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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are hearing rumors some big clubs aren’t attending this year and were also just told we could bring more swimmers than originally planned. Which clubs are definitely attending? Who dropped out?[/quote]

There are not many big clubs at this meet.  The big clubs (RMSC, NCAP, Machine, etc) all attend NCI and Turkey Claus.[/quote]

NCI pulls in a lot of teams from out of state and many qualifying cuts are faster than senior champs.  It certainly takes a faster time to final.  It’s a really fast meet. [/quote]

NCI is just an incredibly fast meet.  Thankfully Turkey Claus, sport Fair winter classic, etc exist for the not incredibly fast. [/quote]
To be clear, there are plenty of swimmers at the Winter Classic that are fast enough to swim at the NCI.  Their teams just don't participate so they cannot, even though they have the cuts.  NCI is unquestionably a much faster meet, but it's inaccurate to say that the Winter Classic is for swimmers that are "not incredibly fast".  [/quote]

Are the finalist in the two meets comparable?  So the slowest finalist at Sport Fair would also make finals at NCI?[/quote]

It is ridiculously hard to make finals at NCI- it is not that difficult to make finals at winter classic.  I remember it was the first meet where my kid earned a second swim when he was 12.[/quote]
No one is suggesting the finals are comparable; they’re not. What a few of us are factually pointing out is that swimming at winter classic isn’t the consolation prize for those that don’t make NCI. Lots of winter classic kids have NCI cuts, but that’s irrelevant, because their team doesn’t attend the meet so they can’t swim in it. [/quote]

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