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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And in MCSL there are 2 heats of free.  So 6 kids swim freestyle at every A meet, and free is not always the 3rd event for the fastest kids.  Consider an example like this:

Fast kid A: back, breast, fly
Fast kid B: free, back, fly
Fast kid C: free, back, breast
Fast kid D: free, breast, fly

Still leaves 3 spaces in free only for other kids.  And if any of my imaginary Fast kids above are only assigned two races, even more space for an additional kid.

MCSL says -up to- 3 events per kid, not counting IM or relays.  A coach could conceivably do one event per kid and bring the entire age group to an A meet, but that would not maximize points.  To win a dual meet you have to know (or have a pretty good guess) which of your swimmers can score in which events and plan from there.  The times are scientific, yes, but knowing which events your fastest swimmers should -skip- is somewhat of an art.[/quote]
For little ones I could see a coach not having a kid do back to back events (e.g., breast before fly) if it might make them tired for the last event if they weren't going to score points in the prior event anyways.  Yes, they're short races but they're also little swimmers.[/quote]

If it’s MCSL, back is event 18 (for girls) and 30 for breast. Not exactly back to back.[/quote]

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