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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think aging up on your birthday makes swimming the fairest sport out there. [/quote]

I think it’s fair in theory, but then the swim season shouldn’t be structured around very few championships where the same swimmers benefit from a fortunate birthday year after year. [/quote]

Nothing is fair.  Summer birthdays benefit greatly in summer league.  Not fair to others. There are three championship times of year that a kid can excel.  We have a kid that is 10 and ages up at the end of February and was able to make the 11-12 cuts for championships. That was the goal and she accomplished it. [/quote]

New poster: that’s great but it doesn’t change the fact that the worst birthdays for most of swim is feb to mid March. This is especially true once you’re swimming against kids undergoing early puberty or who have a late birthday. [/quote]
No one is saying that February to early March are good swim birthdays, but using actual birthdays is the most objectively fair way to decide when a kid ages up. An 11 year old or 13 year old cleaning up by swimming down at age group champs is not fair either.[/quote]

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