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
While I’m still not clear how the 12 swimmers from Georgia (regional team) had an advantage over the 12 swimmers from Pennypack Aquatic & Fitness Club (local club) at the recent LCN at The Wooldands, if scoring regional and local clubs separately will bring world peace, then make it so. Note – the Fitness club crushed the mighty GAJA super-team, just goes to show you that on any given weekend…
Why s/m/l? Like Paul, Let’s keep it simple for now. Looking at 2007 LCN, arguably there was only 1 large team (Woodlands – 128 swimmers), 4 medium teams (25 – 44 swimmers) and 141 small teams (1 – 22 swimmers). So to Jim Matysek not seeing the point of s/m/l; the point is to pad you roster with people who won’t be attending to get into the large division and get a guaranteed large division banner, even if only 1 person actually shows up. A real win-win! The club wins the banner and the host gets lots of additional revenue without additional splashes to slow down the meet.
While I’m still not clear how the 12 swimmers from Georgia (regional team) had an advantage over the 12 swimmers from Pennypack Aquatic & Fitness Club (local club) at the recent LCN at The Wooldands, if scoring regional and local clubs separately will bring world peace, then make it so. Note – the Fitness club crushed the mighty GAJA super-team, just goes to show you that on any given weekend…
Why s/m/l? Like Paul, Let’s keep it simple for now. Looking at 2007 LCN, arguably there was only 1 large team (Woodlands – 128 swimmers), 4 medium teams (25 – 44 swimmers) and 141 small teams (1 – 22 swimmers). So to Jim Matysek not seeing the point of s/m/l; the point is to pad you roster with people who won’t be attending to get into the large division and get a guaranteed large division banner, even if only 1 person actually shows up. A real win-win! The club wins the banner and the host gets lots of additional revenue without additional splashes to slow down the meet.
