time talk about making all stars. It’s only the pedantic people here that say that getting to individual all stars needs to be specifically spelled out. |
Very disturbing |
Alas, now we can see the disconnect. Another lesson for newbies, understand the lingo. The gulf between being close to the top 16 in a league like MCSL and maybe being close to the top 100 is a wide one. |
Just FYI. Herndon Swim League calls it's version of All Stars "Champs", and All Stars is for everyone else. I know it's confusing. So the winner of the girls 7-8 Breaststroke had a 27.98 time. However, she was the only one as no other 7-8 girl with a qualifying time (around 30 secs) chose to swim it. It's a small league with only 9 teams total. |