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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You want 10% of the kids to have to swim completely different lengths of races over the course of a recreational 6-week season? What an idea. Astonish us with more of your brilliance.[/quote]

Np here. What if they swim the age that they are by divisionals of that season. For example, if they turn 9 on july 15th, they swim as a 9 year old the whole season, 50 free from time trials on.

Once you are 9 it’s because you have completed 9 years of life ( in Spanish your birthday is your cumpleaños—complete year) so you’re more 9 than 8. [/quote]

Prior to the turn of the century the date was in July (don't remember if it was the first or a date that followed the completion of the season).  Not sure why they changed it.
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Is that true?  I didn’t realize it had been changed.  Moving up on your birthday is obviously a dumb rule for summer swim given the team aspects, but June 1 doesn’t make a ton of sense.  One argument in favor of it is that’s how it’s been done for 50+ years so all the records and whatnot are based on that.  But if that’s not true, then a later date would make more sense.[/quote]

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