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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The main problem ,imo, with MCLS is the elitism, imo, that results in a smallish number of team members swimming at and deciding "A" swim meets.  There is no reason why meets can't have more heats and include more team members in the swimming and scoring.  PMSL seems far more inclusive. If you're a A or AA mcsl swimmer that can't crack an A meet...join a PMSL pool is my suggestion. HoCo also maybe though I'm less familiar. PMSL, everyone basically swims at A meets. If they need more heats, the teams typically agree to just have more heats. BFD.  
If you're a good swimmer, why would you join a summer swim team where you have 2, 3, 5 people ahead of you for A meets? You only live once.

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As someone who swam and coached in MCSL, but now lives in Howard County and has kids in CMSL... there are pros and cons to expanding Saturday meets. CMSL (Central MD Swim League) only has Saturday meets. Entries are limited to three total events - individual and relay, three total. So far less swims per kid. Much longer meet; the higher division meets end close to 1pm.

It is nice that everyone is together on Saturdays, but with the longer meets with lots of heats, the team scoring aspect really gets lost in the experience. So many of the heats don't "matter" for team scoring, and the meets are really long. Most families leave well before the end of the meet.

The A/B meet structure isn't perfect, especially for kids or families who have to participate in both, and the B meet swimmers inevitably feel left out of the A meet experience. But as someone who has been part of both league structures, MCSL > CMSL. [/quote]

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