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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids started NVSL just before the rule change, so I remember both. Found this in my email archives from spring 2012 from our Team rep at the time (obviously in favor of the change.. but gives some context on what was required for it to pass). Although this implies it was in place for quite a while - not sure how accurate the 30 years is.

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Last night the NVSL held their annual rules meeting.  70 clubs were represented at the meeting.  Most of the rule changes were little more than NVSL admin housekeeping items, but there were votes on two items very important to our swimmers - the age rule changed and 8&u butterfly was added to the dual meets.
 
Effective this season, swimmers will compete in the age group for their age on June 1.  If one of our swimmers have a birthday between June 1 and the Divisional Championships on July 28, she/he won't have to change age groups.  That swimmer will finish the season in the same age group in which she/he began the season.
 
Many clubs have been trying to change this rule for over 30 years.  Rule changes need approval of 2/3s of the Team Reps present and voting.  This rule change needed 46 votes for approval and it passed 47-21.  
 
NVSL has always been one of the very few summer swim leagues in the nation that had the immediate age rule.  NVSL Dive Teams have used the June 1 cut-off date for years.  The the swimmers will be competing under the same rule as the divers.
 
The other major change is that 25 m/yd fly has been added to the dual meet program for 8&u boys and girls.
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Also, very cool.

I wonder if NVSL could be persuaded to add IM to dual meets like other leagues do.  THAT would be awesome.[/quote]

that would be cool.  I know my son would like it.  One upside would be that it would allow more swimmers to go to A meets. Downside is I think it would probably extend meet times by probably half an hour or so. Also, I would guess some of the lower division teams may struggle to fill all the slots.  [/quote]

Half an hour is not that much.  Our meets were over by 11 am, at least 4 out of the 5.  We had one that went till 12:30 but the team we were swimming was slow in running the meet.

It also makes more sense.  IMs are offered as an event at divisionals but except for a few IM invitationals and B meets (that the weather mess with) there are very limited opportunities to get a time for IMs.  And if you want to go to all stars - swim IM, that is the one event that has the most scratches every year.[/quote]

It looks like MCSL does it starting in the 11-12 age group, which I suppose means it doesn't extend meet times too much.  But they also allow swimmers to do 3 events I think, which would solve the problem of lower division teams not having enough swimmers but lead to fewer swimmers going to A meets. [/quote]
Yes, in MCSL there is 12&U IM, 13-14 IM, and 15-18 IM at A meets. It adds 6 total heats and even the 12 U kids that do the IM in the A meets are generally a minute and a half or less, so it’s not adding a ton of time to the meets, I would say 15 minutes at the absolute most. In MCSL you can actually do 4 individual events, 3 strokes and the IM. [/quote]

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