first of all, congrats to the meet directors and all the volunteers on a job well done. so organized and efficient!! very impressive. the only thing i wish someone could explain to me is why the usms champ. committee changed the team scoring from large, medium and small team to clumping everyone in the same category. seems extremely unfair to have what i call "real teams" competing against state mega teams. there is no possibility for "real teams" to ever come close to competing against them. if you are going to give team awards at the end of the meet, is there any way you can do it fairly? our team is extremely proud to have gotten as many team members as we did to go to natls. (most of them for the first time), but unfortunately they were very disillusioned (as was i) with the idea that we would be competing against state teams. as one of the coaches i didn't have an explanation. even though we were very proud of our 7th place finish in men's division, and our 12th place in combined, we were only one of a few "real teams" in the top ten. would appreciate responses. maybe even someone from the champ.committee could explain how they felt this scoring system would be more fair to the majority of swimmers. then i can pass it along to my teammates.. i don't want them to be so disillusioned that they lose interest in attending any future natls. thanks
I just know that the top 10 teams doesn't seem to be working,It is working, the team with the most points is getting first place, the team with the second most points is getting second place, etc to the team with the tenth most points is getting tenth place. And I’m sure that in the event of a tie two teams would receive the same place, although there may be a scramble to get a duplicate banner created.
There are obviously many potential solutions to this; leave it alone, Small/Medium/Large, club-team/super-team, splashes/bodies, no team scoring. All solutions have their pros and cons and no solution is fair to all.
I just know that the top 10 teams doesn't seem to be working,It is working, the team with the most points is getting first place, the team with the second most points is getting second place, etc to the team with the tenth most points is getting tenth place. And I’m sure that in the event of a tie two teams would receive the same place, although there may be a scramble to get a duplicate banner created.
There are obviously many potential solutions to this; leave it alone, Small/Medium/Large, club-team/super-team, splashes/bodies, no team scoring. All solutions have their pros and cons and no solution is fair to all.
