I went to a short course Nationals many years ago (Fort Lauderdale) in which swimmers were allowed to swim both the 1000 and 1650, on the same day. Why is it that distance swimmers must choose between their 2 best events while there are 9 events of 100 yards or less? Also, it seems that distance swimmers are always required to miss the most amount of work since the 1000/1650 are always first (Thursday). I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I'm not sure what the reasoning was for only allowing 1 distance event (outside of time). It seems as if they could be swum on different days as they are at USS Nationals or any USS meet for that matter. Just curious.
Blessed With No Speed
While I would like to see some modification to the rule that says one can only swim either the 1650/1500 or the 1000/800 free , how long do you want the meet to last?
The 2003 Short Course Championship had 240 swimmers in the 1000, which took 4 hours to swim. The 1650 had 203 swimmers which took about 5:22 hours. The meet started at 8 am and finished about 5:30 (which made for a long day in the sun). Also the in the distance events the men and women swam together saving 1-2 hours.
Again, I would be looking for some modification to the rule, but where do we go? How do we make it work?
michael
While I would like to see some modification to the rule that says one can only swim either the 1650/1500 or the 1000/800 free , how long do you want the meet to last?
The 2003 Short Course Championship had 240 swimmers in the 1000, which took 4 hours to swim. The 1650 had 203 swimmers which took about 5:22 hours. The meet started at 8 am and finished about 5:30 (which made for a long day in the sun). Also the in the distance events the men and women swam together saving 1-2 hours.
Again, I would be looking for some modification to the rule, but where do we go? How do we make it work?
michael
