A Few More Thoughts

Having seen all of the discussion generated over the Swimmer of the Year choice, as well as some of the other comments, I thought I would add something to the discussion. First of all, keep in mind that a similar situation arose a few years ago between Chris Brady (who recently broke one of Mark Spitz's final collegiate records, without the aid of a new technical suit - article) and Grady Carter, with Carter winning the 50 and 100 Freestyle, and Brady taking 2nd in the 50 Free and winning the 100 Fly. Chris Brady came away swimmer of the year that year, due to the closeness of the 50 Free and his power point score in the 100 Fly. Is the system flawed? Probably. Now, many people have offered some suggestions, and I think that one of the best ideas is to somehow incorporate times from the rest of the season, or points scored at dual meets, or some other way to make it truly the Swimmer of the Year, not just of the State Meet. If they want to recognize both, I would see no issue, but basing the year's award on two days of a meet seems unjust at times (and the same goes for the rest of the All-State selections, but they tend to be pretty logical as it is). By all means, continue talking about this, maybe somehow a better idea can evolve from enough different people putting their thoughts together. A few notes though...try to keep comments on topic, and don't sign in as someone who you are not, it makes people sound bad who aren't trying to act the way you portray them. Also, one other comment about one of the more recent posts, regarding Curtis Ramsey's not swimming against Tanner or some others. He did in fact go home sick the day of the Brandywine meet, however, McKee swam the IM and Back, 2 events that Curtis most likely would not have swam. And he asked to go to practice on the day of the DMA meet, although he most likely wouldn't have raced Tanner, because he would have been in the 50 and 100 Free. And over the summer, Curtis swam the 50 and 100 Free, those are his two events, Tanner swam other events (Fly and IM) so Curtis was certainly not shying away from the competition in that respect either.
As for the future of this blog, I have certainly enjoyed writing the posts that I have, and watching it grow from me writing the first post to a home to discuss Delaware Swimming. I will be graduating from Charter in May, and I think no matter where I go to college, I will try to maintain the blog next year, getting what information that I can from the Internet as well as everyone who I will still know in Delaware Swimming. So unless something really interesting comes up, or I see a comment that sparks my attention, this will probably be the last post for the year. For those who still have meets for other teams left this year, good luck, and I hope everyone has a safe end of the school year and summer.