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!
Jeff, What about a tougher qualifying time to limit the numbers that want to swim both. Eliminate the distance events from the events that you can swim without a QT. You can get the numbers down to a manageable level. It's a national championship not a zone meet.
Many swimmers love the distances.If you can swim a 50 free without making the NQT why not a 1500 or 800 otherwise you are "shorting" another group of distance swimmers.This year at Auburn you must make NQT to swim the 1500.This seems a reasonable compromise to me,but I am not a distance swimmer.My wife is and would rather swim the 1500,but she hasn't made the NQT,at least not yet.Granted Puerto Rico was an unusual meet,but my wife hadn't made the NQT in the 800 and finished 2nd ,which really made her meet.I would hate for someone else in that position to not even get to swim any distance event.
Jeff, What about a tougher qualifying time to limit the numbers that want to swim both. Eliminate the distance events from the events that you can swim without a QT. You can get the numbers down to a manageable level. It's a national championship not a zone meet.
Many swimmers love the distances.If you can swim a 50 free without making the NQT why not a 1500 or 800 otherwise you are "shorting" another group of distance swimmers.This year at Auburn you must make NQT to swim the 1500.This seems a reasonable compromise to me,but I am not a distance swimmer.My wife is and would rather swim the 1500,but she hasn't made the NQT,at least not yet.Granted Puerto Rico was an unusual meet,but my wife hadn't made the NQT in the 800 and finished 2nd ,which really made her meet.I would hate for someone else in that position to not even get to swim any distance event.
