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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How in the world do you know all of these kids' ages?  Please tell me your not google searching them. [/quote]
There are swimming sites where the club swimmers’ age and month are listed (ie 12 years 11 months). You also can see for example kids competing at 13 and over champs this weekend that are listed as being 12 on their summer team because that was their age on June 1.[b] Parents like to complain about this but the reality is the kids don’t care. [/b]And no I’m not a summer birthday parent, my kid has a May birthday. [/quote]

The top kids who are the correct age do care. [/quote]

Week to week meets, I don' think my kids care at all. My record-holding kid minds a tiny bit when setting a record at say 12.5 that gets broken the next year by a classmate who has been 13 for almost two months by the time it gets broken at all stars. In our house, we do say "records are meant to be broken" and kids shrug it off for the most part, but we know a 12yo didn't get that record. [/quote]

Yeah, like how the "8&U" relays at All Stars this year were all mostly made up of 9 year olds. I think there are a few age groups where the June 1st cut-off leans more towards unfair - namely, 8&U and 13-14.[/quote]

Oh come on. multiple top relay teams in the 13-14s were made up of 13 year olds. I guess they are just the most amazing 13 year olds ever to beat - gasp - a 14 year old swimmer.[/quote]

No, that's reasonable. However, I would not expect them to place as well against a team composed of 15 year olds.[/quote]

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