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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OKM came in hot with their attitude last summer. Let them host.[/quote]

What happened? We had a B meet with them and they were lamenting having to move up, but they are really down to earth people. Maybe they just don’t fit in with the McLean elite? (Probably a good thing)[/quote]

Ironically, the McLean parents were welcoming! OKM parent were pompous, wore MAGA tshirts, and tried to tell everyone how much better things had been in their prior division.[/quote]

Why the hate for OKM? Unless you’re anti-military. [/quote]

They strike me as being very “Fake” nice; they did not handle the move up to D1 very well and the loses that came with it….they were SHOCKED to get smoked by Chesterbrook[/quote]

OKM parent here. I cannot speak for anyone other than myself, but I will say many parents and I had conversations sharing that — while we are honored for the acknowledgment — we were disappointed with moving up. In fact, during an A meet with our friends from Crosspointe in 2023, many of us from both OKM and Crosspointe joked that we should draw straws on who had to move up. Team leaders even tried to encourage NVSL not to move us up. We talked to our friends at McLean (whose coach previously coached OKM), and they shared our sentiment. Our friends from Langley - same.

I assure you, we were not shocked about losing to CB. If we’re honest, nobody wants to compete against Tuckahoe, Chesterbrook, and Overlee. We all recognize the depth of talent those teams have. So if OKM parents shared their disappointment with moving up, I assure you it’s not because we had any personal grudges against D1 teams; it’s simply that no other team outside of those big 3 will win an A meet against them.

And we are nice because that’s how people should act in competition, especially when hosting another team. Highlands and Donaldson Run were incredibly welcoming, and Overlee and Tuckahoe were very kind when they came to our pool. [/quote]

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