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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should have had a pull the plug desk at these mid season meets last weekend.  DPs if your DC is 16/17 and makes no C Finals, or is unable attain a Sectionals cut, please do us a favor.  Leave.  Lane space is precious in the DMV. In the absence of reclassing, those who want to swim competitively need as much space as they can get.  Dead weight is what it is.  Useless.  Help us help you.  Period.[/quote]

My kid is one of the slowest swimmers.  You know what, I don't care what you think.  They earned that spot and will continue till they graduate.[/quote]

I don't mind swimmers of all abilities in the sport as long as they want to be there. The only thing that gets me a bit are swimmers skipping steps and signing up for things they're not ready for, slowing things down. (One example, swimmer had never done the 500, had a time ~3 minutes in the 200 and signed up for the thousand.)[/quote]

It's not for you to decide and why not?  How is that a big deal?  My slow swimmer can easily do a 500.  We rarely do meets due to other activities but for HS swim they crush the 500.  You don't know if they are skipping and and its a bit creepy you are monitoring other kids so carefully. [/quote]
DP, I understand the point PP was making. Swim meets are an incredibly long slog as it is and it is crappy when a coach enters a kid in an event that they clearly are not ready for. If you take 3:00 to swim a 200, you should not be entered in the 1000 which will take you over 15 minutes to finish. That being said, it’s a great thing that swimmers of all abilities have the opportunity to compete in this area. I have to think the person who posted that non-sectional level teens should quit is trolling. [/quote]

Here is an idea, be supportive vs. be that parent talking in the stands making fun of the kids.  Good for them if they try a 1000.  Not everyone is there for competition and for a swim scholarship.  Some are just doing it for fun and the accomplishments to trying.

Don't like it, don't watch.  Simple.

Some kids are better distance swimmers than shorter, mine is.  [/quote]

"Slow swimmers shouldn't swim the 1000" wasn't the point. The point was that swimmers, particularly developing swimmers, should swim the 500 at least once (or really 2 or 3 times) before tackling the thousand.

In a similar vein, swimmers with no 50 breast time because they keep dq-ing shouldn't sign up for the 200 breast or 400 im-- but they should keep signing up for that 50 until they get it.[/quote]

NT in a 50 and swimming a 200 doesn't happen very often does it?
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Never.  Don’t know what the PP was talking about, but nothing worse than a 9 y/o doing the 200 BR in 4:55, holding up the meet with the rest of the heat done at 3:25, wondering if they’re allowed to get out of the water and what’s the holdup.  [/quote]

It has happened at least once, because I had to sit through it and it annoyed me to no end. I personally knew the swimmer and knew they had no legal 50. And the team isn't one that assigns events; parents pick. DQ hand up before they hit the flags after the dive.[/quote]

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