I just went to Greensboro for my first USMS nationals. I loved that there were two competition pools to keep things rolling. I'm curious how this will work in Omaha with the single pool. Will the days last longer or do fewer people typically compete in the summer? I realize it's not feasible to have two long course pools together but how will it affect the meet?
Historically we get ~1700 to attend Spring Nationals and 900-1000 for Summer Nationals. And normally we have two courses for Spring Nationals and one course for Summer Nationals. If Spring Nationals gets twice the number of swimmers but has twice the number of competition lanes (two courses), it is a wash for the timeline. But since the swimmer count is usually more than half for Summer Nationals, the timelines tend to be a little longer for Summer Nationals.
Estimated timelines for most Nationals are available on the USMS website in the Nationals section. You have to look under each meet on the left column for the estimated timeline.
Here are direct links to timelines from recent Summer National meets:
www.usms.org/.../timeline.pdf (2011 Auburn)
www.usms.org/.../timeline.pdf (2010 Puerto Rico)
www.usms.org/.../timeline.pdf (2009 Indy)
www.usms.org/.../timeline.pdf (2008 Portland)
Jeff
Historically we get ~1700 to attend Spring Nationals and 900-1000 for Summer Nationals. And normally we have two courses for Spring Nationals and one course for Summer Nationals. If Spring Nationals gets twice the number of swimmers but has twice the number of competition lanes (two courses), it is a wash for the timeline. But since the swimmer count is usually more than half for Summer Nationals, the timelines tend to be a little longer for Summer Nationals.
Estimated timelines for most Nationals are available on the USMS website in the Nationals section. You have to look under each meet on the left column for the estimated timeline.
Here are direct links to timelines from recent Summer National meets:
www.usms.org/.../timeline.pdf (2011 Auburn)
www.usms.org/.../timeline.pdf (2010 Puerto Rico)
www.usms.org/.../timeline.pdf (2009 Indy)
www.usms.org/.../timeline.pdf (2008 Portland)
Jeff
