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[quote=Anonymous]The long view is that changing the system so that poor Timmy who turns 11 the day of the pvs champs can swim as a 10 year old, doesn’t really matter. I have a kid who was 10 at his championship meet (not in dmv), won four events, then turned 11 two weeks later and competed in 11/12 at a more selective meet. He only made consolation finals, but got personal bests in the events he had won as a 10 year old. Guess which meet he was more proud of? He cared much more about his times, and I think that is true for most swimmers. It sends the wrong message to our young swimmers to care too much about when they age up and “it isn’t fair”. If they swim long enough, the only numbers that matter will be the ones on the board. [/quote]
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