I was very happy with ASUs change to deck seeding procedures at this years nationals. Allowing check in the day before and having heat sheets ready the next morning made for a much better meet (in my opinion). I spoke to quite a few others that liked it as well, anyone else have a different experience?
You were able to check in over the internet for each day during the check-in window. So I checked in for Friday on Thursday from my office--and it was available each of the other days also. Very successful and a great improvement from prior years.
The rules were also interpreted to allow same day scratches, which was helpful for people who found out the meet was running longer than expected or had other reasons to change their mind.
The only change I would suggest would be to push back the relay entry deadline to the same day rather than 4:00 the day before. Some teams need to wait and see who actually made it to the meet to be able to enter relays--although I understand why the hosts might not want to encourage that behavior, and neither do I really.
You were able to check in over the internet for each day during the check-in window. So I checked in for Friday on Thursday from my office--and it was available each of the other days also. Very successful and a great improvement from prior years.
The rules were also interpreted to allow same day scratches, which was helpful for people who found out the meet was running longer than expected or had other reasons to change their mind.
The only change I would suggest would be to push back the relay entry deadline to the same day rather than 4:00 the day before. Some teams need to wait and see who actually made it to the meet to be able to enter relays--although I understand why the hosts might not want to encourage that behavior, and neither do I really.
