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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would a team change to use meet maestro unless it was all agreed to for the entire group of B meet teams first? Sounds like the person who proposed this change was the person making the most work for everyone. [/quote]

NP.  Most of the B meet leagues have been using Meet Maestro for years.  Our team is not in a B meet league but when we moved to Swimtopia years ago the first B meet of the season the other team that was hosting asked us if we would use it to run the meet.  Generally you try and defer as much as you can to the host team, so we said sure, we will give it a shot.  [b]Not only can you seed your heats (yay) it sped up the meet (double yay)[/b] and the system is incredibly easy to use - we were sold.  We then had the same discussion with our partners and that season all B meets were done in Swimtopia and have been now for years. A good portion of the league wanted A meets to start using it and are thrilled that is the case this year.

If you are not in a league, the rules vary from B meet to meet, depending on the host,[/quote]

Genuinely curious, how does it speed up the meet?  We used to pre-seed all our heats but we found with no shows or unanticipated shows, that we had empty lanes or added extra heats.  We started having coaches seed heats at clerk of course to ensure as few empty lanes as possible, while grouping kids together either by ability or even with their friends at the other pool.  It took a little bit of extra work, but with significant returns.  Our meets are super fast now.  It does require good communication between reps and coaches, but it isn't disorganized and absolutely worth it the last few years.[/quote]

This was my post. I really appreciate all the responses but I haven't heard what makes it faster.  Do you not have kids not showing up and therefore empty lanes that are going unfilled because of the preseeding?  Are you turning kids away who didnt sign up in time and therefore don't have unseeded extra swimmers, which may result in extra heats?  Is clerk of course making adjustments on the fly to fill lanes (and if so, isn't that closer to what we do with assigning lanes in clerk of course)?

As for coaches in clerk of course, this is usually an assistant coach assisting the head clerk of course with seeding. We've never had a delay getting kids to the start, and we have plenty of other coaches to watch every kid swim and take notes so that hasn't been an issue.  We also combine ages and genders when we can, especially for older kids.  It works for us so far, but I'd like to know if we can do it better.[/quote]

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