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 again ask why is this so difficult for Masters? How does USS score? They have a very situation in may respects. How about High Schools? They seem to make things work with 3A, 4Am etc.
Its not that hard folks....yes a few people are going to get upset because it may not suit their needs but this has dragged out for years and we should be able to move on for the greater good!
And Betsy...what is the problem with what I proposed have an open vs. a club division...simple, clean...of course there will be a few people who will challenge whether someone like Indy SwimFit should be a club or team because of their multiple locations but that can be dialed in as well.
I again ask why is this so difficult for Masters? How does USS score? They have a very situation in may respects. How about High Schools? They seem to make things work with 3A, 4Am etc.
Its not that hard folks....yes a few people are going to get upset because it may not suit their needs but this has dragged out for years and we should be able to move on for the greater good!
And Betsy...what is the problem with what I proposed have an open vs. a club division...simple, clean...of course there will be a few people who will challenge whether someone like Indy SwimFit should be a club or team because of their multiple locations but that can be dialed in as well.
