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
Hi Paul,
First off, under the L2 proposal, you could swim with your college buddies -- nothing in the L2 proposal restricts where team members live. You just all have to register for the same club. Go email them and tell them to get back in the pool, Nationals in Texas are just around the corner!
Second, I am not familiar with Team TYR, but I think (from previous posts on this forum) that The Olympic Club has 112 members, of whom only 5 (I think--check the prior postings) live outside the Pacific LMSC. I also know that to compete for TOC, you must be a dues paying member of their club.
They would not qualify under the L2 proposal as a Regional Team -- they always swim under The Olympic Club, whether they are competing in Pacific meets or outside Pacific LMSC.....If Team TYR swimmers always compete as Team TYR, then they are also a club team.
No rule change is going to be perfect, but given the stated dissatisfaction with the current system, we should try to improve the situation.....
I agree that Rules should be simple --but they do need to address the concerns expressed by USMS management and the members of USMS....
Leianne
^^^
Hi Paul,
First off, under the L2 proposal, you could swim with your college buddies -- nothing in the L2 proposal restricts where team members live. You just all have to register for the same club. Go email them and tell them to get back in the pool, Nationals in Texas are just around the corner!
Second, I am not familiar with Team TYR, but I think (from previous posts on this forum) that The Olympic Club has 112 members, of whom only 5 (I think--check the prior postings) live outside the Pacific LMSC. I also know that to compete for TOC, you must be a dues paying member of their club.
They would not qualify under the L2 proposal as a Regional Team -- they always swim under The Olympic Club, whether they are competing in Pacific meets or outside Pacific LMSC.....If Team TYR swimmers always compete as Team TYR, then they are also a club team.
No rule change is going to be perfect, but given the stated dissatisfaction with the current system, we should try to improve the situation.....
I agree that Rules should be simple --but they do need to address the concerns expressed by USMS management and the members of USMS....
Leianne
^^^
