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[quote=Anonymous]I personally think rolling cut-offs are a bad idea for multiple reasons in a short season like this, most of which have been stated at one point or another.
- An 8yr old who has been training doing only 25s since May suddenly has to start doing 50s in mid-July
- An older graduating senior (e.g. someone who may have been red-shirted back in kindergarten) suddenly gets kicked off their team midway through their final season
- USA Swimming year round is essentially individuals.  Kids swim with clubs, but NCAP isn't competing against Machine to win or lose a major meet.  In NVSL it is team-based so constant changes in lineups definitely are disruptive
- It's a short and intensively busy season for volunteers and coaches.  This makes it harder when it's supposed to be fun

All that being said, I could see moving the date to something like August 15th, that way no athlete changes ages mid-season and the age groups stay stable.  You still have kids 24mos apart, or in the 15-18 group potentially almost 4yrs apart, but the ages aren't shifting.
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