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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My favorite summer swim story is when my 7 year old daughter — who attended every single practice and swam every single B meet — got excited about getting a trophy at the end of summer banquet. And then they only gave trophies to A meet swimmers.

She said to me that night, “I guess I wasn’t good enough for a trophy.” 😢[/quote]

Well, she’s correct. [/quote]

I assume this was meant to be inflammatory, but it makes zero sense that random A meet swimmers get a trophy and B meet swimmers don’t. Either give high point or give to all swimmers across the board. These are kids this is a recreational swim league I’m not a big participation trophy person but this is 100% the place for it. Kids going to practice daily should get acknowledged for their efforts. Especially the little kids who are the ones who improve by leaps and bounds through the summer.

Ours does medals for all and high point trophy for division. [/quote]

OP said she wasn't sure, but thought everyone who scored a point (finished 1-2-3 in an A meet) got a trophy. That's an earned thing, not a participation trophy for some but not all.[/quote]

I’m awards lady from previous post.

Kids that swim in A meets and place 1-2-3 get ribbons. Why do they also need a trophy too? That’s ridiculous in my opinion.[/quote]

This is true, plus they get medals if they place top six at relay divisionals, relay all stars, individual divisionals, and/or all stars, so they don’t need anything more than that. Save the trophy for the kids who make great progress but do not swim in these meets (or for the kids that started as a B meet swimmer and moved into A meets by hard work and grit).[/quote]

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