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....:(
If USMS were to have the explosive growth that some predict, would it not be eventually needed, possible, desirable even to have a distance pool event champs by themselves?
Here in Potomac Valley, we have had a 1000/1650 (december) SCY and 800/1500 (july) LCM meet every year for 30-some years. Certainly not the best-attended meets by any stretch of the imagination, but at least there are enough to keep hosting the event year in and year out.
They aren't Zone Championships, but we've got 'em for those who'll swim 'em. This may be fodder for a new thread, but perhaps LMSCs could start hosting meets like this more regularly to encourage more people to swim these events. After Nationals 2004, there was a separate 1000/1650 meet in the area, and several of us who competed in Indy did the mile just to fill out records while we were still shaved/tapered (though I had just taken a week to sleep off Indy). I think I may be the only one who has swum the mile in-season since.
If USMS were to have the explosive growth that some predict, would it not be eventually needed, possible, desirable even to have a distance pool event champs by themselves?
Here in Potomac Valley, we have had a 1000/1650 (december) SCY and 800/1500 (july) LCM meet every year for 30-some years. Certainly not the best-attended meets by any stretch of the imagination, but at least there are enough to keep hosting the event year in and year out.
They aren't Zone Championships, but we've got 'em for those who'll swim 'em. This may be fodder for a new thread, but perhaps LMSCs could start hosting meets like this more regularly to encourage more people to swim these events. After Nationals 2004, there was a separate 1000/1650 meet in the area, and several of us who competed in Indy did the mile just to fill out records while we were still shaved/tapered (though I had just taken a week to sleep off Indy). I think I may be the only one who has swum the mile in-season since.
