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
Thanks for confirming my suspicions that Meet Manager can in fact tally points.
However the current rule favors the team that can bring the most swimmers who can score points over the club that covers the most geographic area. In Michael’s example, the Georgia “super-club” was 45th at Federal Way; far behind the not so super Walnut Creek and TOC “real clubs”. Georgia however trounced the Mud Sharks! Not that either GAJA or the Mud Sharks paid much attention the team scores.
For me the fundamental question is not how we tally scores at nationals, but it is what do we need to do to best align with the USMS mission and objectives? Does scoring the top 10 promote fitness and health in adults better than S/M/L? Does scoring a true club team enhance fellowship and camaraderie among Masters swimmers?
Thanks for confirming my suspicions that Meet Manager can in fact tally points.
However the current rule favors the team that can bring the most swimmers who can score points over the club that covers the most geographic area. In Michael’s example, the Georgia “super-club” was 45th at Federal Way; far behind the not so super Walnut Creek and TOC “real clubs”. Georgia however trounced the Mud Sharks! Not that either GAJA or the Mud Sharks paid much attention the team scores.
For me the fundamental question is not how we tally scores at nationals, but it is what do we need to do to best align with the USMS mission and objectives? Does scoring the top 10 promote fitness and health in adults better than S/M/L? Does scoring a true club team enhance fellowship and camaraderie among Masters swimmers?
