What are your thoughts about teams combining for out of LMSC meets (not nationals) and not competing as the same team within the LMSC.
Parents
Former Member
Swim Freak,
What you say regarding divisions based on number of participants seems to make sense. The problem has always been in the implementation. As an example, take a look at the men's division of the 2004 SC Nationals in Indy.
www.usms.org/.../teamdivisions.pdf
Michigan Masters has 33 swimmers and they are in the large team division. Rocky Mountain Masters has 32 and they are in the medium division.
New England Masters has 13 swimmers and they are also in the medium divison. The largerest small team had 12 swimmers.
There is no big gap that clearly distinguishes large from medium from small with the exception of Illinois Masters (twice the size of the host, Indy SwimFit).
This has always been the problem with divisions set up by participant size at the meet.
Swim Freak,
What you say regarding divisions based on number of participants seems to make sense. The problem has always been in the implementation. As an example, take a look at the men's division of the 2004 SC Nationals in Indy.
www.usms.org/.../teamdivisions.pdf
Michigan Masters has 33 swimmers and they are in the large team division. Rocky Mountain Masters has 32 and they are in the medium division.
New England Masters has 13 swimmers and they are also in the medium divison. The largerest small team had 12 swimmers.
There is no big gap that clearly distinguishes large from medium from small with the exception of Illinois Masters (twice the size of the host, Indy SwimFit).
This has always been the problem with divisions set up by participant size at the meet.
