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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

For most girls there is very little difference developmentally between a 13 and 14 year old. For boys, a very different story and the 13 year old boys making finals are the ones who had precocious puberty. I agree about the depth of the meet![/quote]

13 is not precocious puberty for a boy. That’s a medical term used for puberty earlier than the normal range. 13 is normal.[/quote]

It is normal for starting puberty/early stages. These 13 years olds are not starting - they are already full grown men with full height/muscles/hair. They started years ago (earlier than normal). [/quote]

A 13 year old boy with muscles is pretty normal.  If he has a mustache and beard though, watch out, he's probably very fast.

Tanner stages      Age at the start                       Noticeable changes
(in males) 
Stage 1            After the 9th or 10th birthday      None
Stage 2            Around age 11                            Pubic hair starts to form
Stage 3            Around age 13                            Voice begins to change or “crack”; muscles get larger
Stage 4            Around age 14                            Acne may appear; armpit hair forms
Stage 5            Around age 15                            Facial hair comes in[/quote]

Good lord, you are being really pedantic. The point is that a 13 year old boy who is well into puberty and already has a man body is an earlier developer. And those are the only 13 year olds making finals at a meet like this (on the boys’ side). [/quote]

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