The 2003 New England Short Course Yard Championship (NE-LMSC Sanction 034-003-SSCY) will be held on Saturday March 22nd (1000 and 1650 only) and Friday March 28th through Sunday March 30th (all other events) at Harvard's Blodgett Pool in Cambridge, MA.
Last year, this was the largest regional SCY championship meet in the US. We will again benefit from the meet management services of www.swimindex.com featuring live scoreboard, webcam, real time results, etc. Some 40+ NEM workout groups will be competing for the title of 2003 NEM Grand Champion and we expect 700+ athletes, 4,000+ individual splashes and 300+ relays this year. Additionally, a number of non-NEM, USMS clubs will be sending large contingent of swimmers in an attempt to win the "foreign" swim club awards.
A meet information sheet and entry form will be posted before the end of January at: www.swimnem.org
Bob Seltzer
Meet Director
seltzer@metasoft.com
Michael:
"Biggest regional championship meet in 2002"
That's based on total splashes including relays. When you add in our relays we were larger than Pacific Masters. Not bad for a little LMSC with 1,600 members.
"Estimated 2003 Meet Size"
We drew 10% more participants for December's 2002 SCM meet. We are "expecting" a 10% increase in participants and slighlty larger increase in splashes per participant based on 4 day meet versus last year's 3 day meet. That would give us 742 participants. We are currently planning for slightly less then 6 splashes per athlete. That's how we came up with 4,000 splashes "expectation."
My expectations for this year could be wrong (wouldn't be the first time) but things look pretty good based on the 2003 renewal rate. BTW, some NEMs think that based on non-NE interest in our meet that we'll get closer to 800. As a meet management person you can appreciate that I'm not rooting for such a turnout this year.
Happy New Year and Good luck in the One Hour Swim
Michael:
"Biggest regional championship meet in 2002"
That's based on total splashes including relays. When you add in our relays we were larger than Pacific Masters. Not bad for a little LMSC with 1,600 members.
"Estimated 2003 Meet Size"
We drew 10% more participants for December's 2002 SCM meet. We are "expecting" a 10% increase in participants and slighlty larger increase in splashes per participant based on 4 day meet versus last year's 3 day meet. That would give us 742 participants. We are currently planning for slightly less then 6 splashes per athlete. That's how we came up with 4,000 splashes "expectation."
My expectations for this year could be wrong (wouldn't be the first time) but things look pretty good based on the 2003 renewal rate. BTW, some NEMs think that based on non-NE interest in our meet that we'll get closer to 800. As a meet management person you can appreciate that I'm not rooting for such a turnout this year.
Happy New Year and Good luck in the One Hour Swim
