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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Wow. Didn’t know that. This weekend was NCAP Burke swimmers’ first foray into a LC pool for the season, and we only have one more LC meet before champs this summer.

Really?

We only do three LC meets on average. The top swimmers generally do more. They will do Super Sectionals, NCSA Summer Champs, and/or Futures. But most swimmers will only do a few LC meets.

DP from NCAP Burke — yes, the 13 and over Silver 1 and Gold 1 swimmers can have more LC meets, but the 12U swimmers are only having two LC meets this season, and this past weekend was the first of the two. No LC practice until school is out. 12U Kids who make PV LC age group champs will go to them, and kids who make Zones can go (but most don’t because we just want a break after so much summer league swimming).

It’s nuts how different the sites are. NCAP Tyson’s (is it “Nova” now?) 12Us are at their fourth LC meet (this one is in Richmond!), with three weekends in a row.

What Richmond meet were 12Us at?

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Wow. Didn’t know that. This weekend was NCAP Burke swimmers’ first foray into a LC pool for the season, and we only have one more LC meet before champs this summer.

Really?

We only do three LC meets on average. The top swimmers generally do more. They will do Super Sectionals, NCSA Summer Champs, and/or Futures. But most swimmers will only do a few LC meets.

DP from NCAP Burke — yes, the 13 and over Silver 1 and Gold 1 swimmers can have more LC meets, but the 12U swimmers are only having two LC meets this season, and this past weekend was the first of the two. No LC practice until school is out. 12U Kids who make PV LC age group champs will go to them, and kids who make Zones can go (but most don’t because we just want a break after so much summer league swimming).

It’s nuts how different the sites are. NCAP Tyson’s (is it “Nova” now?) 12Us are at their fourth LC meet (this one is in Richmond!), with three weekends in a row.

Yes, NCAP Tysons and Marymount are now NCAP Nova. But Burke, Alexandria, Claude Moore, and any of the 5 Loudoun County sites are not Nova. They are just NCAP affiliates in Northern Virginia, not Nova.

And don’t confuse them with Nova of Virginia, and Nova of California (Irvine Novaquatics) because what’s another Nova?

It’s quite simple, makes perfect sense, and a master class in branding.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Wow. Didn’t know that. This weekend was NCAP Burke swimmers’ first foray into a LC pool for the season, and we only have one more LC meet before champs this summer.

Really?

We only do three LC meets on average. The top swimmers generally do more. They will do Super Sectionals, NCSA Summer Champs, and/or Futures. But most swimmers will only do a few LC meets.

DP from NCAP Burke — yes, the 13 and over Silver 1 and Gold 1 swimmers can have more LC meets, but the 12U swimmers are only having two LC meets this season, and this past weekend was the first of the two. No LC practice until school is out. 12U Kids who make PV LC age group champs will go to them, and kids who make Zones can go (but most don’t because we just want a break after so much summer league swimming).

It’s nuts how different the sites are. NCAP Tyson’s (is it “Nova” now?) 12Us are at their fourth LC meet (this one is in Richmond!), with three weekends in a row.

Anonymous wrote:Some teams have already been to three LC meets with their 12Us, which is overkill IMO. Don’t these kids have other activities? Dance recitals? Music performances? Theatre performances? Baseball or soccer games? Track meets?

Some parents are wise enough to not enroll their kids in dance. And track meets are the only thing worse than swim meets- don’t even get me started.

Just because your club has been to 3 meets already doesn’t mean that has to have dominated your weekends. That makes it really nice- go to one session per meet or maybe 2 sessions total. You have plenty of swim opportunity and opportunity to do anything else you desire, as long as you plan ahead.

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Anonymous wrote:The person who wrote 4-5 also wrote depending on if they choose to go to summer NCSAs so I read that as 3 before PVS Champs, then potentially the local and a national level summer champs meets.

I’m the poster you’re mentioning and that’s correct, 3 pre-champs LC meets, PVS champs and then potentially summer NCSA.

+ super sectionals

Some teams have already been to three LC meets with their 12Us, which is overkill IMO. Don’t these kids have other activities? Dance recitals? Music performances? Theatre performances? Baseball or soccer games? Track meets?

My 10 year old has already swum 2 LC meets this spring (both FISH-hosted). We have 2 more before age group champs.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Wow. Didn’t know that. This weekend was NCAP Burke swimmers’ first foray into a LC pool for the season, and we only have one more LC meet before champs this summer.

Maybe it’s different for Burke since they are a separate franchise, but it does seem less than ideal to only have 2 LC meets before PVS champs. If your other meet is NCAP Elite, does that mean your younger kids only have 1 meet? The cut times for the timed finals sessions at Elite are more in line with 13-14 times than 11-12 times. There were very few 12 and under swimmers there last year.

The 12U kids’ second LC meet is the Machine meet in late June.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Wow. Didn’t know that. This weekend was NCAP Burke swimmers’ first foray into a LC pool for the season, and we only have one more LC meet before champs this summer.

