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One of the virtues (of many) of masters swimming is that we all celebrate a birthday on Jan 1st, at least for LCM, SCM. Which means that I am now 55, except in yards, which PNA obviously calculates in deciding when to bid for Nats, so I won't attend in Federal way 'cause besides being measured in 'yards', I will still be 54, so pfui! Hugh...despite the manifest charms of Federal Way (wheeze), I won't be there for SC Nats. Who else ages up this year and what age group do you intend to eviscerate?
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  • I am not a big fan of the aging up thing... The summer I was 23, I had to spend all kinds of money (fresh out of college, there was not much) to get to every LCM meet I could get my hands on just so I could get in all my top times. Then the next year, I was 24 through all the LCM meets (incl nationals) and competing against 30-year olds. Talk about :frustrated: . I realize its easiest this way, and that its a FINA regulation as well. I would hope that one day they could perhaps divide the year up a little so perhaps the people with birthdays towards the end of the year, like myself, might have the disparity taken away. With an August birthday, if they made a cutoff for "age by Sept 31," I would still get the shaft, but I would have much less of an issue. Still in 25-29 though...
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  • I am not a big fan of the aging up thing... The summer I was 23, I had to spend all kinds of money (fresh out of college, there was not much) to get to every LCM meet I could get my hands on just so I could get in all my top times. Then the next year, I was 24 through all the LCM meets (incl nationals) and competing against 30-year olds. Talk about :frustrated: . I realize its easiest this way, and that its a FINA regulation as well. I would hope that one day they could perhaps divide the year up a little so perhaps the people with birthdays towards the end of the year, like myself, might have the disparity taken away. With an August birthday, if they made a cutoff for "age by Sept 31," I would still get the shaft, but I would have much less of an issue. Still in 25-29 though...
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