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!
:frustrated:
How many swimmers do they have in their meet? I went once (2009) and I think they had maybe 500 swimmers.
officially, it was 651. looking back to 2001, the numbers work out as follows:
2001-613
2004-555
2005-518
2006-408
2007-501
2008-558
2009-651
i think 2009 is skewed a bit, since i know a lot of USMS members decided fort lauderdale was an easier trip than clovis, so i think that year's attendance is artificially high.
i can't find numbers for 2002, 2003, 2010 or 2011, but based on the 7 years listed, you can't even begin to compare Y nats to USMS nats. i think a closer comparison would be Y nats to new england's LMSC champs. and they swim their distance events on a completely different weekend than the rest of the meet.
:frustrated:
How many swimmers do they have in their meet? I went once (2009) and I think they had maybe 500 swimmers.
officially, it was 651. looking back to 2001, the numbers work out as follows:
2001-613
2004-555
2005-518
2006-408
2007-501
2008-558
2009-651
i think 2009 is skewed a bit, since i know a lot of USMS members decided fort lauderdale was an easier trip than clovis, so i think that year's attendance is artificially high.
i can't find numbers for 2002, 2003, 2010 or 2011, but based on the 7 years listed, you can't even begin to compare Y nats to USMS nats. i think a closer comparison would be Y nats to new england's LMSC champs. and they swim their distance events on a completely different weekend than the rest of the meet.
