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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ and this is why it’s easy to see who has a kid without a Feb/early March bday when they argue it’s equitable the way it is. I get that they need some kind of cut off but to say it’s fair is wrong. If it is so fair, then do it for summer swim and kids age up mid season. The same relay problem happens during club swimming when a kid ages up…so that’s the same problem year round. [/quote]
The summer swim argument is a completely different issue. It’s like an 8 week season and a PITA to deal with aging kids up on their birthdays, although in theory I wouldn’t be opposed to it. Relays are a fun part of the big club meets but they mean nothing and often the kids swimming the relays are from all different sites of a club and may have never met each other before that day. In a true individual sport like club swim is, you can’t have a kid that turned 11 in January swimming 10 and under events in mid/late March. Your argument really boils down to wanting to disadvantage someone other than your February/March birthday kid. [/quote]

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