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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue still remains that there should be consistency across ALL the districts to have a meet of the same format. All should do timed finals or all should do prelim/finals. Not a mixture…it’s unfair.[/quote]

I understand that it is disappointing, but how is it unfair?  They are in different districts, thus they can do things differently.  I understand that a prelim/finals meet can cause swimmers to go faster- but again how is it unfair?  The swimmers are being compared against other swimmers in their district, correct?[/quote]

These districts compete against one another at Regionals.  They should have a similar district format to give each kid the same footing going into Regionals.  The fact that 50% are conducting their meet one way and 50% are conducting their meet another will impact the swimmer results.  Having two chances to swim for a seed time is an advantage and one of those times does not include relays which could tire a swimmer out. The swimmers I am focusing on are the ones that will make finals and move on to Regionals, since then the districts will be competing. For example:

Swimmer is swimming 200 free which is right after the Medley relay.  In prelims, 200 free is the first event and they will be fresh for it.  In finals, they swim the relay and they go straight into 200 free, this could be a disadvantage for a best seed time.  But, it is okay, because the day before they were fresh.  Finals is also a faster meet where it is not as long of a night as prelims.  So swimmers are more likely to be energized and get faster times. They also had two opportunities to drop time if they made finals.  This is an advantage.

In timed finals they will not get an opportunity to swim fresh for that 200 free.  It will overall be a longer and more tiring meet because of the multiple heats and relays.  They get once chance to swim.  They also picked their events based on the original format.  Swimmers often make choices based on meet format and event order.  Some of these swimmers would have chosen different events on the timed finals format.

There is a lot that goes into swimming.  These finalist will be competing against one another at Regionals they should be on the same footing at districts.  The fact that the DCAs do not understand this says they know little about swimming.[/quote]

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