Right now there is a lot of talk about bids for Nationals and proposed rules changes on where Nationals can be held.
Why not discuss good places to have Nationals in the future?
For fun, what pool would you suggest as a great place for Nationals? This may help prime the pump with more pools that can/will bid on future events.
I will start things off with my submission, University of Minnesota for LCM.
Why?
I am from MN and have swum in it many times during college and in Masters. It is a great facility and is fast. Plus I have family in the Twin Cities and know my way around.
It is indoors and as anybody from the Midwest knows, the weather can get unpredictable in August.
They did a great job in 1999 for LCM, very well-run meet.
An open water swim could be run at Lake Hariett or one of the other metro lakes.
Airport is a hub for NWA (soon to be Delta) and is accessable from any major metro area.
Location is in Central US, meaning flights from anywhere in the US won't take all day.
Pool is on the U of M campus with lots of places to eat, hotels, and parking.
There have been many meets run at this facility since it opened and I think that the hosts would do an excellent job. I don't know why they have not submitted a bid but would love to vote for it if they ever did.
Just my opinion, go ahead and share yours.
We have a great facility within our LMSC (Missouri Valley has Univ Missoui-Columbia with a new 8-lane LCM Plus diving pool complex), but getting the facility and LMSC to combine toward a bid has been a challenge.
Anthony Thompson
Missouri Valley LMSC
swimtotoswim@msn.com
By the way, that would be a great place to have a meet. It would be in the central US and indoors I presume.
Has your LMSC formed a committee to work on getting together with UM-Columbia to make a bid? How about getting advice from people like Mark Gill, Mel Goldstein, and others on how to do this? I think there should be some degree of interest on the part of USMS to help LMSCs overcome obstacles that they face when bidding on Nationals.
I wish you good luck and hope to see a bid for an LCM meet at UM-Columbia in the future.
We have a great facility within our LMSC (Missouri Valley has Univ Missoui-Columbia with a new 8-lane LCM Plus diving pool complex), but getting the facility and LMSC to combine toward a bid has been a challenge.
Anthony Thompson
Missouri Valley LMSC
swimtotoswim@msn.com
By the way, that would be a great place to have a meet. It would be in the central US and indoors I presume.
Has your LMSC formed a committee to work on getting together with UM-Columbia to make a bid? How about getting advice from people like Mark Gill, Mel Goldstein, and others on how to do this? I think there should be some degree of interest on the part of USMS to help LMSCs overcome obstacles that they face when bidding on Nationals.
I wish you good luck and hope to see a bid for an LCM meet at UM-Columbia in the future.
