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[quote=Anonymous]Change the names of the divisions from 9-10 year olds to “juniors” or whatever, and then define “juniors” as those born between xx/yy and xx/yy. Then no one will have anything to complain about. It’s the fact that an 11 year old is swimming in a so-called 10u group that is absolutely wrecking some people’s brains. Change the name. It’s not an 10u group. It’s a 6/2/2013-6/1/2015 birthday group.

People complain less about sub optimal swim birthdays in club swim, truly. And it’s partially because by the time their swim times actually mean anything, they are 15 and classified as a “senior”, so everyone’s on the same playing field. I have a club swimmer who ages up before a big annual travel meet and he doesn’t mope about it, he just goes for the next age group cuts. And it might blow your mind that there are 12, 13, and 14 year olds swimming in senior meets next to 22 year olds, and no one is clutching their pearls about how unfair it is that little Susie, who just finished 7th grade, had to compete for a finals spot against a college swimmer.

But I understand that a fair playing field is important to rec summer swim, so I think renaming groups and defining each group as a 2 year age group makes the most sense. It’s not fair for the kids who happen to be at top of the bday heap to get such vitriol. They are in the correct age group, it’s just labeled incorrectly. 
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