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I can't believe that people would fathom wearing tech suits at Summer League Meets. As a product of the Delaware County Summer League system, I wouldn't put anything pass these parents. They get catty, jealous, and downright nasty. The kids would too. There are countless times that competitors called me an A***ole without even speaking one word to me. WTH!!!!
I commend my local paper for banning tech suits at their annual Elite Meet. Then again, I have worn paper suits at my Summer League Championships and I am now embarrassed to say that I did taper for a Summer League Championships one year when I was 15(and I didn't really care about JOs that year since I moved into the Senior age group). Of course, after I did, other people in my league starting shaving and tapering for my League Champs.
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My kids are club swimmers who swim summer league. They swim with an excellent club team and a very large, competitive summer league; most of the club swimmers here swim summer league. From what I have seen, the club kids generally wear regular practice (i.e., team) suits at the weekly meets, and many of them wear technical suits at the county championships. Why not -- the county meet is USAS sanctioned so the times count (at least for the 50 and the 100 free, and for the 50 stroke events for the younger kids), and the meet is swum at one of the top pools in the country. The championship heat is generally made up of all year-round kids, and the USAS coaches actually give the kids a couple day mini-taper (basically no dryland and they get out of practice early the day before the meet). It makes sense to try to get best times.
My kids are club swimmers who swim summer league. They swim with an excellent club team and a very large, competitive summer league; most of the club swimmers here swim summer league. From what I have seen, the club kids generally wear regular practice (i.e., team) suits at the weekly meets, and many of them wear technical suits at the county championships. Why not -- the county meet is USAS sanctioned so the times count (at least for the 50 and the 100 free, and for the 50 stroke events for the younger kids), and the meet is swum at one of the top pools in the country. The championship heat is generally made up of all year-round kids, and the USAS coaches actually give the kids a couple day mini-taper (basically no dryland and they get out of practice early the day before the meet). It makes sense to try to get best times.
