Anonymous wrote:D1 sucks. No teams should be forced in/forced to stay against their will.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DR will be just fine staying in D1. They have had exactly one down year since moving up and have a TON of Club swimmers and a huge swim team. The HOA complaints are rediculous.
I disagree Dr has alot of seniors leaving. Also not soo many club swimmers, but some great athletes. How can you say the HOA has no impact? Dr can't recruite like the others?
Anonymous wrote:DR will be just fine staying in D1. They have had exactly one down year since moving up and have a TON of Club swimmers and a huge swim team. The HOA complaints are rediculous.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What do we think D1 will look like next year? Do we think Oakton will make the leap from 2 to 1??
Donaldson Run is a stronger team than Oakton and has good potential. If they drop to 2 they'll be back after a year. Good balance in d1 this year. OKM and Highlands had some amazing swims.
Its tough for a team like DR to be In division 1, the Hoa limits them to only have swimmers within the community boundary. However they have a lot of kids just need some good coaching to develop those young kids..
Coaching at DR is fine, Coach Phil is terrific
It’s jack@SS parents who care about themselves more than kids has led to a lot of athletic kids leaving swim and many on this year’s team not really caring anymore
Parents want to drop to D3 so their kids can hoist a trophy they can post on instagram, it’s gross behavior
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What do we think D1 will look like next year? Do we think Oakton will make the leap from 2 to 1??
Donaldson Run is a stronger team than Oakton and has good potential. If they drop to 2 they'll be back after a year. Good balance in d1 this year. OKM and Highlands had some amazing swims.
Its tough for a team like DR to be In division 1, the Hoa limits them to only have swimmers within the community boundary. However they have a lot of kids just need some good coaching to develop those young kids..
Anonymous wrote:Oakton definitely moving up.
Tuckahoe flew to the top of the division like they were on a private plane. ✈️
Anonymous wrote:D1 sucks. No teams should be forced in/forced to stay against their will.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DR wants to move down.
Please! We have had fun swimming against Arlington and McLean neighbors for the past few seasons but the scores this season have been the most lopsided in NVSL. We are outgunned and limited by our boundaries but we run fun, fast, and spirited meets so I hope D2 or D3 will be happy to have us.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And Oakton wants to stay in D2!
Of course they do. Everyone wants to smoke their competition. Can’t go 5-0 and not move up unless you’re losing a lot of top swimmers.
I’ll be happy to see the 5-0 team in our division, especially their coach, move on up.
Oakton IS graduating a lot of top swimmers. They were strong in D2 but would generally be crushed in D1.
Heard the same story when they were in D4- whining about not wanting to move up to 2. Then they did well in 2 and finished undefeated this year.
Regardless, the data doesn’t lie. It wouldn’t be pretty for them in D1, even with their current top-scoring seniors.
Well maybe they should have given D1 a go this year because they would have either beat or had a VERY close meets with DR
Respectfully, DR is only one of the teams in D1. The data is clear that Oakton would not fare well against the rest, to put it mildly. I understand your point that based on 2025 records and head to head match ups, you could swap the two. I guess someone has to be the sacrificial lamb of D1.
Exactly. No one wants to be the bottom D1 team, but someone has to do it. I do not envy the seeding committee. I can't imagine how much effort they put into seeding.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And Oakton wants to stay in D2!
Of course they do. Everyone wants to smoke their competition. Can’t go 5-0 and not move up unless you’re losing a lot of top swimmers.
I’ll be happy to see the 5-0 team in our division, especially their coach, move on up.
Oakton IS graduating a lot of top swimmers. They were strong in D2 but would generally be crushed in D1.
Heard the same story when they were in D4- whining about not wanting to move up to 2. Then they did well in 2 and finished undefeated this year.
Regardless, the data doesn’t lie. It wouldn’t be pretty for them in D1, even with their current top-scoring seniors.
Well maybe they should have given D1 a go this year because they would have either beat or had a VERY close meets with DR
Respectfully, DR is only one of the teams in D1. The data is clear that Oakton would not fare well against the rest, to put it mildly. I understand your point that based on 2025 records and head to head match ups, you could swap the two. I guess someone has to be the sacrificial lamb of D1.