[Meet] Age Divisions For Awards

[gymperson]

Hi. My daughter just had her first Xcel bronze competition. I was expecting the age divisions for awards to be something like "8-10" or "7-8", ect. But the division were: Jr A, Jr B, Jr C, Senior A, Senior B. Can someone please explain the ages for each division to me? Thank you

 

[Dahlialover]

Every meet does it differently. A common method is to order the athletes by birthdate and divide them into equal groups. Youngest 12 kids are Child A, then the next 12 youngest will be Child B and on up to the Juniors and the seniors. In a small meet there might only be two groups: junior and senior. A kid could be a junior one meet and a senior at another meet. I’ve also seen age divisions with 3 kids up to 35 kids! It’s very arbitrary.

 

[gymperson]

Every meet does it differently. A common method is to order the athletes by birthdate and divide them into equal groups. Youngest 12 kids are Child A, then the next 12 youngest will be Child B and on up to the Juniors and the seniors. In a small meet there might only be two groups: junior and senior. A kid could be a junior one meet and a senior at another meet. I’ve also seen age divisions with 3 kids up to 35 kids! It’s very arbitrary.

Thank you