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Regional Teams: What's the Point?

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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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  • All that is required is filling out a form and sending in some money. Here is the one for Virginia, as an example: www.vaswim.org/.../CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION 2010.pdf Keep in mind the club is supposed to be located within the confines of that LMSC. Meaning 4 people from North Dakota cannot register a club in the VA LMSC. The rulebook is clear that a swimmer need not live within the LMSC boundaries, but the club must be located in the LMSC. That tells me the address for the primary club rep must be a mailing address within the LMSC. Here is the cut and paste from the rulebook: 201.3.3 A swimmer shall register in the LMSC in which the club being represented is located. The swimmer need not reside within the LMSC territory.
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  • All that is required is filling out a form and sending in some money. Here is the one for Virginia, as an example: www.vaswim.org/.../CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION 2010.pdf Keep in mind the club is supposed to be located within the confines of that LMSC. Meaning 4 people from North Dakota cannot register a club in the VA LMSC. The rulebook is clear that a swimmer need not live within the LMSC boundaries, but the club must be located in the LMSC. That tells me the address for the primary club rep must be a mailing address within the LMSC. Here is the cut and paste from the rulebook: 201.3.3 A swimmer shall register in the LMSC in which the club being represented is located. The swimmer need not reside within the LMSC territory.
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