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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our swim team doesn't let kids without times in A meets. How does that not cause hard feelings with the kid on the ladder with a time who should have had that spot?[/quote]

Nobody has an official time for the first A meet. We’ve had instances where a swimmer with NT is known to be faster and swims in place of some with a time.

What would you do if you needed someone with NT to fill a lane? Not let them swim? At times had to beg non-swim team club members to swim. They obviously wouldn’t have times. [/quote]

Isn't that why every team does time trials? If a kid doesn't swim in time trials, he doesn't have a time he can use to get into an A meet until he swims it in a B meet. [/quote]

Only A meet times from this year count as having a time for NVSL rules purposes. But there are lots of ways to figure out who is faster: time trials, b meets, race offs, last years times, etc. [/quote]

I can't tell if you are being dense on purpose?  I am a NP.  Time trials and B meets are a fair and transparent way to give everyone the opportunity to qualify for an A meet.  All the other suggestions are favoritism for some swimmers, who yes may be faster.[/quote]

Sure. Time trials and B meets are fair and transparent but it’s not a perfect solution.

Some clubs offer makeup time trials, some don’t. Some have a B meets before the first A meet, some don’t. Each club gets to handle it how they want. It’s their club.

A NT entry is within bounds of the NVSL rules. From an opposing team perspective (which is how the complaint originated) no foul was committed. Rules were followed.

A PP mentioned giving the opposing team a heads up of a fast NT swimmer. That’s a gracious thing to do. The opposing team could just as equally search for the NT swimmer in myNVSL for 2024 or swimcloud to get a feel for the swimmers speed if they are so concerned about NT swimmers[/quote]

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