I'm getting back into competitive swimming for the first time since High School and when we used to do the 500y events, there was someone there with a placard to help you count your laps so that in a SCY pool you didn't have to risk losing count of your 20 laps. Is there anything like that for USMS? If not, how do most folks keep count? Swim watches?
At most meets other swimmers volunteer to count for competitors, they use the placard you mentioned.
I swim unattached and often compete in meets far from my home LMSC when I happen to be there for work. My strategy is to find the biggest team (usually the home team), explain that I'm by myself, and politely…
