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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why doesn’t NCAP send all of its best Age Group kids to the annual IMX meet? [/quote]

Burke’s Silver 1 group is attending but not their Bronze 1 group.  This means only the 13-14 Age group swimmers, not the younger ones. [/quote]

I don’t get this. Isn’t it better for the club if everyone who qualifies attend the meet? What am I missing?[/quote]

Clubs will spread their talent.  You also realize that most clubs prize the December meets because that is generally when kids are at their fastest.  They have ramped up for three months, tapered, and will drop time.  The holidays are a recovery period.  They start ramping up again in January (so January is not going to see great times for swimmers).  To help with the mental focus January meets tend to be mentally a different game.  So a club will attend a distance meet, long course meet, or IMX because it is less about the making cuts but mentally challenging.  IMX is about a combined score overall, not killing it in your best events.  So these meets are less about the club and more about engaging the swimmer.

Groups can choose different meets to accomplish this.  Clubs are building right not for the March meets where swimmers will hopefully drop time.  So PVS champs, NCSAs, Sectionals, etc.  It is a training cycle.[/quote]

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