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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there would be benefit to all age group swimmers if they broke the swim year into thirds based on each championship and utilized cutoffs to allow swimmers to train with their appropriate age group and compete in the championship for that segment of the season with the same group. For example, age as of Oct. 1 remains through December champs, age as of January 1 remains through March champs, age as of May 1 remains through LC champs. Solves so many problems and disadvantages no one, and avoids the lunacy of throwing a kid from a meet whose birthday is the day before the first day of competition. This is the way YMCA (non-USA) swim teams do it, and it works perfectly. [/quote]

This is actually a very good system.  [/quote]
Eh, it still would lead to some absurd results. I have a kid who would “benefit” from this system for the LC champs in July. But it would have been kind of absurd for them to compete in the 10 and under group at age 11 with their 11-12 cuts. They would have won more than 1 event but everyone would have been complaining about that kid is actually 11. There are reasons for the summer swim cutoff that just aren’t applicable in a year round system. And I don’t mean this in a nasty way, but comparing YMCA league to USA swimming is really not an equivalent comparison. [/quote]

It is way less absurd to have a kid who is 11+3 months competing against kids who are 10+3 months than it is to have kids who are 11+1 month competing against kids who are 12+11 months.[/quote]

This would be a very very good system. I’m going to bring it up to our club board and USA swim rep. It makes so much more sense than the current system and would help keep more kids engaged in the sport. [/quote]

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