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 don't think we can do this in VA? To compete with out state umbrella team, I'd have to un-register with my club team and re-register with VMST, then go through that process all over again to re-join my club team. I have no desire to go through the paperwork, fees and hassle
I got it a little bit wrong -- I think all of us were still technically swimming as Oreg, but the team scores were tabulated based on our local clubs. Sure made it fun, and my teammates and I cheered like fools for every point. The high point was our women's 25 + relay, which consisted of women ages 31, 46, 53, and 62, winning when the much faster and younger competitors in their age bracket got DQ'd.
I don't think we can do this in VA? To compete with out state umbrella team, I'd have to un-register with my club team and re-register with VMST, then go through that process all over again to re-join my club team. I have no desire to go through the paperwork, fees and hassle
I got it a little bit wrong -- I think all of us were still technically swimming as Oreg, but the team scores were tabulated based on our local clubs. Sure made it fun, and my teammates and I cheered like fools for every point. The high point was our women's 25 + relay, which consisted of women ages 31, 46, 53, and 62, winning when the much faster and younger competitors in their age bracket got DQ'd.
