Colonies Zone SCY Championships - Fairfax VA

The 1650 & 1000 event entries lock out for the CZ Zone SCY Championship was unexpected as well as obviously very irritating to the locked out USMS swimmers specifically preparing for those events at this meet. Team Z affiliated registered USMS swimmers, however the mass entry initiative was intended, did what was allowed, so should not be "blamed". There is no easy way out of this, but to accept that it slipped through and is more a "no fault" issue. The focus now should be to learn from it towards improving entry criteria and protocol according to event competition level and facility capacity. Many constructive ideas are being provided indicating that the discussion can facilitate several possible win/win strategies to implement. For now, the meet director is obligated to manage the event as best possible under the current relevant USMS policies and terms of sanction. Hopefully the issue will not be blown out of proportion.

The 1650 & 1000 event entries lock out for the CZ Zone SCY Championship was unexpected as well as obviously very irritating to the locked out USMS swimmers specifically preparing for those events at this meet. Team Z affiliated registered USMS swimmers, however the mass entry initiative was intended, did what was allowed, so should not be "blamed". There is no easy way out of this, but to accept that it slipped through and is more a "no fault" issue. The focus now should be to learn from it towards improving entry criteria and protocol according to event competition level and facility capacity. Many constructive ideas are being provided indicating that the discussion can facilitate several possible win/win strategies to implement. For now, the meet director is obligated to manage the event as best possible under the current relevant USMS policies and terms of sanction. Hopefully the issue will not be blown out of proportion.