why are sc nationals early?

Bert, I have tried as past Southwest Zone Chairman to get a regional championship meet in San Diego. I continue to support them if they would host a regio0nal meet. They do not have the people to put one on. There are two problems with many of the places you mention. First: There has to be a dedicated group of full time volunteers to run a national swim meet. Thousands of man hours are spent arranging hotels, transportation, officials, timers etc. Your are absolutely correct about Indy, Federal Way, they have great organizations behind the organizers. USMS needs to get the word out to other pools that are able to host a Nationals. Mission Viejo under Coach Mark has really invigorated masters swimming in his area. The 2005 Long Course nationals will be at Mission Viejo, and I am sure it will be one of the best. Hopefully when Irvine gets their pools built they will be able to host a short course yards nationals in this decade. Second, the pool rental has to be low enough to at least have the host committee to break even. At one time the host committees were able to make a nice profit to help their clubs grow. Of course if the profit devided by the man hours would work out to less than a dollar an hour! Ever wonder why SPMA doesn't run meets at USC or the Rosebowl? Because the cost of pool rental is so high that is is nearly impossible to break even. Lucy Johnson spent a lot of time trying to get a swim meet at the Long Beach Olympic trials portable pools. Unfortunately any meet would have had to be on a Monday through Friday time frame:mad: cinc310, I doubt that any of your swims or anyone else will be affected by the "OLD Mission Viejo Pool". The main influence on fast times are pool depth, laneline design, and gutter system. Mission Viejo is deep, has modern gutters and the lane lines are good enough for World records to be set. Yes, there are slightly better pools, perhaps the Olympic pool in Sydney being the best. Now I personally do have a problem with some of the older pools like Santa Clara with less than 5 feet of starting depth. Give me a swim meet in a diving pool every time.:D Several people have aluded to the real issue in this forum, a lot of talk, we need people to help. Bert has been on the SPMA committee before, and continues to help. But I am sure that cinc310 can help in Arizona, and others.

Bert, I have tried as past Southwest Zone Chairman to get a regional championship meet in San Diego. I continue to support them if they would host a regio0nal meet. They do not have the people to put one on. There are two problems with many of the places you mention. First: There has to be a dedicated group of full time volunteers to run a national swim meet. Thousands of man hours are spent arranging hotels, transportation, officials, timers etc. Your are absolutely correct about Indy, Federal Way, they have great organizations behind the organizers. USMS needs to get the word out to other pools that are able to host a Nationals. Mission Viejo under Coach Mark has really invigorated masters swimming in his area. The 2005 Long Course nationals will be at Mission Viejo, and I am sure it will be one of the best. Hopefully when Irvine gets their pools built they will be able to host a short course yards nationals in this decade. Second, the pool rental has to be low enough to at least have the host committee to break even. At one time the host committees were able to make a nice profit to help their clubs grow. Of course if the profit devided by the man hours would work out to less than a dollar an hour! Ever wonder why SPMA doesn't run meets at USC or the Rosebowl? Because the cost of pool rental is so high that is is nearly impossible to break even. Lucy Johnson spent a lot of time trying to get a swim meet at the Long Beach Olympic trials portable pools. Unfortunately any meet would have had to be on a Monday through Friday time frame:mad: cinc310, I doubt that any of your swims or anyone else will be affected by the "OLD Mission Viejo Pool". The main influence on fast times are pool depth, laneline design, and gutter system. Mission Viejo is deep, has modern gutters and the lane lines are good enough for World records to be set. Yes, there are slightly better pools, perhaps the Olympic pool in Sydney being the best. Now I personally do have a problem with some of the older pools like Santa Clara with less than 5 feet of starting depth. Give me a swim meet in a diving pool every time.:D Several people have aluded to the real issue in this forum, a lot of talk, we need people to help. Bert has been on the SPMA committee before, and continues to help. But I am sure that cinc310 can help in Arizona, and others.