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
“why is this so difficult for Masters?” It isn’t difficult; we currently score the top 10 in men’s women’s and combines without any problems. Meet Manager does this automatically.
“How does USS score?” USA Swimming scores very much like we do. No differentiation between super-teams and one-pool-teams.
“How about High Schools?” It depends on the state, since there are no HS nationals. But many that use divisions A, AA, AAA, AAAA run separate meets for each division. NCAA does the same thing. I would be strongly opposed to running separate meets for different divisions or different genders.
“why is this so difficult for Masters?” It isn’t difficult; we currently score the top 10 in men’s women’s and combines without any problems. Meet Manager does this automatically.
“How does USS score?” USA Swimming scores very much like we do. No differentiation between super-teams and one-pool-teams.
“How about High Schools?” It depends on the state, since there are no HS nationals. But many that use divisions A, AA, AAA, AAAA run separate meets for each division. NCAA does the same thing. I would be strongly opposed to running separate meets for different divisions or different genders.
