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
Bob,
Can you spend some time explaining how the relays work at NEM? I know there are a lot of differences when compared to Pacific. For example, you offer all of the relays in a meet, while Pacific offers less (for example, if the 200 mens free is run, the 400 mens free will not be run.)
Can a swimmer be in both the 400 free mens relay and the 400 free mixed relay (that would be impossible at a Pacific meet, since they would not be simultaneously offered)? Is there a limit to the number of relays a person can be in?
How are the relays constituted? It seems that there is a relay competition between workout groups. But I also get the impression that some relays are 'elite' relays of the best in NEM. That is also impossible at Pacific. I can not swim a relay with the fast swimmers who workout on the team two miles away. Who organizes these relays?
Of course, these 'elite' relays are also evident at Nationals. Again, not an option for Pacific teams.
Even with a relatively large team (over 400 members, but most are triathletes, fitness swimmers, or open water swimmers) many of our swimmers can not be in relays because of odd numbers or age group issues. Is there an effort to get these types of swimmers into relays with members from other workout groups?
Bob,
Can you spend some time explaining how the relays work at NEM? I know there are a lot of differences when compared to Pacific. For example, you offer all of the relays in a meet, while Pacific offers less (for example, if the 200 mens free is run, the 400 mens free will not be run.)
Can a swimmer be in both the 400 free mens relay and the 400 free mixed relay (that would be impossible at a Pacific meet, since they would not be simultaneously offered)? Is there a limit to the number of relays a person can be in?
How are the relays constituted? It seems that there is a relay competition between workout groups. But I also get the impression that some relays are 'elite' relays of the best in NEM. That is also impossible at Pacific. I can not swim a relay with the fast swimmers who workout on the team two miles away. Who organizes these relays?
Of course, these 'elite' relays are also evident at Nationals. Again, not an option for Pacific teams.
Even with a relatively large team (over 400 members, but most are triathletes, fitness swimmers, or open water swimmers) many of our swimmers can not be in relays because of odd numbers or age group issues. Is there an effort to get these types of swimmers into relays with members from other workout groups?
