on deck check in

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Mission Viejo had very good facilities, great weather, superb organization, and the best hosts. Overall a great meet. However, as commented in another thread, there were lots of no shows. In four of five events I had an empty lane next to me. This is not the best racing environment, and it makes the meet last longer than necessary. I am not critical of the people that did not show up -- I was one of them on Thursday, as an emergency at work made me arrive a day late. On deck seeding would be a simple and easy solution. Evidently some people like to know a day or days in advance who will swim in their heat. However, the way it worked for me, I found out as I walked up to the block who would *not* be swimming. *That's* lots of opportunity to get psyched! (not) I don't think the way this meet was seeded (check in for distance events, advanced seeding for the other events) was a very good compromise. This was my first non-deck seeded masters meet, and I did not enjoy that aspect of it.
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    At Pacific all masters meets are deck seeded, including local 3 day championships that have 800 or so swimmers, each often swimming up to 7 events, plus relays. That is significantly more events a day than in the five-day Mission Viejo meet. There is no trouble meeting the timeline that I have seen, and the lanes are full.
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    At Pacific all masters meets are deck seeded, including local 3 day championships that have 800 or so swimmers, each often swimming up to 7 events, plus relays. That is significantly more events a day than in the five-day Mission Viejo meet. There is no trouble meeting the timeline that I have seen, and the lanes are full.
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