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?
One more comment regarding the change in method of check in: I scratched the 500 free on the last day, and therefore did not initial the line for that event. However, my name showed up in the heat sheets. It seemed that the swimmer's intention was much more obvious with either a circle or an "X" through an event number than initialing a very small blank line (often in a very tight space with other markings all around).
I was extremely impressed by the running of this meet, given the number of entries. To Mark and everyone associated with putting this event on: Well done! I hope you've had a chance to recover by now!
One more comment regarding the change in method of check in: I scratched the 500 free on the last day, and therefore did not initial the line for that event. However, my name showed up in the heat sheets. It seemed that the swimmer's intention was much more obvious with either a circle or an "X" through an event number than initialing a very small blank line (often in a very tight space with other markings all around).
I was extremely impressed by the running of this meet, given the number of entries. To Mark and everyone associated with putting this event on: Well done! I hope you've had a chance to recover by now!
