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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid is 13 or 14, I would think they'd be above Bronze 1 at NCAP burke?  with AA and AAA times?  I would look into that more before moving heaven and earth to go there.

Also, NCAP is fast, but they require 5 or 6 days at an early age.  Is your kid on board with that?  Mako, FAA, and others can give them opportunity with 4/5 days in middle school.

Take it from an older swim parent who is currently watching many of  the high schoolers who have been doing this forever get burned out.  Injuries happen too.    [/quote]

Exactly what I am thinking.  A middle schooler with those times would not be in Bronze 1.  My 9 yr moved out of Bronze with A times.  A swimmer in MS with AAA/AAAA times would be in Gold.  No way it would be Bronze. [/quote]
Different sites of NCAP use different ages for the programs. At our site you can’t move out of Bronze until age 13 and you can’t get into Gold until HS. Silver is a select group, you have to have certain times, attendance etc. and those are the kids tracking to Gold 1 or 2, the more low key HS group is Gold 3 and you go there directly from Bronze 1 if you aren’t going to Silver.[/quote]

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