Anonymous wrote:Swimmer on our team didn't get their divisionals top pick, because the team wanted to accommodate a swimmer below them who can't swim anything else.
The passed-over swimmer could be moved to other events, but has a much lower seeding in those events and, like everyone, wanted to maximize chances at divisionals.
Coaches said they "felt bad" for kid below on roster, team reps wanted to expand opportunities for more kids to attend divisionals. They asked passed over kid parents to voluntarily move him to other event, they said no, but team reps did it anyhow. Both kids attend all practices, are year-round swimmers, swim all A meets and have parents who volunteer heavily, not that any of that should matter.
Join another team next year if you don’t like it.