Any word on the timeline yet? Also, I'm not getting into Ft. Lauderdale until Thursday afternoon (as many of you will as well).
I would like to know when the meet might go until on that day so I can know if I'll be able to get one last swim in before Friday. According to the meet information on warm-up times, "On competition days, the competition pool will be open for warm-up from 6:30 am until 7:50 am and the warm-up pools will be available from 6:30 until conclusion of the final event. The competition pool will reopen for warm-up for 30 minutes of warm-up on Friday and Saturday, following the completion of the 500 Free. The competition pool will be open for warm-up for 30 minutes following the last event each day."
The way this reads, I need to finish my swim in one of the warm-up pools by the end of Thursday's races, for that no one else will be allowed to swim until the following day.
Does anyone know if that this is indeed true, or I can really get in after the meet on Thursday, assuming it ends at a descent hour?
The time line is a little bit more difficult to do this year because we are running the distance events in three courses. The Meet management program can only handle two courses. Because the third course is not deemed equal to the other two courses, all swimmers in an age group must swim in the same pool to provide equal competitive conditions. Each day except Sunday starts with a distance event that is deck seeded. We are going to try to split the age groups between the two pools so that the distance event in each pool hopefully finishes around the same time.
The finishing time on Thursday (the distance day) will about 2 to 3 pm depending on the number of scratches and how we split the swimmers between the two pools. After the end of competition each day, the main competition pool (the stadium pool) will be open for warm-up for 30 minutes. Any one entered in the meet can use the competition pool at this time.
The time line is a little bit more difficult to do this year because we are running the distance events in three courses. The Meet management program can only handle two courses. Because the third course is not deemed equal to the other two courses, all swimmers in an age group must swim in the same pool to provide equal competitive conditions. Each day except Sunday starts with a distance event that is deck seeded. We are going to try to split the age groups between the two pools so that the distance event in each pool hopefully finishes around the same time.
The finishing time on Thursday (the distance day) will about 2 to 3 pm depending on the number of scratches and how we split the swimmers between the two pools. After the end of competition each day, the main competition pool (the stadium pool) will be open for warm-up for 30 minutes. Any one entered in the meet can use the competition pool at this time.