Really?

We only do three LC meets on average. The top swimmers generally do more. They will do Super Sectionals, NCSA Summer Champs, and/or Futures. But most swimmers will only do a few LC meets.

DP from NCAP Burke — yes, the 13 and over Silver 1 and Gold 1 swimmers can have more LC meets, but the 12U swimmers are only having two LC meets this season, and this past weekend was the first of the two. No LC practice until school is out. 12U Kids who make PV LC age group champs will go to them, and kids who make Zones can go (but most don’t because we just want a break after so much summer league swimming).

I feel like if you are a 12&U participating in LC you would make Zones a priority if you actually qualified. But, I am also of the mindset that a 12&U should not be doing LC and should have a break (and just do summer).

My kid never participated in LC Zones even though they qualified from ages 11-14. The meet was the first weekend of August and disrupted vacation plans, and my kid was over all things swim by then. At least in PVS, there are actually a lot of qualified swimmers who choose not to go.

Same.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Wow. Didn’t know that. This weekend was NCAP Burke swimmers’ first foray into a LC pool for the season, and we only have one more LC meet before champs this summer.

Really?

We only do three LC meets on average. The top swimmers generally do more. They will do Super Sectionals, NCSA Summer Champs, and/or Futures. But most swimmers will only do a few LC meets.

DP from NCAP Burke — yes, the 13 and over Silver 1 and Gold 1 swimmers can have more LC meets, but the 12U swimmers are only having two LC meets this season, and this past weekend was the first of the two. No LC practice until school is out. 12U Kids who make PV LC age group champs will go to them, and kids who make Zones can go (but most don’t because we just want a break after so much summer league swimming).

I feel like if you are a 12&U participating in LC you would make Zones a priority if you actually qualified. But, I am also of the mindset that a 12&U should not be doing LC and should have a break (and just do summer).

My kid never participated in LC Zones even though they qualified from ages 11-14. The meet was the first weekend of August and disrupted vacation plans, and my kid was over all things swim by then. At least in PVS, there are actually a lot of qualified swimmers who choose not to go.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Wow. Didn’t know that. This weekend was NCAP Burke swimmers’ first foray into a LC pool for the season, and we only have one more LC meet before champs this summer.

Really?

We only do three LC meets on average. The top swimmers generally do more. They will do Super Sectionals, NCSA Summer Champs, and/or Futures. But most swimmers will only do a few LC meets.

DP from NCAP Burke — yes, the 13 and over Silver 1 and Gold 1 swimmers can have more LC meets, but the 12U swimmers are only having two LC meets this season, and this past weekend was the first of the two. No LC practice until school is out. 12U Kids who make PV LC age group champs will go to them, and kids who make Zones can go (but most don’t because we just want a break after so much summer league swimming).

I feel like if you are a 12&U participating in LC you would make Zones a priority if you actually qualified. But, I am also of the mindset that a 12&U should not be doing LC and should have a break (and just do summer).

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Wow. Didn’t know that. This weekend was NCAP Burke swimmers’ first foray into a LC pool for the season, and we only have one more LC meet before champs this summer.

Really?

We only do three LC meets on average. The top swimmers generally do more. They will do Super Sectionals, NCSA Summer Champs, and/or Futures. But most swimmers will only do a few LC meets.

DP from NCAP Burke — yes, the 13 and over Silver 1 and Gold 1 swimmers can have more LC meets, but the 12U swimmers are only having two LC meets this season, and this past weekend was the first of the two. No LC practice until school is out. 12U Kids who make PV LC age group champs will go to them, and kids who make Zones can go (but most don’t because we just want a break after so much summer league swimming).

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Wow. Didn’t know that. This weekend was NCAP Burke swimmers’ first foray into a LC pool for the season, and we only have one more LC meet before champs this summer.

Maybe it’s different for Burke since they are a separate franchise, but it does seem less than ideal to only have 2 LC meets before PVS champs. If your other meet is NCAP Elite, does that mean your younger kids only have 1 meet? The cut times for the timed finals sessions at Elite are more in line with 13-14 times than 11-12 times. There were very few 12 and under swimmers there last year.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Wow. Didn’t know that. This weekend was NCAP Burke swimmers’ first foray into a LC pool for the season, and we only have one more LC meet before champs this summer.

Really?

We only do three LC meets on average. The top swimmers generally do more. They will do Super Sectionals, NCSA Summer Champs, and/or Futures. But most swimmers will only do a few LC meets.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, at May Magic today, NCAP Tyson’s was on their second LC meet already.

I think most sites had already done a LC meet before this weekend. There have been the OCCS meets, the Machine meet, Fish Derby, and the PAC meets at Fairland.

Wow. Didn’t know that. This weekend was NCAP Burke swimmers’ first foray into a LC pool for the season, and we only have one more LC meet before champs this summer.