Online entries for the Colonies Zone SCY Championships opened today. The meet will be April 19-21, 2013 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Entry Form, Timeline and Team Roster are available at:
www.patriotmasters.org/ColoniesZone2013.htm
I think triathletes are much more used to quick-filling events than swimmers and they just were faster off the blocks (pun intended).
I don't really see how one person can sign up many other people. The only way I can see that a coach might be "complicit" in any way is reminding the swimmers to sign up quickly once the meet opens up for registration. Unless someone has an advantage in knowing when that is, then it seems like a fair process.
It is unfortunate that there has to be a cap, though completely understandable. We'll have to have one for summer zones too; hopefully it will be less of an issue since it will be in the middle of triathlon and OW season.
In terms of the meet's success, other than unhappy swimmers the other thing I would worry about is people only going for one event and then leaving. That has a financial impact if it prevents others who would be multi-event swimmers from entering the meet. And it maybe has an intangible impact on the meet's community/social atmosphere.
This isn't to say that Cheryl did anything wrong, just that it is a difficult problem. At our next zones meeting we should address it, hopefully without accusing meet directors of playing unfairly.
I think triathletes are much more used to quick-filling events than swimmers and they just were faster off the blocks (pun intended).
I don't really see how one person can sign up many other people. The only way I can see that a coach might be "complicit" in any way is reminding the swimmers to sign up quickly once the meet opens up for registration. Unless someone has an advantage in knowing when that is, then it seems like a fair process.
It is unfortunate that there has to be a cap, though completely understandable. We'll have to have one for summer zones too; hopefully it will be less of an issue since it will be in the middle of triathlon and OW season.
In terms of the meet's success, other than unhappy swimmers the other thing I would worry about is people only going for one event and then leaving. That has a financial impact if it prevents others who would be multi-event swimmers from entering the meet. And it maybe has an intangible impact on the meet's community/social atmosphere.
This isn't to say that Cheryl did anything wrong, just that it is a difficult problem. At our next zones meeting we should address it, hopefully without accusing meet directors of playing unfairly.
