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.
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I have to agree that swimmers should complain if this happens ...
Or sign-up anyway for the meet under their club,zone/region. It's not like the coaches can actually stop them for signing-up or attending the meet. After all, this is the swimmer's nationals.
I have to agree that swimmers should complain if this happens ...
Or sign-up anyway for the meet under their club,zone/region. It's not like the coaches can actually stop them for signing-up or attending the meet. After all, this is the swimmer's nationals.
