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!
Another complicating factor in all this is that the date of the SCY meet moves around. Last Nationals, at Federal Way, I was in the top of my age group and placed in the top ten. Had I been a year older, I would have had a couple of firsts. Good news for next year, right? Nope--the Austin meet is a couple of weeks earlier, I have a mid-May birthday, and I will still be in the top of my age group! It would seem USMS would at least account for the variability of the meet date by fixing a specific age-up date, be it Dec. 31 or even May 31.
Another complicating factor in all this is that the date of the SCY meet moves around. Last Nationals, at Federal Way, I was in the top of my age group and placed in the top ten. Had I been a year older, I would have had a couple of firsts. Good news for next year, right? Nope--the Austin meet is a couple of weeks earlier, I have a mid-May birthday, and I will still be in the top of my age group! It would seem USMS would at least account for the variability of the meet date by fixing a specific age-up date, be it Dec. 31 or even May 31.
