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
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.
Yes, that is correct the HyTek program totals up the team scores. And if you are part of an LMSC team it works wonderfully well. If you are a club that has a single management, practice at one or two pools, where most people know each other - you have a great chance to get 21st.
The rules currently favor those clubs that combine in a given area whether it be New England, Colorado, Virginia or Georgia. It puts those teams that have a single management and pool at a distinct disadvantage. There is no way that a Rolling Hills Mudshark team or Mountain View Masters can bring same number of people who swim for an LMSC team.
I would much rather score teams into a SML or LMSC/club teams than the current system.
michael
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.
Yes, that is correct the HyTek program totals up the team scores. And if you are part of an LMSC team it works wonderfully well. If you are a club that has a single management, practice at one or two pools, where most people know each other - you have a great chance to get 21st.
The rules currently favor those clubs that combine in a given area whether it be New England, Colorado, Virginia or Georgia. It puts those teams that have a single management and pool at a distinct disadvantage. There is no way that a Rolling Hills Mudshark team or Mountain View Masters can bring same number of people who swim for an LMSC team.
I would much rather score teams into a SML or LMSC/club teams than the current system.
michael
