ll explain as best I can:
the Little Rock Racquet Club SCY Pool deck is surrounded by a black fence (about chest high), With three gates to enter from. The Arkansas Dolphins hosted the meet here and barred all spectators (as best they could) from the deck, with meet marshals effectively acting as “bouncers.†The meet information said swimmers would also be barred from the deck except for those swimmers participating in the next four heats of an event. I didnâ€t really see THIS part enforced, as I put my stuff down on a chair in an out of the way part of the deck and was never asked to leave even though I swam the LAST event of the session. All staff (coaches, timers, officials, and clerk of course) wore masks the whole time. The pool deck was closed to all LRRC members who werenâ€t participating in the swim meet (this SEVERELY chafed the aqua aerobics ladies!). Because this was August and the SCY pool was set up for rec swim, the diving board and water slide effectively eliminated three of the eight lanes (2, 7, 8) from competition use (canâ€t put starting blocks in). Therefore the heat sheet had lane assignments 1 through 5, but those actually corresponded to Lane 1 = Lane 1, Lane 3 = 2, 4 = 3, 5 = 4, and 6 = 5. It was confusing, as you can imagine, but also serves for some extra social distancing! Also it played to my advantage. I was assigned “lane 2†in the heat sheet for the 200 FL, which meant I was in lane 3 in the pool with lane 2 the empty unused lane beside me, so less turbulence!
again I only attended one session. I didnâ€t hear glowing praise of the meet, but I also didnâ€t hear any harsh criticisms either. Hope this helps explain it!
EDIT: also, to further encourage parents NOT to attend to watch their swimmers, the meet was streamed on Facebook live, which I think was a heads up move. There were still parents/spectators there, and a few did find their way onto the deck, but they always had masks on (honestly thatâ€s a LRRC rule right now anyways, so if they didnâ€t have masks on the club would kick them out).
ll explain as best I can:
the Little Rock Racquet Club SCY Pool deck is surrounded by a black fence (about chest high), With three gates to enter from. The Arkansas Dolphins hosted the meet here and barred all spectators (as best they could) from the deck, with meet marshals effectively acting as “bouncers.†The meet information said swimmers would also be barred from the deck except for those swimmers participating in the next four heats of an event. I didnâ€t really see THIS part enforced, as I put my stuff down on a chair in an out of the way part of the deck and was never asked to leave even though I swam the LAST event of the session. All staff (coaches, timers, officials, and clerk of course) wore masks the whole time. The pool deck was closed to all LRRC members who werenâ€t participating in the swim meet (this SEVERELY chafed the aqua aerobics ladies!). Because this was August and the SCY pool was set up for rec swim, the diving board and water slide effectively eliminated three of the eight lanes (2, 7, 8) from competition use (canâ€t put starting blocks in). Therefore the heat sheet had lane assignments 1 through 5, but those actually corresponded to Lane 1 = Lane 1, Lane 3 = 2, 4 = 3, 5 = 4, and 6 = 5. It was confusing, as you can imagine, but also serves for some extra social distancing! Also it played to my advantage. I was assigned “lane 2†in the heat sheet for the 200 FL, which meant I was in lane 3 in the pool with lane 2 the empty unused lane beside me, so less turbulence!
again I only attended one session. I didnâ€t hear glowing praise of the meet, but I also didnâ€t hear any harsh criticisms either. Hope this helps explain it!
EDIT: also, to further encourage parents NOT to attend to watch their swimmers, the meet was streamed on Facebook live, which I think was a heads up move. There were still parents/spectators there, and a few did find their way onto the deck, but they always had masks on (honestly thatâ€s a LRRC rule right now anyways, so if they didnâ€t have masks on the club would kick them out).
