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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in division 16 and I wouldn't have it any other way. We don't have any drama. Almost all the kids get to swim in A meets, whether in their age group or swimming up. It's low-pressure and a lot of fun. I hope we never move up.[/quote]

You wouldn’t feel this way if you had a really good swimmer.  But I get this mentality.

What’s too bad is families can’t self-select with these pools based on skill level and interest like rec sports vs travel.  Some kids just want the experience and some kids really want to compete.[/quote]

True, I don't have "a really good swimmer," though I do have year-round swimmers. But we have several All Star swimmers on our team and their parents have been happy enough to stay at the pool for years. Just based on that, I'm not sure it's a universal truth that parents of really good swimmers prefer the faster divisions.[/quote]

Its a complicated question.  I slightly question the statement that you have 'several all star swimmers' I skimmed through the all star results and I didn't see any division 16 team that had more than 2 swimmers, a few had none.  
skimming through div 16 results- some of those 1st place times are nearly 10 seconds slower than what was an all-star cut last year.  When my kids were younger I often wished that we were at a less competitive pool and my kids could have more success.  But now that I have a kid who desperately wants to make all-stars, and is on the cusp of doing so, I think they are benefiting from being in a higher division and having to push so much harder and having better competition.  You swim faster when there is someone next to you who is nearly the same or ideally slightly better.    Anyway, I agree its not a 'universal truth."  Certainly our choice of pool has everything to do with our neighborhood and team culture and really nothing to do with what division we are in.[/quote]

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