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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m assuming this is MCSL based on the question. The rules on this vary by team. Some teams allow a swimmer to swim strokes in B meets that they just swam in the A meet if they didn’t come in 1st or 2nd. Some teams allow it only if the swimmer didn’t score points in the event at the A meet. Some teams don’t allow it if the swimmer swam an event at the A meet, regardless of where they placed.[/quote]

OP here. Yes, this is MCSL. I thought that the rules are the same for all teams? If a swimmer swam in events X, Y, and Z, then they can’t swim those events in B meets. Is it not the same for all MCSL teams? If you have a good swimmer, wouldn’t your team want you to swim in A meets vs B?[/quote]
No, the rules are not the same for every team. The bigger teams tend to have the more restrictive rules because of how long their B meets can run. We used to be in MCSL and the rule for our team was the top 2 in each stroke could not swim those events again at the following B meets. [/quote]

OP here. Omg you are right! I just checked the MCSL meet management handbook (page 60 for those who are interested). I have no idea. The few teams that I have checked all have the same rule of not repeating A events. Good to know that MCSL doesn’t govern this. Had no idea.
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NP - our rule is that kids who finish top three in the freestyle event and/or who swim in any other A meet events (e.g., IM) cannot swim those events in B meets.  Because there are more swimmers in freestyle at A meets than the other events, we don't exclude, say, a kid who finished fifth in 50 free excluded from that event in the subsequent B meet.

My kids swam in both A and B meets last year and it was a lot.  This year, they're all top of their age groups, so I'm hoping it will be mostly A meets.  They still want to go to the B meets to dress up and cheer, etc., and we'll do that, but it will be nice not having to stay until the bitter end.[/quote]

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