Of all the pools that hold a short course meters meet in November or December, I'm sure one of them could hold a three- or four-day meet. Long Beach, for example. Or Arizona State University. Or somewhere more central. The Rec-Plex in St. Louis is high quality and is only used by a USA Swimming team that I'm sure could adjust their swimming to doing a morning workout before the meet starts and an evening workout after the last event.
The only problem is the scheduling. I can't imagine most willing to take off for a long weekend in November or December, then take off for Thanksgiving or Christmas, or both.
And, many use the time between August and May to take time off and ease back into swimming. I'm finding that getting back up into training for this short course meters meet I'm doing in three weeks was real hard after worlds.
I'm all for a virtual national championships. But then, isn't that what the Top Ten listing is?
Of all the pools that hold a short course meters meet in November or December, I'm sure one of them could hold a three- or four-day meet. Long Beach, for example. Or Arizona State University. Or somewhere more central. The Rec-Plex in St. Louis is high quality and is only used by a USA Swimming team that I'm sure could adjust their swimming to doing a morning workout before the meet starts and an evening workout after the last event.
The only problem is the scheduling. I can't imagine most willing to take off for a long weekend in November or December, then take off for Thanksgiving or Christmas, or both.
And, many use the time between August and May to take time off and ease back into swimming. I'm finding that getting back up into training for this short course meters meet I'm doing in three weeks was real hard after worlds.
I'm all for a virtual national championships. But then, isn't that what the Top Ten listing is?
