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 suspect we aren't "big" enough emotionally to overlook the pecadilloes of triathletes, including, but not limited to, their strange dietary habits.
USMS has embraced triathletes and they are a big part of our membership, despite their pecadilloes. Having done this, it is somewhat difficult to cry foul when they crash our meets. (Though we have managed it here!) However, there still seems to be a long term issue as to how to accommodate both triathletes and distance specialist swimmers in the limited number of spots in the only good pool in the area. Putting aside the first come/first serve defense, it just seems bizarre that virtually all available spots are taken by one team. Saving some spots would seem a reasonable measure. Or, since it's a championship meet, you could accept the fastest X number of times.
I suspect we aren't "big" enough emotionally to overlook the pecadilloes of triathletes, including, but not limited to, their strange dietary habits.
USMS has embraced triathletes and they are a big part of our membership, despite their pecadilloes. Having done this, it is somewhat difficult to cry foul when they crash our meets. (Though we have managed it here!) However, there still seems to be a long term issue as to how to accommodate both triathletes and distance specialist swimmers in the limited number of spots in the only good pool in the area. Putting aside the first come/first serve defense, it just seems bizarre that virtually all available spots are taken by one team. Saving some spots would seem a reasonable measure. Or, since it's a championship meet, you could accept the fastest X number of times.
