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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it based on four best times in the same stroke? That’s the only way it seems to make sense mathematically:

https://www.pvswim.org/athletes/outstandingathlete2324.html[/quote]

I went back in years, and it is interesting that not all these swimmers stay on top (they could have moved to a different league as well).  But Sadie Buckley (Makos) has consistency on this list.[/quote]
Interestingly enough she transferred to NCAP this season as did one of RMSCs male swimmers on the list. [/quote]

I think that is inevitable.  Swimmers like her have their sights set on National and Olympic competition.  Makos is a great team but does not have the cohort to push her.  If you look at most of the top swimmers then end up moving over to NCAP for that reason.  Faster kids to practice with that are their age.  I am surprised by RMSC though.  They are the other big dog at the park.  It might be a weak cohort for that gender/age or the kid might be plateauing or hitting  a slump, so the hope would be to switch clubs to get a new coaching perspective that might get the swimmer over that hump.

You see a lot of talented swimmers stay at mid sized clubs and then stagnate.  They do not have the cohort or they have had the same coaches/coaching philosophy and no longer getting anything new out of it.[/quote]

The opposite happens as well. You also see talented swimmers move to bigger teams and stagnate. It's not always as simple as finding a faster cohort. [/quote]

I would argue that swimmer already peaked.  It would not matter where they went.  You can see it when you chart the swimmers progress over years.  And let's face it a swimmer that flatlines at 16 or 17, might be where they will be and not as attractive to colleges (unless that flat time is so good that it will score the points over four years).  But a kid that is consistently trending up is a better gamble.

Look at alot of swimmers and you will see what you call "stagnate" - but sometimes the body has hit the top point of what it is able to do.  Growing has ceased, perhaps they cannot get stronger (genetics), or their cardio has peaked, or they grew into unlucky body types for the sport that they are in.[/quote]

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