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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously, let it go.  All of this for summer swim.  The August cut off idea just "benefits" the August birthday kids and makes it worse for the July ones.  The June date makes it harder for May and better for June, I guess.  This is so stupid.  Your kid won't win every year.  Accept it.[/quote]
There are always going to be kids with a birthday that is better for a particular part of the swim season. I think what creates more of an issue with summer swim is that there are kids that are older than the age group they are participating in. My kid has a good JO birthday and a bad summer swim birthday, but her good JO birthday doesn’t mean that she’s still competing in the 10U category after she turns 11. While changing the age up date might be advantageous for the august birthday kid, at least the august birthday kid is in the correct age group, even if they are about to age out. It’s also patently absurd for college students to be participating in kids’ summer rec swim. If you are 18 and have already spent a year at college (let alone swam in college), I’m sorry but you should not be participating. [/quote]

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