I coached in both Texas and Mich. In Texas the best swimmers are not represented in the State meet but rather a few representatives are sent from each district. Super fast districts could only send their allotment. In Michigan if you hit the qualifying time during the season, you were in automatically. I think qualifying times are the way to go. I wonder why every state couldn't do qualifying times and add token swimmers from slower districts to maintain the status quo? What other states are like Texas (may only send a district allotment)? I can't believe Texas hasn't changed to qualifying standards! What do you think?
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PA actually does a mix of the two, we give out half of the bids to the winners of our districts (I assume that is the equivalent of Texas regions) in relation to how good that district is on the whole (i.e in a very fast district the top 4 will get in automatically, a slow district may only get one automatically) and then the next 16 are decided by the top 16 times.
PA actually does a mix of the two, we give out half of the bids to the winners of our districts (I assume that is the equivalent of Texas regions) in relation to how good that district is on the whole (i.e in a very fast district the top 4 will get in automatically, a slow district may only get one automatically) and then the next 16 are decided by the top 16 times.
