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!
Glenn, for people like you and I who have summer birthdays, I think we have less to complain about. I'm not sure how old you are, but for me, once we hit summertime, when someone asks "how old are you," my answer is usually "almost (my age + 1)." So if I am 24 and swimming a meet in June, saying "I'm almost 25" kind of justifies my placement in that older age group.
However, when I swim a SCM meet in March/April (as the Albatross Open is SCM and held in the spring), I always feel slighted. Then, I'm still way into my 24 mode, and yet, listed at 25 and swimming with the "old 29 year olds." (that example is a few years old but i may or may not still be bitter about it ;) )
As you've probably gathered from my two prior posts in this thread, I'm certainly open to making some sort of cutoff.
Glenn, for people like you and I who have summer birthdays, I think we have less to complain about. I'm not sure how old you are, but for me, once we hit summertime, when someone asks "how old are you," my answer is usually "almost (my age + 1)." So if I am 24 and swimming a meet in June, saying "I'm almost 25" kind of justifies my placement in that older age group.
However, when I swim a SCM meet in March/April (as the Albatross Open is SCM and held in the spring), I always feel slighted. Then, I'm still way into my 24 mode, and yet, listed at 25 and swimming with the "old 29 year olds." (that example is a few years old but i may or may not still be bitter about it ;) )
As you've probably gathered from my two prior posts in this thread, I'm certainly open to making some sort of cutoff.
