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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD swims for an NVSL team that doesn't seed B meets.  Kids go to CoC with their cards, which are collected and arranged into heats by event number.  We will mix genders for the final heat of boys/first heat of girls if the numbers make sense to cut down on empty lanes.  The older kids tend to be a bit less structured since CoC will often let them choose their own lanes and/or ask to swim in a heat with a friend regardless of seed times.

I'm glad they don't pre-seed.  There are always kids who sign up for B meets and don't show, so there'd be a lot of empty lanes if they did.  This way CoC is able to send out full heats most of the time and the meet runs more efficiently.[/quote]

Wow - we don't really get many no-shows at our B meets except for illness.  I can understand how last-minute drop-outs would be a significant logistical problem.

But I also think that requesting lanes isn't a great way to acclimate kids to how swimming works if they're planning to continue with the sport.  Yes, summer swim is rec league and fun (believe me, I'm very much into that), but preseeding heats by times shows swimmers that B meets are being taken seriously and so are their times and their hard work.  I'm therefore pro-seeding but still have a lot of respect for people who can build heats from cards in the moment.[/quote]

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