Anyone planning to attend Nationals in Omaha? If it wasn't for the venue, I would swim at SCY Nationals. You got to admit, competing in the Olympic Trials pool merely a few hours after Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps made a splash is awesome!
Drinkers could easily do a 50 free with no visible difference after drinking a six pack. A better event would be something like a 200 free where you have to guzzle a beer at each wall before continuing. Now that would separate the men from the boys! Somehow I doubt USMS would officially endorse either event, though.
I recall a few SCY nationals in the early 80's that included an unofficial beer relay (4 x 50, stop at 25 & drink a can). It seemed to disappear after nationals were at the Y in Brown Deer, WI, where they frowned on adult beverages in the building. A root beer relay was held that year, except for one team that brought their own, already opened cans of "root beer" to the lane.
Drinkers could easily do a 50 free with no visible difference after drinking a six pack. A better event would be something like a 200 free where you have to guzzle a beer at each wall before continuing. Now that would separate the men from the boys! Somehow I doubt USMS would officially endorse either event, though.
I recall a few SCY nationals in the early 80's that included an unofficial beer relay (4 x 50, stop at 25 & drink a can). It seemed to disappear after nationals were at the Y in Brown Deer, WI, where they frowned on adult beverages in the building. A root beer relay was held that year, except for one team that brought their own, already opened cans of "root beer" to the lane.
