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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the mid level divisions this doesn't happen. Younger kids only swim up if it means they can get an empty lane that wouldn't be filled.[/quote]

It happened in Division 10 last week.  See girls 13-14 medley relay results and compare against individual event results: https://www.mynvsl.com/results/26840?back=dt

And, btw, that team would not have won the 13-14 medley relay without help from a superstar 11 year old. That equates to a 10 point swing in the overall meet results.  In some cases, that can be the difference between winning and losing a meet.[/quote]

Smart use of a swimmer by whoever seeded that meet.[/quote]

Not necessarily — if not for a DQ (slightly early takeoff), they would have lost the 11-12 relay by ~1.5 seconds. I know this because I was at the meet.

Based on times, they would have been expected to win the 11-12 relay with the swimmer who swam up (and, as occurred save for the DQ, would have been expected to lose the 11-12 relay without that swimmer).

So it was really an even trade — better chance at 13-14 in exchange for worse chance at 11-12. [/quote]

They used the same strategy the previous week too, and won an even closer matchup in the 13-14 relay while losing the 11-12 relay by 14 seconds. [/quote]

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