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?
Meet attendance at nationals can be found in the USMS Rulebook
www.usms.org/.../appf.pdf
As far as the timeline goes, there is no way to tell how late the sessions will run until after registration closes, which is coming fast. I believe the national office maintains some records of session start and end times.
With Long Course meets there are a couple of ways to speed up the meet, dive-over and chase starts. Dive-overs (starting heat 2 without clearing the pool after hear1) typically save around 20 seconds per heat. Chase starts (starting heat 2 of a 100 from the opposite end of the pool when the training swimmer in heat 1 is around the 75M mark) typically saves around 40 seconds per heat. Omaha may do dive-overs, but they CANNOT do chase starts since the timing cameras are only at one end.
One huge benefit of Omaha will be ample warm-up and warm-down space! And spacious locker rooms!
Meet attendance at nationals can be found in the USMS Rulebook
www.usms.org/.../appf.pdf
As far as the timeline goes, there is no way to tell how late the sessions will run until after registration closes, which is coming fast. I believe the national office maintains some records of session start and end times.
With Long Course meets there are a couple of ways to speed up the meet, dive-over and chase starts. Dive-overs (starting heat 2 without clearing the pool after hear1) typically save around 20 seconds per heat. Chase starts (starting heat 2 of a 100 from the opposite end of the pool when the training swimmer in heat 1 is around the 75M mark) typically saves around 40 seconds per heat. Omaha may do dive-overs, but they CANNOT do chase starts since the timing cameras are only at one end.
One huge benefit of Omaha will be ample warm-up and warm-down space! And spacious locker rooms!
