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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have a swimmer on a HS team and she is saying that no one makes it who doesn't have at least a 1:10 in 100 free (women's). Not sure how accurate that is. [/quote]

For my kid's school it's 1:02. And yes, there will be cuts to get down to 30 girls, and yes some kids who swim club will be cut.[/quote]

1:02? Is this a local school - that seems very fast. [/quote]

And a really stupid metric for someone who is, say, a breast specialist [/quote]

I do not know any breast specialists who are not also well under a minute in the 100 free. If they can't hit that, it's an excuse, not a specialty. 55 seconds, sure maybe not reasonable, but a minute two?[/quote]

I can think of a bunch. We’re talking about 13 and 14-year-old girls.[/quote]

Actually, we're talking about 14 to 18 year old girls. And as a specific example, all the winter classic B finalists in open 100 breast and the 14 year olds in 13-14 tonight have a 100 free under a minute. All the "specialists" should be making the B final.[/quote]

You’re comparing winter classic finalists with kids fighting to make the bottom of a bloated high school team roster.  Apples and hand grenades.  [/quote]

I'm saying that 1:02.50 is a perfectly reasonable standard for 100 freestyle to keep the team from getting too bloated, and someone saying they can't meet that standard because they're a breaststroker is full of it.[/quote]

1:02.5 a reasonable standard: Ok

Can’t meet it because there’re a breaststroke: Not full of it at all.  Just say you don’t know any breaststroke specialists.

I’d gladly give you names of 5 kids I can personally name that fall under this criteria.  But I’m not calling kids out.  Hell, in 1 minute of research I came up with five 13-14 girls that made NVSL all stars in breaststroke that were not in the top 100 in freestyle, and aren’t sniffing 1:02.  [/quote]

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