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I’m at a d2 pool that does this and I guarantee the majority of the team doesn’t like this. Would love an open vote.  Of course some do.  But no one has ever asked me about it.  And my kid doesn’t lose a spot.  But I see how it affects those that do[/quote]

Almost every d2 pool has done it this year. It's not unusual at all for the higher divisions.

Keep in mind that for every older slower kid that doesn't get to swim in an A meet, a younger faster kid does. [b]I wouldn't want to be the one to explain to the faster younger kid and her parents that she doesn't get to swim because a slower swimmer's mommy complained.[/b] [/quote]

NP, and I've got no dog in this fight since our team only swims kids up in individual events if there would otherwise be empty lanes so my kid isn't affected, but you could easily just reframe the bolded.   It's not that the kid isn't swimming because a slower swimmer's mommy complained, it's that she's not swimming because *she's* the slower swimmer *in her own age group*.  Even the youngest kids on DCs team understand this.

If the age groups are meaningless compared to times, NVSL could/should have "time based groups" instead.  Let all kids (heck, even mix genders if you want) whose times are between A and B compete in one heat, then all kids with times between C and D, and so on.  But I'm guessing age groups matter on some level given that 1) they exist and meets are structured around them, and 2) you can't swim up in the most important meets; Divisionals, Relay Carnival and All Stars all enforce age grouping.[/quote]

Saturday dual meets are a team competition where balance over all ages is rewarded.  The age groups, or no-older-than limits, force teams to develop as much talent as possible in each of the 10 competitive bins (boys/girls x 8&u/9-10/11-12/13-14/15-18).  Some teams are very strong in some age groups but very weak in others.  When such disparities show up in adjacent age groups, the no-older-than limits can help teams balance out their strengths and weaknesses.  It's really that simple.

Divisionals and All-Stars are individual events, vice team events.  Not sure why NVSL decided to stick to more rigid age boundaries for Relay Carnival than a regular A meet though.[/quote]

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