OK, it may be over a year away but why not start a thread on 2011 Short Course (Spring) Nationals? This meet will be held at the newly-renovated Kino Aquatics Center in Mesa, which is just east of Phoenix. So go ahead and pipe in, I'm sure we will get some good conversation flowing.
Kurt, the open water races that have been held at the same time as other nationals have never been "National Championships"....those are bid on and help at a different time. I'm with you and would like to see the possibility of them tied together but that hasn't happened yet.
I know it wasn't but the back of my t-shirt from Clovis open water mile says "2009 USMS national one-mile open water championship." They also held it on Monday which probably would help in participation.
Maybe it's logistically too hard, but it would be nice to see open water events at each nationals as I don't really want to travel separately to Lake Placid, Ft. Myers, Indiana, Ogallala, or wherever the open water championships happen to reside. I'm sure in many cases you could farm out all the work of organization and volunteering to the local open water gurus (in this case DCB). It would certainly would improve the quality of swimmers at the events (outcome may be the same...Erwin for the win).
Kurt, the open water races that have been held at the same time as other nationals have never been "National Championships"....those are bid on and help at a different time. I'm with you and would like to see the possibility of them tied together but that hasn't happened yet.
I know it wasn't but the back of my t-shirt from Clovis open water mile says "2009 USMS national one-mile open water championship." They also held it on Monday which probably would help in participation.
Maybe it's logistically too hard, but it would be nice to see open water events at each nationals as I don't really want to travel separately to Lake Placid, Ft. Myers, Indiana, Ogallala, or wherever the open water championships happen to reside. I'm sure in many cases you could farm out all the work of organization and volunteering to the local open water gurus (in this case DCB). It would certainly would improve the quality of swimmers at the events (outcome may be the same...Erwin for the win).
