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
But somehow that 60 day rule didn't apply last year when people switched teams so quickly to attempt to break a relay record. (There were 3 meets in 4 weeks, each 2 weeks apart, and there was a lot of switching. I'm just curious how it's alowed.)For events sanctioned by USMS rule 201.3.5 ALWAYS applies.
Now if a swimmer swims at a USMS sanctioned event with one club, they can represent a different club at an event NOT sanctioned by USMS. For example, a number of swimmers represent their Y at Y Masters Nationals and then compete with their USMS club for USMS SCN a week or 2 later.
If this is not the case in your allegation, please PM me with the specifics of which you speak.
201.3.5—A swimmer shall not represent any club in competition for 60 consecutive days before transferring affiliation to another club, unless this transfer takes place at the time of annual registration. A swimmer may declare unattached status at any time without written application.
But somehow that 60 day rule didn't apply last year when people switched teams so quickly to attempt to break a relay record. (There were 3 meets in 4 weeks, each 2 weeks apart, and there was a lot of switching. I'm just curious how it's alowed.)For events sanctioned by USMS rule 201.3.5 ALWAYS applies.
Now if a swimmer swims at a USMS sanctioned event with one club, they can represent a different club at an event NOT sanctioned by USMS. For example, a number of swimmers represent their Y at Y Masters Nationals and then compete with their USMS club for USMS SCN a week or 2 later.
If this is not the case in your allegation, please PM me with the specifics of which you speak.
201.3.5—A swimmer shall not represent any club in competition for 60 consecutive days before transferring affiliation to another club, unless this transfer takes place at the time of annual registration. A swimmer may declare unattached status at any time without written application.
