I just finished up day 1 at the PNA champs and I thought it was interesting that they ran even heats and odd heats in different pools. It definitely kept things moving.
Does anyone know if the plan is to do the same next month at Nationals?
Jeff,
yes, they did do that at Ft Lauderdale. However, it was actually 3 pools. The stadium 50 meter pool was divided into two courses (even and odd) and the other, usually warmup, pool was used for the distance events. I swam the 1000 in that latter pool and, I believe, the 500 also.
In Federal Way, if my memory serves, there is only 1 50-m pool which will be divided into two parts. So, they will still be one down compared to the 3 used for distance events at Ft Lauderdale.
-- mel
Jeff,
yes, they did do that at Ft Lauderdale. However, it was actually 3 pools. The stadium 50 meter pool was divided into two courses (even and odd) and the other, usually warmup, pool was used for the distance events. I swam the 1000 in that latter pool and, I believe, the 500 also.
In Federal Way, if my memory serves, there is only 1 50-m pool which will be divided into two parts. So, they will still be one down compared to the 3 used for distance events at Ft Lauderdale.
-- mel
