OK, Forumites, today's the last day to sign up for Nationals at Auburn. This isn't much of a game, but it's a forum tradition. So, how many swimmers will be signed up to swim at Auburn? Winner gets a round of :applaud: and a :wine: . Hey, if you find me at Nationals and introduce yourself as the winner, I'll even buy you a :chug: on Saturday, after the conclusion of the meet! :D
Good luck!
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I'll start it off with: 888
688 is a surprisingly low number. Last year there were 632 in San Juan. Nearly the same result for a site that you can't fly to as for a site that you have to fly to! :doh:
688 is a surprisingly low number. Last year there were 632 in San Juan. Nearly the same result for a site that you can't fly to as for a site that you have to fly to! :doh:
San Juan / Puerto Rico Tourism site: http://www.seepuertorico.com/
Auburn tourism site: http://www.aotourism.com/
I'm kind of surprised it's higher than last year!
This makes me the closest with my 742 vote, I think. Who's buying me one of these :chug: the next time Nationals are in a place where you don't have to take two or three planes and a pickup truck down a dirt road to find the pool?
Read post #38. :D
Cheers!
:chug:
Read post #38. :D
Cheers!
:chug:Thanks. Yeah, I was going to go, but then I put that low vote in and didn't want to lose the all important forum contest:agree:.
Logistically and timing-wise, it just didn't work for me. Then again, I've never once made an LCM nationals, so this is par for the course for me.
Thanks. Yeah, I was going to go, but then I put that low vote in and didn't want to lose the all important forum contest:agree:.
Logistically and timing-wise, it just didn't work for me. Then again, I've never once made an LCM nationals, so this is par for the course for me.
See you in Greensboro? :chug:
My opinion is of course worth less than the cost of :chug:, but holding the meet in "the middle of nowhere" (Clovis, Omaha, PR, Auburn, even Portland) makes it tough for some folks to coordinate the logistics (or afford the expense) of the trip. I managed Portland 'cause it's my backyard and Clovis 'cause it's cheap, but the others?
I may be misremembering, but I think in all but one of those cases (Omaha), the host was the only one to submit bid for nationals.
Clovis was my favorite nationals partly because of all the warmup space. I've heard from those who went to PR that it was great. I'm looking forward to Auburn.
Absolutely. I age up a month before and my sister lives an hour away. That's my target meet for 2012!
I age up in January (50). Funny, but aging up outside of the USMS world is such a :afraid:thing. Never have I seen people get so excited about aging up as in USMS! :banana:
OK, so you're on! :chug: I owe you a beer at Greensboro. Lucky for me, it's about a six hour drive and Auburn is less than 2 hours. Georgia Tech was only 45 minutes away! :bliss:
I did have to fly to Mesa, but it was worth it, even if the heat did beat me down!
2. The small locker rooms at the pool won't be quite as packed. :worms:Men's locker room had plenty of space. If the women's is too crowded...
3. You will have a better chance to medal. (I'm at the bottom of the heap in my events, so count me out for one of those...)I think I'm the same way. Barely made QTs on two events and I'm off the cut on the other three. But fewer people ups my odds anyway. I don't have a problem winning by default.
This makes me the closest with my 742 vote, I think. Who's buying me one of these :chug: the next time Nationals are in a place where you don't have to take two or three planes and a pickup truck down a dirt road to find the pool?
My opinion is of course worth less than the cost of :chug:, but holding the meet in "the middle of nowhere" (Clovis, Omaha, PR, Auburn, even Portland) makes it tough for some folks to coordinate the logistics (or afford the expense) of the trip. I managed Portland 'cause it's my backyard and Clovis 'cause it's cheap, but the others?
