Colonies Zone SCY Championships - Fairfax VA

I have a question for our fellow swimmer swimmer jroddin. If an extra 100 swimmers were to enter the, for example LCM nationals, beyond what is "normally" entered would it affect the meet in any. I know at the SCY nationals you could enter both the 1000 and 1650 and without QT's as you get to enter 3 events without QT's. So lets say an extra 100 to 200 entries beyond "normal" for distance day, would that affect Distance Day in anyway ? With this TRI group 45 minutes away from the Maryland LCM national site in the summer of 2014, which i hope to attend, I was curious . For SCY Nationals you could NOT enter both the 1000 and 1650 without QTs. Here is a cut and paste from the meet info: “Competitors may enter both distance events if they meet the NQT in at least one of them.” Greensboro had the ability to run two 11 lane courses, so the decision was made to allow swimmers to enter both distance events (provided they met the NQT restriction). The entry count was low enough that two 10 lane courses was adequate so that is how we ran the meet. But what was important was the ability to handle extra capacity if needed. The policy is to only allow swimmers to enter both distance events if a third course is available (or sufficient total lanes are available) or the meet is a 5 day format. For Indy, for instance, they only have two 8 lane courses – so swimmers cannot enter both distance events. Mission Viejo will have a 5 day format and swimmers will be permitted to swim both distance events (subject to an NQT restriction that will be announced soon). University of Maryland is expecting a potentially large attendance due to the number of registered swimmers so close to the site (see UMBC, 2000 LC Nationals...). As such they will be offering a 5 day format. Therefore they should be able to accommodate extra distance event entries. Here is an old thread about distance swimmers at Nationals: forums.usms.org/showthread.php Jeff

I have a question for our fellow swimmer swimmer jroddin. If an extra 100 swimmers were to enter the, for example LCM nationals, beyond what is "normally" entered would it affect the meet in any. I know at the SCY nationals you could enter both the 1000 and 1650 and without QT's as you get to enter 3 events without QT's. So lets say an extra 100 to 200 entries beyond "normal" for distance day, would that affect Distance Day in anyway ? With this TRI group 45 minutes away from the Maryland LCM national site in the summer of 2014, which i hope to attend, I was curious . For SCY Nationals you could NOT enter both the 1000 and 1650 without QTs. Here is a cut and paste from the meet info: “Competitors may enter both distance events if they meet the NQT in at least one of them.” Greensboro had the ability to run two 11 lane courses, so the decision was made to allow swimmers to enter both distance events (provided they met the NQT restriction). The entry count was low enough that two 10 lane courses was adequate so that is how we ran the meet. But what was important was the ability to handle extra capacity if needed. The policy is to only allow swimmers to enter both distance events if a third course is available (or sufficient total lanes are available) or the meet is a 5 day format. For Indy, for instance, they only have two 8 lane courses – so swimmers cannot enter both distance events. Mission Viejo will have a 5 day format and swimmers will be permitted to swim both distance events (subject to an NQT restriction that will be announced soon). University of Maryland is expecting a potentially large attendance due to the number of registered swimmers so close to the site (see UMBC, 2000 LC Nationals...). As such they will be offering a 5 day format. Therefore they should be able to accommodate extra distance event entries. Here is an old thread about distance swimmers at Nationals: forums.usms.org/showthread.php Jeff