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Dan: There are numerous points raised in your letter, but I will limit this observation to one, the issue of "it's hard to explain that you came in 2nd but still won". I have heard this raised for years and might point out by way of example that if a high school entry places below first in a Youth event at the Head of the Charles but is the top high school finisher, that crew receives the Top High School Medal. I have never heard anyone complain that that was difficult to explain.
Peter
From: "Dan Kempinger" <kempinger@...>
To: Brice.Crossley-1@..., FSRA@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [FSRA] web updates and sample schedule
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:46:10 -0400
>Brice- With the clubs participating in the Scholastic Championships, how are
>points going to be determined for the scholastic teams if there is no petite
>final for the event? Are they going to use the heat times? I know that
>University School has no chance at an All-Points, but I do like to see where
>we fall in the mix of things as we improve.
>Quite honestly, if we wanted to make a "better, faster" regatta, we should
>eliminate events, and offer more chances to make the final in the
>majors...akin to most championships. Heats-Reps-Semis etc. Then teams
>would have to be fast consistently throughout the day, and the smaller
>schools could measure themselves amongst each other even if it were in a
>petite or 3rd final. I know this is hard to comprehend for some of the
>traditional powers and larger clubs, but it's tough to build tradition in
>the varsity 8+ when you only face the top teams in the state. If you look
>back at the entries to the V8 over the past 10 years the same schools show
>up with the exception of some commendable coaches in the smaller schools.
>Now, with the addition of 6 clubs at the race, how many small schools are
>going to show up? Just wondering, since we are supposedly looking out for
>the entire state of Florida.
>Honestly, I feel like there was little thought put into an extremely
>sensitive issue on the pretense that it will benefit the state of Florida
>rowing. I have a very difficult time believing that because there will be
>slightly more competition at one race...at the end of the year, that we are
>going to be faster. In fact, I think that over the past few years coaches
>have realized that the true limitation to speed has been these drawn-out one
>race regattas that take 3 days of training away from our kids. The
>increase in duals and tris and the increased base of knowledge that the
>coaches have are going to make boats faster. Training makes boats fast, not
>regattas. Regattas measure how fast you are. If it were the other way
>around, we would train one day and race 6.
>What the Scholastic Championships was attempting to do was allow our high
>schools an opportunity to bring back a state championship, like all of our
>other teams at school can. I know that they still can, but it's hard to
>explain that you came in 2nd but still won. I don't think that is so
>reprehensible, as it was made out to be. I don't see the big schools
>ducking out of competition anywhere else like it was implied. If the big
>clubs want a true test at the end of the year, cut back on some of the
>traveling and set up an invitational with the top three winners at
>Scholastics invited to the Club Clobbering (I just made that up). That way
>the clubs don't feel cheated, they can say they beat the best before they
>head up to Cincy, and we can maintain a semblance of tradition.
>Just my two cents.
>Thanks,
>Dan
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>Dan Kempinger
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><div><font face=Arial size=2><span class=214221920-18082005>I have updated
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>spring regatta schedule page and contact lists. Please continue to email
>updates
>especially dual and tri meets.</span></font></div>
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><div><font face=Arial size=2><span class=214221920-18082005>Per our
>resolution
>to combine Scholastic and Youth Champs, I have put together a rough outline
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>schedule base on entries from this past season. In the attachment, you will
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>I used the same start times as the Youth Champs (7 am meetings and 8 am
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>race). Using tight 6-minute centers and one hour lunch break, racing should
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>complete by 4:30 pm. I calculated 45 heats and 30 finals for a total of 75
>races. Unless someone finds a serious flaw, this is the model we will use to
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