Age Group Committee Meeting Link and Agenda March 6th 2024

Monday, March 4, 2024

Hi Age Group Committee Members,


We will have an Age Group Committee meeting on Wednesday, March 6th at 8:00 pm. We will discuss multiple items. 

· Review of Pac Coast All Star Meet (team travel or parent travel moving forward)

o Discuss Incident in the Hotel

o Going forward should this trip continue to be team travel or parent travel?

o Potential Plan for next year for team practice and itinerary

o How do we get our best athletes to participate?

· Review of SCS All Star Festival in Las Vegas (location and venue next year)

o Meet structure and potential changes to events offered (13-14 100 IM instead of 400 IM and a 300 Free instead of 500 Free)

o Discuss a change in selection process for coaches going through the Geo Committees

o Make sure the itinerary, expectations, and benefits are agreed upon and stated well in advance (on the application)

o Plan for team bonding Friday night?

· Review of Age Group Coaches Clinic (potentially starting on Friday and ending on Saturday morning next year)

o Review speakers

o Ideas for speakers/topics moving forward

o Discuss a change in the clinic to Friday afternoon into a Saturday morning conclusion

o Is it possible or valuable to try to expand the clinic to entice more SCS coaches to participate?

· Debate and decision on any protection for the Festival Meet going forward

o Should SCS allow sanctions for other meets on this weekend?

o Should swimmers who apply and are selected to All Star Teams be restricted from other SCS Meets that weekend?

o Does having other meets that weekend strain officials and coaches and limit participation in the Festival/Age Group Coaches Clinic weekend?

· Third site for Summer Champs...options moving forward

o Options for a third site

o Should we just keep two sites?

o Should the Elite Meet act as a third site even though it is a different weekend with faster time standards?

· Review of Summer rule changes from 2023....do we want to continue these changes in 2024

o Prelims Slowest to Fastest at Championship Meets

o Top heat of Distance Races at Finals

o Coaches Check In instead of Positive Check In

o Bonus Events

The link for the meeting is below:


Topic: SCS Age Group Committee Meeting
Time: Feb 28, 2024 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81560790069?pwd=pCyNwltLavd5JP3hEBMsSbonMrBQ3M.1

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