I was just looking over the schedule for long course nationals in Auburn, AL and I see the 800 and 1500 are on the same day, as were the 1000 & mile in Mesa. Please have one race at the beginning of the meet and one at the end of the meet so distance swimmers can do all their races, thanks!
RIGHT ON! I think it has almost always been this way and I don't know why. There are plenty of examples of 4 day order of events from USAS that allow d-folks to do both. One can argue that a full four day schedule could also spread out the stroke and short events -- 'cuz those sprinters love to whine about only having like 2 hours between events :)
Adding a day to the meet for one more event? Maybe you'd get some more distance folks but I bet that there would be many more who would opt for zones (or whatever) instead. Probably me among them; I have a hard enough time "selling" my wife on nationals as it is, since she has to be a single mom while I am away.
RIGHT ON! I think it has almost always been this way and I don't know why. There are plenty of examples of 4 day order of events from USAS that allow d-folks to do both. One can argue that a full four day schedule could also spread out the stroke and short events -- 'cuz those sprinters love to whine about only having like 2 hours between events :)
Adding a day to the meet for one more event? Maybe you'd get some more distance folks but I bet that there would be many more who would opt for zones (or whatever) instead. Probably me among them; I have a hard enough time "selling" my wife on nationals as it is, since she has to be a single mom while I am away.
