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
without the prospect of counting toward team totals some people won't bother with it.
It's an interesting hypothesis but I think it is flawed to some extent. Imagine two groups of distance swimmers who were closed out of the 1000/1650 at zones:
1. They decided to opt out of the whole meet. Then this meet comes along. If they replace the zones distance events with Muppet's, and then swim in zones on Sat/Sun, they will be contributing more point to their team than if they didn't come at all.
2. They entered Sat/Sun anyway even though they were a little sad. Then this event opens up; if they are true-blue distance folk then they will probably jump at the chance to swim their beloved 1000/1650 and it won't affect their point totals on Sat/Sun.
Of course, this omits what I think is the largest group of distance (or any other) swimmer: the ones that don't even notice team scores.
Nevertheless I agree that there will be some distance swimmer's whose enthusiasm for zones has been dampened by recent events; I would hope the lure of good swimming in well-run meets at nice facilities will be enough to overcome that.
without the prospect of counting toward team totals some people won't bother with it.
It's an interesting hypothesis but I think it is flawed to some extent. Imagine two groups of distance swimmers who were closed out of the 1000/1650 at zones:
1. They decided to opt out of the whole meet. Then this meet comes along. If they replace the zones distance events with Muppet's, and then swim in zones on Sat/Sun, they will be contributing more point to their team than if they didn't come at all.
2. They entered Sat/Sun anyway even though they were a little sad. Then this event opens up; if they are true-blue distance folk then they will probably jump at the chance to swim their beloved 1000/1650 and it won't affect their point totals on Sat/Sun.
Of course, this omits what I think is the largest group of distance (or any other) swimmer: the ones that don't even notice team scores.
Nevertheless I agree that there will be some distance swimmer's whose enthusiasm for zones has been dampened by recent events; I would hope the lure of good swimming in well-run meets at nice facilities will be enough to overcome that.
