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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As people said earlier the depth at this meet for the 13-14 and Open groups was incredible. My frame of reference is the girls, but it was tough to crack the 13-14 finals without sectional cuts with the exception of yesterday’s 100 free and 200 IM, which I’m guessing may have been somewhat related to being on the last day (although the girls in the 200 back yesterday had 14/16 put down sectional cuts at finals). It was impressive that these events on the girls side weren’t dominated by 14 year olds either, there were 13 year olds making finals and getting sectional cuts. [/quote]

Girls and swim development.  There is not always a huge difference between a 13 year old girl and a 15 year old.  Age has less bearing with girls after puberty.  The girl differential hits years earlier.  The early puberty girls (11-12) start taking off and dropping times and you have the late bloomers struggling.  By 14, it is a pretty even playing field with not huge improvements.

Boys, that is where a 13 year old will have a tough time against a 15 year old or older kid.  Boys keep growing until college.  Late bloomers struggle and generally fall out of swim.  It is tough to be that much slower for years.  I think swim becomes incredibly hard for the boys at an age where it is hard for them to be properly motivated.[/quote]

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