(Please note the change to the men's 500 free seeding and a correction to the check-in deadline for Sunday's 200s shown below.)
With 2250 swimmers entered the meet, our longest projected day is Sunday. We have decided to seed some events differently on Sunday in order to trim the timeline instead of cutting the sixth event. Below are the seeding decisions for the meet:
Thursday:
1000 and 1650 will be deck seeded by time, men and women separate.
Friday:
50s, 100s and 200s will be pre-seeded by age group.
400 IM will be deck seeded by time, men and women separate.
Saturday:
Women's 500 free will be deck seeded by age group.
50s, 100s and 200s will be pre-seeded by age group.
Sunday:
Men's 500 free will be deck seeded by age group.
50s and 100s will be pre-seeded by age group.
200s will be deck seeded by age group.
Please note in the past we've always been consistent (e.g. all 200s seeded the same way, etc.). So please remember to positively check in for those 200s on Sunday. And if you should check in early in the meet and later decide you won't swim a 200 on Sunday, please let the admin officials know prior to 9am on Sunday so you can be removed and not seeded. Empty lanes in deck seeded events are frowned upon and miscreants are subject to public humiliation (just kidding - but if Mark Gill were announcing you can be sure he would light you up)!
Another difference from the past is the competition pool warm up hours on Thursday ("distance day"). The competition pool will only be open for 60 minutes following the last heat of the 1650. We plan to post an estimated timeline next week, but Thursday's competition should end ~2pm, so the pool(s) will close ~3pm (ballpark).
Good luck to all swimmers!
Jeff Roddin
USMS Championship Committee
An estimated timeline is available for the meet:
www.usms.org/.../timeline.pdf
This timeline is only a guide for use in determining the approximate start of all events. We may run ahead of or behind the estimate. This estimate is based upon historical scratch rates for deck seeded events and the relay durations are guesses based on scaling up smaller Nationals.
It is the responsibility of all swimmers to get to the pool well before their events and be behind the blocks before their heats start. All swimmers must check in for all deck-seeded events by the check-in deadlines!
Jeff
An estimated timeline is available for the meet:
www.usms.org/.../timeline.pdf
This timeline is only a guide for use in determining the approximate start of all events. We may run ahead of or behind the estimate. This estimate is based upon historical scratch rates for deck seeded events and the relay durations are guesses based on scaling up smaller Nationals.
It is the responsibility of all swimmers to get to the pool well before their events and be behind the blocks before their heats start. All swimmers must check in for all deck-seeded events by the check-in deadlines!
Jeff
