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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Personally I find it ridiculous when a kid is not getting qualifying times and wearing a tech suit at an Open meet. The kid would be better off focusing on practice. [/quote]
I think a lot of kids do this because their teammates are. It starts with the 12U suits, and once the fast kids get them for champs meets and other meets with qualifying times the other kids inevitably follow, even if they are not champs level swimmers. [b]And what are you going to say to that kid, you’re not fast enough to wear that suit?[/b] [/quote]

And who even notices if a kid is “fast enough”?  DCs club only allows tech suits at championship format meets, where the majority of kids are wearing them regardless of whether they’re swimming qualifying times or not. I’m watching my kid or reading a book. I have no idea if some other kid is wearing an expensive suit while placing dead last in their event. And even if I did happen to notice, why shouldn’t that kid swim in whatever they want (within the rules of course)?  Their suit choice is none of my business. [/quote]

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