WHY the rule this year regarding 1000 OR 1650 but not BOTH?
I have been swimming both, back to back, consistently, in championship meets (and BTW placing in the top 10) for several years. Distance is my forte and it's simply not fair to restrict a swimmer from doing both, especially if they can "handle" it. There are all sorts of qualifying rules, a simple restriction / requirement on times could solve any perceived problems by the meet administrators. IMHO this is NOT FAIR....:(
True - it is certainly a challenge to appease as many swimmers as possible.
Here's an idea: lets say you give the meet to a facility that has another peer facility nearby - run the distance events over there. An example, to my benefit;) - Terrapin Masters is sanctioned to run the SCY Nationals meet. We run most of the events at the University of Maryland, but split the 1000 and 1650 between UMD and the Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex down the road (10 mi, next to FedEx Field) which has a pretty top-notch facility itself.
Lets say we run the 1650 at UMD and begin the 1000 ~3hrs later at PGS&L on the Thursday of Nationals weekend. I checked last years Coral Springs entries, and with the same timeline, each gender of the 1000 would last ~90 minutes, and the 1650 went about 4 hours total. I think that would give everyone plenty of time to swim the mile and then mosey on over to the other pool and swim the 1000.
Now, this timeline also plays right into Suz's point that it is logistically possible to run both events on the same day, but handing off the distance events in this example gives the host facility a chance to get wet behind the ears, work out any kinks, and then open the facility for warmups all afternoon the day prior to the rest of the meet kicking off.
Rules people, would something like this two-venue thing be allowed???
True - it is certainly a challenge to appease as many swimmers as possible.
Here's an idea: lets say you give the meet to a facility that has another peer facility nearby - run the distance events over there. An example, to my benefit;) - Terrapin Masters is sanctioned to run the SCY Nationals meet. We run most of the events at the University of Maryland, but split the 1000 and 1650 between UMD and the Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex down the road (10 mi, next to FedEx Field) which has a pretty top-notch facility itself.
Lets say we run the 1650 at UMD and begin the 1000 ~3hrs later at PGS&L on the Thursday of Nationals weekend. I checked last years Coral Springs entries, and with the same timeline, each gender of the 1000 would last ~90 minutes, and the 1650 went about 4 hours total. I think that would give everyone plenty of time to swim the mile and then mosey on over to the other pool and swim the 1000.
Now, this timeline also plays right into Suz's point that it is logistically possible to run both events on the same day, but handing off the distance events in this example gives the host facility a chance to get wet behind the ears, work out any kinks, and then open the facility for warmups all afternoon the day prior to the rest of the meet kicking off.
Rules people, would something like this two-venue thing be allowed???
