I get doing 5 days instead of 4 as this will probably be a very big meet but does it bother anyone distance swimmer that the distance events are on Monday? Personally I think this this is a big middle finger to the distance swimmers. At least on the first day we have a much better chance finding counters. Also, I would much rather start my meet with a distance event than end it. Jsut my two cents.
I think I would prefer distance events at the end as having a 1650 and 1000 up front seems to wreck your other events. I often do not use a counter so no big thing for me. I think the middle finger was…
It was definitely a difficult decision but there should be on the order of 5 or 6 hours between the two (500/200) which we felt would provide adequate recovery time for the more experienced and competitive…
I am not too much bothered by it (I am a guy who dabbles in the 1000/1650 at Nationals). What bugs me more is that splitting out the men's and women's 500 (which I also agree with) has put the men's 500…
