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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid has state cuts but I still think it’s unfair to allow some competitors to have two bites at the districts apple and others don’t:

- some kids will miss out on getting a regionals cut (and not get to go to regionals) from the first/only swim at districts

End of the day Arlington County was willing to change their Pool programming to allow the Liberty District to keep their 2 evening trials/finals format.  Either the Fairfax County pools weren’t or the Concorde District didn’t ask and just adjusted.  Don’t be mad at the Liberty District.  Be mad at either Fairfax County that agreed to the stupid let’s use pools at the rec center instead of having them at high schools or your District leaders who decided to take the easy route and modify the schedule 
- the opposite is true for kids who make the cut, but only at finals
- kids with finals get a better seed time for regionals/state and therefore a better lane at both the follow up meets (and this can absolutely produce a better result (so better time again at regionals finals, states
- kids who end up in the first heat at regionals from their finals swim time at districts now have an additional possible way to make states
- kids who are close after prelims have a sense of less stress performing at finals for districts to try and make a cut for states versus those swimming at regionals

Of course this is not fair to the swimmers who didn’t get two chances at districts. The schools at our districts will be swimming against some schools that got these two bites at the apple next week. [/quote]

Agree - it’s so unfair that the majority of kids are getting 2 chances to make cuts and improve their seed times, this should not be allowed. Especially for districts like National where they are already disadvantage swimming in the bad pools.[/quote]

I have a kid in National. Let’s not get too carried away about pool disadvantages. Atmosphere matters more. At the end of the day it’s the swimmer not the pool. Now this is separate from not having the benefit of prelims/finals.

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Really? The Liberty Dist seems to have almost all drops and very, very big ones. That’s not true of most pools/meets unless it’s a fast pool or a very high level meet. This is not a high level meet. I think swimming at certain pools matters. Surprised you don’t know that. Your kid never says “that’s a fast pool” and meet mobile shows nearly every single person dropping? [/quote]
Sure, but I don’t think anyone has ever called a county rec center a “fast pool”. Some are certainly nicer than others, but none are fast in the way you’re describing. Eppley is a fast pool. Oakmont has notoriously warm water and air quality. Most kids hate racing there, even if it’s a step up from AM. [/quote]

Pools can be fast or slow for lots of reasons: end lanes have open water on the ends (versus the pool ending), water level, salt water, and some unknown reasons…it is not like no rec center pools are like this.

Having some kids get prelims and finals for districts is not fair esp when they regroup together at regionals. Liberty should not be swimming next week with Concorde, for example. [/quote]
PP. we are very aligned on your second point!!! It’s an unfair advantage. [/quote][/quote]

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