Yesterday, I made my reservations at the Outrigger Reef for the upcoming Nationals. Much to my surprise, I found that the "special rate" for the Standard Room on their web page was $7/night cheaper than that offered for the USMS Group Rate. So I booked online for the Special Rate.
When I then talked to the woman who handles Group Reservations, she said that she had just become aware of the issue and was thinking about extending the Special Rate to the USMS people. Duh!! Seems like she will like or not once the word gets out.
Hi Phil,
The rule book states that when two courses are unequal in any way, male and female swimmers shall alternate courses by days. Historically the Championship Committee has deemed courses "equal" in depth for competition purposes if both courses are at least 7 feet throughout the course. This is the case in Hawaii, so the meet information has been published with the statement that women's heats will precede men's heats.
This is not written in stone for the future if it is decided to alter this policy, but it has been a consistent policy for some time now. The other advantage for running all women's heats before men's is that the timeline will be shorter for each day.
I totally understand your comments regarding warming up in the pool in which your event will be swum. Since we started deck seeding the entire meet, this is not possible to predict. So in a situation like Hawaii, it will behoove all of us to warm up in both pools to be totally familiar with the perspective in that pool.
Sandi Rousseau
Championship Committee Liaison to Hawaii Nationals
Hi Phil,
The rule book states that when two courses are unequal in any way, male and female swimmers shall alternate courses by days. Historically the Championship Committee has deemed courses "equal" in depth for competition purposes if both courses are at least 7 feet throughout the course. This is the case in Hawaii, so the meet information has been published with the statement that women's heats will precede men's heats.
This is not written in stone for the future if it is decided to alter this policy, but it has been a consistent policy for some time now. The other advantage for running all women's heats before men's is that the timeline will be shorter for each day.
I totally understand your comments regarding warming up in the pool in which your event will be swum. Since we started deck seeding the entire meet, this is not possible to predict. So in a situation like Hawaii, it will behoove all of us to warm up in both pools to be totally familiar with the perspective in that pool.
Sandi Rousseau
Championship Committee Liaison to Hawaii Nationals
