Hi,
I think that the "Super Team" concept is viewed as teams that comprise the entire LMSC and their sole purpose is the for the creation of relays at a National or regional event.
There are more swimmers in States such as CA, TX, FL, thus a club team may consist of 350 or more swimmers. This is why I think some LMSC formed "Super Teams" in hopes of competing at a more even or level playing field.
Super Teams are not a bad thing. Here in the Ohio LMSC we have 2 (as I see it) "Super Teams", they are GOST and SWOM. What is the difference you ask?
SWOM is comprised of swimmers that live in the Southwest part of the state, primarly the Cincinnati & Dayton areas. GOST is made up prmarily of the Columbus area and north western Ohio LMSC.
The reason that there are 2 is due to the geography of Cincinnati in relation to places such as Indianapolis, Louisville and Lexington KY. It was important for swimmers in Cincinnati to have an identity that reflected where we live and train. We see each other on a regular basis. Swimmers from the Cincy area travel to more meets and host more meets than our northern counterparts. It was rather strange to say that one lived in Cincinnati, but represented an entire LMSC.
What we did with SWOM was to try an help promote Masters swimming at a regional level. I would hope that this helps generates more teams within our LMSC to regionalize more and focus on building stronger programs.
Hi,
I think that the "Super Team" concept is viewed as teams that comprise the entire LMSC and their sole purpose is the for the creation of relays at a National or regional event.
There are more swimmers in States such as CA, TX, FL, thus a club team may consist of 350 or more swimmers. This is why I think some LMSC formed "Super Teams" in hopes of competing at a more even or level playing field.
Super Teams are not a bad thing. Here in the Ohio LMSC we have 2 (as I see it) "Super Teams", they are GOST and SWOM. What is the difference you ask?
SWOM is comprised of swimmers that live in the Southwest part of the state, primarly the Cincinnati & Dayton areas. GOST is made up prmarily of the Columbus area and north western Ohio LMSC.
The reason that there are 2 is due to the geography of Cincinnati in relation to places such as Indianapolis, Louisville and Lexington KY. It was important for swimmers in Cincinnati to have an identity that reflected where we live and train. We see each other on a regular basis. Swimmers from the Cincy area travel to more meets and host more meets than our northern counterparts. It was rather strange to say that one lived in Cincinnati, but represented an entire LMSC.
What we did with SWOM was to try an help promote Masters swimming at a regional level. I would hope that this helps generates more teams within our LMSC to regionalize more and focus on building stronger programs.
