i know the age up date for meters is 12/31 of the given year.
has it always been that way?
(mostly i need to know if in 1997 the age up date would have been 12/31/97 or the date of the meet...)
thanks!
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Jayhawk and Swimmer Bill,
What was the discussion at convention on this topic? Is it people with the wrong BD's vs everyone else or what?
I honestly don't remember all of the arguments. Shoot, I don't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday. :)
After so many conventions, things get sort of muddled. I do distinctly remember a discussion about relay age groups, but I can't remember if it was in conjunction with the age-up issue in 1998 or whether it was a different year.
I think what happened was that there was a proposal to change the SCY relay age groups (based on the age of the youngest swimmer on the team, 25+, 35+, 45+, etc.) to the system used for SCM and LCM relays (based on the sum of the four ages, 120-159, 160-199, 200-239, etc.).
There was a lot of discussion about how the relay records would change if we went away from the 25+ system. As I'm sure you're aware, you can compose a vastly different relay team that can still swim in a "young" age group. Moving to the 120-159 system would probably force that same team to swim in an older age group.
I'm sorry that I don't remember more. Maybe Bill or someone else who was there will chime in.
Anna Lea
Jayhawk and Swimmer Bill,
What was the discussion at convention on this topic? Is it people with the wrong BD's vs everyone else or what?
I honestly don't remember all of the arguments. Shoot, I don't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday. :)
After so many conventions, things get sort of muddled. I do distinctly remember a discussion about relay age groups, but I can't remember if it was in conjunction with the age-up issue in 1998 or whether it was a different year.
I think what happened was that there was a proposal to change the SCY relay age groups (based on the age of the youngest swimmer on the team, 25+, 35+, 45+, etc.) to the system used for SCM and LCM relays (based on the sum of the four ages, 120-159, 160-199, 200-239, etc.).
There was a lot of discussion about how the relay records would change if we went away from the 25+ system. As I'm sure you're aware, you can compose a vastly different relay team that can still swim in a "young" age group. Moving to the 120-159 system would probably force that same team to swim in an older age group.
I'm sorry that I don't remember more. Maybe Bill or someone else who was there will chime in.
Anna Lea
