07-09-2018, 12:51 PM
(07-07-2018, 02:37 PM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: I don't think it had any influence on the final ranking because the numbers speak for themselves, but the author of that story is a Stanford parent. His daughter Brooke is a swimmer.
It certainly didn't have any effect on the rank-ordering of the list because that was a strictly numerical average finish in the Director's Cup over the past five years. There was no choosing to do, except for choosing to publicize the list at all.
I understand that his daughter swam quite well this past year, reaching All-American status in two individual events and a relay.
