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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t most of the fast kids hit the following age group standards?  My kid was always focused on the next age group up). My 11/12 year old has the 14 year old JO cuts and is a decently fast but nothing amazing.[/quote]

Yes. My fast 10U has already hit the 11/12 JO cuts. [/quote]

Um, no.  That would be a truly exceptional 10U to do that.  Take 100 Free.  The 11-12 cut is 1:02.39.  In all of PVS this year, five 10U boys have that time.[/quote]

You do know that JOs is not a meet that every average swimmer is supposed to swim, right? They set the cuts fast to manage the size of the meet. My February bday 9/10 will be working hard next year to make cuts as a just-turned-10-year-old. He’ll probably make it in some and not in others. And that’s ok, because there are other meets at different times of the year where he will dominate. [/quote]

The comment above asked that "Don't most of the fast kids hit the following age group standards."  This was a response to that question.  The answer is, no, most of the fast kids do not hit the following age group standards.[/quote]

If a kid is fast, they will make JOs at the bottom of the age bracket. If they’re very fast, they will make the next age bracket up’s standards. JO is a meet for fast and very fast kids. But there are also LOTS of other fast, special meets. At least one in each quarter. So this complaining is pretty ridiculous. [/quote]
I will say, after being at a qualifier meet this past weekend, JOs are a huge focus for the kids, more so than the other champs level meets throughout the season. The kids within reach of the cuts all knew the time they needed to get and how much they needed to drop, so many happy kids when they made the cut they were trying to get and tears from kids that came up short. You don’t see the same sort of responses in the lead up to winter champs or summer LC champs. And to the point about kids making the cuts of the next age group, there were a handful of times that would have qualified in next age group up. [/quote]

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