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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure how big our team, but yes team size matters. It’s baked into the NVSL seeding “algorithm” too. [/quote]

Do NVSL and/or MCSL look at the number of club swimmers and, even deeper, the number of A, AA, AAA+ swimmers on each team? Because our team is big, but we have very few A+ swimmers, so we don’t really have the level of depth it seems many of the NVSL D1 teams have, which affects our relays. Plus our swimmers are largely on their “down” year all at the same time. [/quote]

They look at club swimmers but they do not account for A, AA, AAA, etc swimmers on a team (likely because summers is all 50s, and an AAA swimmer in 500 free might not be relevant).  They do look at your summer point scorers and whether they will stay on the team. They also take into account the transient nature of the team and swimmers moving teams as they move out of the area or move to other neighborhoods.[/quote]

MCSL does not factor in team size, number of club swimmers/what time standard they have, or any movement in the division alignment model.

For better or for worse, MCSL determines divisions after each season by a computerized swim-off process. Per the narrative on swimstandards.com, “Division assignments are determined by a computerized swim-off. The median of the top 3 times from each team for each event from every dual meet is computed. Using these 3 times, each team is then swum against all other teams. Placement for the subsequent year is based on the number of wins, with ties broken by total points scored. No allowance is made for aging up or other potential changes.”  [/quote]

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