With the continued growth in USMS membership, I would submit that it's time to eliminate the regional teams at Nationals. Case in point: NCMS sent a "team" of 123 swimmers to Atlanta, enough to enter A, B, C, and D relays in many events (e.g. the mens 35+ 200 free relay in which our club team placed 13th behind eight regional teams). It's been argued that the formation of regional teams allows more swimmers to participate in relays, yet local clubs from North Carolina sent as many as thirty or more athletes and could have entered relays on their own as our club (with eight swimmers) did. Swim with the guys you actually train with.
i think team points earned (lmsc or regional) should be divided by the number of swimmers that they have participating at said meet.
100 swimmers/ 100 points = 1
25 swimmers/ 50 points = 2
etc, you get the point..... it would even things out (and get more people to enter the 200 fly and 400 im)
I think Gull's basic complaint isn't based on team scoring but on relay places. All those A/B/C/D relays from mega-regional teams would still tend to place ahead of local teams.
I can understand his point, but I still think it is worth doing.
i think team points earned (lmsc or regional) should be divided by the number of swimmers that they have participating at said meet.
100 swimmers/ 100 points = 1
25 swimmers/ 50 points = 2
etc, you get the point..... it would even things out (and get more people to enter the 200 fly and 400 im)
I think Gull's basic complaint isn't based on team scoring but on relay places. All those A/B/C/D relays from mega-regional teams would still tend to place ahead of local teams.
I can understand his point, but I still think it is worth doing.
