You're all invited to the New England Masters SCY Championships, April 5-7, 2002, at Harvard University's Blodgett Pool.
Online meet information:
www.swimindex.com/.../
-Rick
Michael:
Looks like I engaged in some vote counting ala the infamous local mayor Curley. As Rick reported to me after my post, the numbers for this year (adjusted for scratches and a few "late" entries):
2002: 675 swimmers 3,420 splashes
592 swimmers 2, 819 splashes
You'll note that's about a 14% increase in entries and 20% increase in splashes. We had very few scratches in the distance events.
The various results and timeline are updated on the website. I will have a meet summary ready by end of day to review USMS National and New England records that were broken during the weekend.
I think it would be helpful to start a thread for people who run large "regional" meets to compare notes and benefit from different experiences. I believe that far more USMS members participate in such meets compared to Nationals and that these meets are probably more important in terms of building USMS membership and keeping people involved in masters swimming than current USMS Nationals.
First question for someone with more energy that might want to begin such a discussion. How many people across the US participate in "regional" USMS sanctioned championship meets defined as State, LMSC or Zone Championships?
Michael:
Looks like I engaged in some vote counting ala the infamous local mayor Curley. As Rick reported to me after my post, the numbers for this year (adjusted for scratches and a few "late" entries):
2002: 675 swimmers 3,420 splashes
592 swimmers 2, 819 splashes
You'll note that's about a 14% increase in entries and 20% increase in splashes. We had very few scratches in the distance events.
The various results and timeline are updated on the website. I will have a meet summary ready by end of day to review USMS National and New England records that were broken during the weekend.
I think it would be helpful to start a thread for people who run large "regional" meets to compare notes and benefit from different experiences. I believe that far more USMS members participate in such meets compared to Nationals and that these meets are probably more important in terms of building USMS membership and keeping people involved in masters swimming than current USMS Nationals.
First question for someone with more energy that might want to begin such a discussion. How many people across the US participate in "regional" USMS sanctioned championship meets defined as State, LMSC or Zone Championships?
