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
But 18.056 to 9.544 sounded pretty "handily" to me, Kirk, even if the numbers are totally meaningless. :thhbbb:
I do agree the numbers are meaningless :) The hosting team would always be at a disadvantage in points per swimmer. Since the meet is local there will be a lot more swimmers who haven't met the NQTs and probably wouldn't have swum if the meet were held elsewhere. Also there are probably a lot more people from the hosting team who only show up for a day or two rather than the whole meet. As you mentioned, about the only way to avoid this would be to discourage swimmers who don't have a chance of placing from entering the meet.
Despite all that, I will concede that Oregon had a fantastic showing! I think it's pretty impressive you guys were anywhere close to PNA in the final points total.
But 18.056 to 9.544 sounded pretty "handily" to me, Kirk, even if the numbers are totally meaningless. :thhbbb:
I do agree the numbers are meaningless :) The hosting team would always be at a disadvantage in points per swimmer. Since the meet is local there will be a lot more swimmers who haven't met the NQTs and probably wouldn't have swum if the meet were held elsewhere. Also there are probably a lot more people from the hosting team who only show up for a day or two rather than the whole meet. As you mentioned, about the only way to avoid this would be to discourage swimmers who don't have a chance of placing from entering the meet.
Despite all that, I will concede that Oregon had a fantastic showing! I think it's pretty impressive you guys were anywhere close to PNA in the final points total.
