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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your league should have rules that are publicly available.  Most likely there is no rule requiring her to swim up.  In our league I have seen kids swim up in two situations: (1) the team doesn't have enough swimmers in an older age group and needs to fill a lane; or (2) the swimmer is very strong and chooses, in consultation with a coach, to swim up so she faces tougher competition.[/quote]

This.  Your league should have clearly stated rules about how a swimmer's age group is determined.  We are at an NVSL swim club and the rule is however old the child is on June 1st.  We have kids with late June birthdays, who as a result end up swimming "down" from the age they are for most of the season because their swim age is a year younger.  [/quote]

OP Here. This is one example from one meet package:

3.	Age of the swimmers is to be determined as of August 17, 2018.  Swimmers must swim in the same category for all individual races for the entire meet. Club swimmers must swim up one age year (for example: a 12 year old would swim as a 13 year old if a club swimmer) and all swimmers must swim in the same age category for the entire meet including relays.

- Each swimmer may swim three individual events, plus IM and Relay
- Swimmers ages are determined as of August 17th, 2018
- Club swimmers must swim up one age group in order to compete, otherwise 
  They will be disqualified from the swim event 
- High school swimmers remain in their age category
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My kids swim NVSL and USA swimming during the year and I’ve never seen anything like that. Seems weird. Are there any other summer leagues around you that she could try next summer?[/quote]

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