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
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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.
I don't doubt that the meets are fun, where ever they are held. I've had fun at every nationals I've been to, even when I've swam poorly.
I was referring more to the awkward locations (for many to get to).
I naively assume that hosting nationals is a money maker for a club; that may not be the case. But if it is, why are there so few bids? Is it the logistics of hosting the meet (needing 100s of volunteers)?
When I heard the meet was at Auburn I was very excited to swim in such a fast pool.I suspected the attendance would be high.Then I found out that there was no close airport so I was a little worried about attendance,I am still surprised at under 700 though.
A couple of years ago people were complaining about not enough Nats on the East Coast.To you Easterner's,why aren't more of you coming(the Maryland meet in 2000 was the best attended Nats of all.)
When I heard the meet was at Auburn I was very excited to swim in such a fast pool.I suspected the attendance would be high.Then I found out that there was no close airport so I was a little worried about attendance,I am still surprised at under 700 though.
A couple of years ago people were complaining about not enough Nats on the East Coast.To you Easterner's,why aren't more of you coming(the Maryland meet in 2000 was the best attended Nats of all.)
I agree with Allen. I was surprised that attendance was so low given that Auburn is a fast pool. I know there's not a direct flight, but it's a fairly reasonable drive from Atlanta. And the hotels are less expensive. I can see why the CA swimmers may just want to attend the SPMA meet. But I was somewhat disappointed that more east coast swimmers didn't show. (Though it's not exactly on the east coast and there is a time change.) I will be there and am sure it will be fun. :) I'm especially glad there's plenty of room to warm up and warm down.
From the looks of the psych sheets, they might as well put the medals in the goody bags that you pick up at check in!! Just have to dive in, swim legal, and just about everyone gets hardware. That's doesn't feel right for a Nationals to me.
From the looks of the psych sheets, they might as well put the medals in the goody bags that you pick up at check in!! Just have to dive in, swim legal, and just about everyone gets hardware. That's doesn't feel right for a Nationals to me.
In the men's 1500 free, no one under 30 is entered in the event! In my age group, entries are very sparse except in the sprint free events (not surprising) and the breaststroke events (somewhat surprising).
Clearly you are looking at the younger age groups. Here are the number of swimmers at the meet in the various men's age groups:
18-24: 16
25-29: 16
30-34: 21
35-39: 29
40-44: 50
45-49: 50
50-54: 75
55-59: 48
60-64: 39
65-69: 34
70-74: 26
75-79: 19
80-84: 7
85-89: 1
90-94: 1
Can you guess which age group I'm in? :censor: baby boom!
Hey, what's up with Rowdy Gaines not including himself in that group of 75? I thought he would return to his college pool, for sure! Perhaps his broadcasting work is taking him away...
Hey, what's up with Rowdy Gaines not including himself in that group of 75? I thought he would return to his college pool, for sure! Perhaps his broadcasting work is taking him away...
They'll probably "make an exception" and fit him in somewhere...:bolt:
Other M.I.A.'s:
Ande, our forum guru :cry:
Cokie Lepinski :cry:
Rich Abrahams :cry:
Jeff Commings :cry:
(and a bunch more I am probably forgetting, at the moment...)
Other M.I.A.'s:
Ande, our forum guru :cry:
Cokie Lepinski :cry:
Rich Abrahams :cry:
Jeff Commings :cry:
(and a bunch more I am probably forgetting, at the moment...)
I asked Jeff at Mesa if he would be coming to Auburn, if I recall correctly he said it was just too close to Worlds. Maybe Rowdy felt the same?
