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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid with an Aug 30 birthday who went to school on time.  On top of that, she's a late bloomer for puberty and small for her age.  It's a really tough combo for a kid who is naturally competitive.

[b]Of course, a huge portion of the board will say that it's totally unfair that summer swim uses a June cutoff.  She is totally unfairly advantaged[/b].[/quote]

This again makes the point that there will always be disadvantaged kids under every cut-off.[/quote]

USATF summer youth track doubles the fun: Dec 31 cutoffs AND dual age divisions.  A 12 year old with a December birthday gets to race against eighth graders who turned 14 back in January.

I understand they combine age groups so the meets don’t last eight hours, but you’d think they could score them separately.[/quote]

Summer swim is dual age divisions too. 9 year olds just understand unless they are truly amazing they will have to wait until the kid who turned 11 on June 2 ages out next year.[/quote]

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