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
With the admission that I've missed most of this thread, why not just do what I've seen done at USAS meets --
The threshold is determined based upon entry time (e.g., fastest X number of swimmers)
Naturally, with all the whoo-wah about sandbagging and whatever is the opposite of sandbagging, you'd need to implement a proof-of-time approach**
I've seen the Phoenix Swim Club implement this approach at a number of its age group meets (e.g., see www.bestswimclub.org/.../273883_AZ13-32R2 AZSI PSC Winter Invitational.pdf)
Yes, it is elitist in that the fastest swimmers swim ... but the approach used at CZ rewards the fastest "enterers." Given the choice between these two options, I think the former is the better choice.
As mentioned above, require (don't ask for) two-per-lane swims.
Personally, I think this sucks, but they do this at Senior Sectionals in Portland every year and the kids can manage it and swim fast.
** With the caveat that I'm likely not to volunteer to implement this because the whole "he/she entered the wrong time" issue doesn't really bug me, but I wonder why USMS can't just adopt USAS SWIMS database (or similar technology) and REQUIRE all swimmers to enter all sanctioned USMS meets with their best times from SWIMS? Again, it works for USAS ... are we really that unique? I'll leave this :worms: and go back to my aqua-therapy now.
With the admission that I've missed most of this thread, why not just do what I've seen done at USAS meets --
The threshold is determined based upon entry time (e.g., fastest X number of swimmers)
Naturally, with all the whoo-wah about sandbagging and whatever is the opposite of sandbagging, you'd need to implement a proof-of-time approach**
I've seen the Phoenix Swim Club implement this approach at a number of its age group meets (e.g., see www.bestswimclub.org/.../273883_AZ13-32R2 AZSI PSC Winter Invitational.pdf)
Yes, it is elitist in that the fastest swimmers swim ... but the approach used at CZ rewards the fastest "enterers." Given the choice between these two options, I think the former is the better choice.
As mentioned above, require (don't ask for) two-per-lane swims.
Personally, I think this sucks, but they do this at Senior Sectionals in Portland every year and the kids can manage it and swim fast.
** With the caveat that I'm likely not to volunteer to implement this because the whole "he/she entered the wrong time" issue doesn't really bug me, but I wonder why USMS can't just adopt USAS SWIMS database (or similar technology) and REQUIRE all swimmers to enter all sanctioned USMS meets with their best times from SWIMS? Again, it works for USAS ... are we really that unique? I'll leave this :worms: and go back to my aqua-therapy now.
