Order of events posted -- finamasters2014.org/schedule.aspx
My assessment / notes:
No 1500
Distance swimmers better bring lots of cash -- 800 on August 3rd, 400 on August 9th, 3KM OW on August 10th
IMers should be happy -- 400 IM on Tuesday, 200 IM on Wednesday
Relay day smack in the middle on Thursday
My bang for the buck will be showing up Tuesday and Wednesday to grab 4-6 events, depending upon entry limits.
... there is a 5 event limit. There is also a limit of 2 events per day.That's cool. If I make it out there, I can find 5 events of happiness between Monday and Wednesday.
Oh, dear, the venue is described as Located next to Parc Jean-Drapeau metro station, the Aquatic Complex includes one 10 lane main competition pool, one recreational pool with 8 lanes as well as a world class diving tank. The diving and swimming events will take place at Parc Jean-Drapeau Aquatic Complex.
Since the diving is taking place at the same time as swimming events, I assume the 10 lane pool will be used for competition and the 8 lane for warm-up/warm-down. Riccione had two competition pools and two warm-up/warm-down pools and even that was crowded. This is going to be very crowded and look for loooooong days.They held the 'real' World Championships at this facility a few years back (2005). I doubt this will be as big as Riccione or Stanford, but, yes, the days will be long. Maybe they'll open up the Olympic pool across town and offer a shuttle service for warm-up / warm-down? Even better, if the meet gets too large, run a two pool scenario between Jean Drapeau and the Olympic Pool like they did at Worlds a few years ago, alternating men and women by pool by day.
... there is a 5 event limit. There is also a limit of 2 events per day.That's cool. If I make it out there, I can find 5 events of happiness between Monday and Wednesday.
Oh, dear, the venue is described as Located next to Parc Jean-Drapeau metro station, the Aquatic Complex includes one 10 lane main competition pool, one recreational pool with 8 lanes as well as a world class diving tank. The diving and swimming events will take place at Parc Jean-Drapeau Aquatic Complex.
Since the diving is taking place at the same time as swimming events, I assume the 10 lane pool will be used for competition and the 8 lane for warm-up/warm-down. Riccione had two competition pools and two warm-up/warm-down pools and even that was crowded. This is going to be very crowded and look for loooooong days.They held the 'real' World Championships at this facility a few years back (2005). I doubt this will be as big as Riccione or Stanford, but, yes, the days will be long. Maybe they'll open up the Olympic pool across town and offer a shuttle service for warm-up / warm-down? Even better, if the meet gets too large, run a two pool scenario between Jean Drapeau and the Olympic Pool like they did at Worlds a few years ago, alternating men and women by pool by day.
