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
If we do not have divisions (Whether it be regional/club or SML) we are letting the tail wag the dog. It should be Championships Committee's mission to provide the best competitive conditions for the athletes. I believe that this current system fails that test.
Now you're talking. Really, the best solution would be to simply state in the rule book that the Championship Committee is in charge of team scoring, and let them implement a better solution. Then it wouldn't take a fruitless debate by the entire HOD.
The same time it should consolidate smaller LMSCs, when the LMSC does not or cannot service it members.
And that has already happened a few times, most recently at this past convention, when the Wyoming LMSC was absorbed by Colorado. But clearly our large LMSCs, Pacific of course being the largest, are doing a good job of serving their members' needs.
Meg
If we do not have divisions (Whether it be regional/club or SML) we are letting the tail wag the dog. It should be Championships Committee's mission to provide the best competitive conditions for the athletes. I believe that this current system fails that test.
Now you're talking. Really, the best solution would be to simply state in the rule book that the Championship Committee is in charge of team scoring, and let them implement a better solution. Then it wouldn't take a fruitless debate by the entire HOD.
The same time it should consolidate smaller LMSCs, when the LMSC does not or cannot service it members.
And that has already happened a few times, most recently at this past convention, when the Wyoming LMSC was absorbed by Colorado. But clearly our large LMSCs, Pacific of course being the largest, are doing a good job of serving their members' needs.
Meg
