The Pacific Masters Swimming 2002 Short Course Yards Championships will be held at the University of California Santa Cruz April 12, 13, and 14. The postmark deadline is March 30 and must arrive no later than April 3rd.
Santa Cruz is a beautiful scenic town on the California coast just north of Montery and about 70 miles south of San Francisco. There are many reasonably priced hotels near the pool. There are also many unreasonably priced hotels there also.
The meet sheet is at
www.pacificmasters.org/.../02cruzscy.html
There are many Pacific Masters swimmers who are in New Zealand competing at the FINA World Masters Champioships, so it might be the year to sneak a medal.
(It the Championships have less than 700 swimmers entered, it will be considered a small championship) :D
Pacific Masters
(Former center of Masters Racing) :p
You are probably right 700 is about swimmers on a single course, but we will have the same basic facility a 50 M x 25 yard pool and get a much higher yield.
Differences between "center of Masters Racing" and "former Center"
Courses on 50 meter pool (NEM) 1 eight lane (Pac) 2 seven lane
warm up (NEM) 6 lanes (PAC) 1 lane (but it is a wide lane) :D
Number of events swimmer can enter
individual (NEM) 4 (PAC) 7 (five on one day)
relays (NEM) 2 (PAC) 5
distance swimming (NEM) either 1650 or 1000 (PAC) can enter both
check in (NEM) one hour b4 start (PAC) 30 min b4 start
(NEM) must check in by 9:30 (PAC) checkin up to 30 min before start
Of course one can only play the cards they have been delt. I would try to survey the membership about what they felt about swimming in two courses. If the six warm up lanes have starting blocks, I would run two six lane courses - women events on both courses then men events. Yes they are not equal. Life is unfair - shut up and swim - you can be meet director next year).
No matter if you are running two course or one course, your starter and ref are going to run your time line. If you want to try to keep the time line under control (this is for large meets) if a swimmer does not show up at the blocks at the start of the event either no calling for the swimmer or call the for swimmer once - and that is quick call).
Swimmer misses his/her heat or is not seeded - Swimmers fault: sorry about that, we are not going to put you in. Meet Managements fault: try to put the swimmer in an earlier heat if swimmer is agreeable or know how to split the heat and do it fast.
Swimmers talk to each other and if meet management is allowing a good excuse to get a swimmer in another heat, you will hear some very creative excuses. When we take a tough line, much fewer excuses.
With a dive over start, and a starter and ref who a running the timeline, you can get a heat off in a good start in about 20 seconds after the final swimmer of the previous heat touches the wall. It is very easy to let it slip to 30 to 40 seconds, multiply out by the hundreds of heats you have and you lengthen the time line a lot.
good luck Rick and Bob
michael
known for sticking his nose in where it does not belong
consultant for large meets and available next weekend if you want to pay my air fare. lol
member - former "Center of Masters Racing"
You are probably right 700 is about swimmers on a single course, but we will have the same basic facility a 50 M x 25 yard pool and get a much higher yield.
Differences between "center of Masters Racing" and "former Center"
Courses on 50 meter pool (NEM) 1 eight lane (Pac) 2 seven lane
warm up (NEM) 6 lanes (PAC) 1 lane (but it is a wide lane) :D
Number of events swimmer can enter
individual (NEM) 4 (PAC) 7 (five on one day)
relays (NEM) 2 (PAC) 5
distance swimming (NEM) either 1650 or 1000 (PAC) can enter both
check in (NEM) one hour b4 start (PAC) 30 min b4 start
(NEM) must check in by 9:30 (PAC) checkin up to 30 min before start
Of course one can only play the cards they have been delt. I would try to survey the membership about what they felt about swimming in two courses. If the six warm up lanes have starting blocks, I would run two six lane courses - women events on both courses then men events. Yes they are not equal. Life is unfair - shut up and swim - you can be meet director next year).
No matter if you are running two course or one course, your starter and ref are going to run your time line. If you want to try to keep the time line under control (this is for large meets) if a swimmer does not show up at the blocks at the start of the event either no calling for the swimmer or call the for swimmer once - and that is quick call).
Swimmer misses his/her heat or is not seeded - Swimmers fault: sorry about that, we are not going to put you in. Meet Managements fault: try to put the swimmer in an earlier heat if swimmer is agreeable or know how to split the heat and do it fast.
Swimmers talk to each other and if meet management is allowing a good excuse to get a swimmer in another heat, you will hear some very creative excuses. When we take a tough line, much fewer excuses.
With a dive over start, and a starter and ref who a running the timeline, you can get a heat off in a good start in about 20 seconds after the final swimmer of the previous heat touches the wall. It is very easy to let it slip to 30 to 40 seconds, multiply out by the hundreds of heats you have and you lengthen the time line a lot.
good luck Rick and Bob
michael
known for sticking his nose in where it does not belong
consultant for large meets and available next weekend if you want to pay my air fare. lol
member - former "Center of Masters Racing"
