I've not done any analysis to see if left coasters & westerners were disproportionately under-represented on the Auburn psych sheets, but wondering if the SPMA/Southwest Zone meet (www.clubassistant.com/.../meet_information.cfm might garner a bigger turnout than Nationals?
Who's going to Mission Viejo?
Wow, up till now I never knew I was part of a clique. I'm really excited!
Yep, we're a streaking clique, and tonight is streaking night! We'll meet you out there. Get going!
Public service announcement: this meet is cancelled. Not enough entries. So if you were planning on deck-entering the meet, please reconsider :D
Cool! Now I don't have to worry about competiting in my semi-out-of-shape condition, and can just work all day Saturday at get more OT. I only had 60 hours last week which is a weekly low for the past 5 weeks. :(
Hey Kirk, there's an LCM meet meet in Spokane later this month. James and I will be there, swimming random events slowly :cane:
Edit: it would be helpful if I provided the link to the meet :doh: www.usms.org/.../event.php
Public service announcement: this meet is cancelled. Not enough entries. So if you were planning on deck-entering the meet, please reconsider :D
Unless this meet receives a gob of registrations between now and tomorrow, it won't even be half the size of the Pacific Championships (402 swimmers).
It's barely a quarter of the size currently (117 swimmers :badday:).
Unless this meet receives a gob of registrations between now and tomorrow, it won't even be half the size of the Pacific Championships (402 swimmers).
It's barely a quarter of the size currently (117 swimmers :badday:).
Really?! That's surprising and too bad -- no rest between events.
That's 2 years in a row of poor attendance at long course meets since the suit ban.
118 right now. The rest of the country does not understand the southern California method of entering at the very last moment. There are far too many distractions and not enough weekends to enjoy them all.
And all in attendance will get to watch Janet Evans swim. Hopefully not against me in the 1500.
Unless this meet receives a gob of registrations between now and tomorrow, it won't even be half the size of the Pacific Championships (402 swimmers).
Hey, Jim: relax - registration will stay open until Aug. 5, so you still have a lot of time to sign up.
By the way, here's the attendance trend for SPMA's championship meets:
For SCY championship meets - 2009: 381 swimmers ... 2010: 425 ... 2011: 257. The 2011 meet was held two weeks after nationals, whereas the 2010 meet was two weeks before.
For LCM championship meets - 2008: 222 swimmers ... 2009: 356 swimmers ... 2010: 257 swimmers.
The biggest SPMA championship meet has tended to be the Short-Course Meters championship that is staged by the Long Beach Grunions in December. Here's that trend - 2008: 560 swimmers ... 2009: 648 ... 2010: 516.
And all in attendance will get to watch Janet Evans swim. Hopefully not against me in the 1500.
Awesome ... I hope she's also in the 400; it'll be fun to race ... of course, I'll need to get a lot faster in 2 weeks to keep up!!
Awesome ... I hope she's also in the 400; it'll be fun to race ... of course, I'll need to get a lot faster in 2 weeks to keep up!!
Just as you're ready to step up onto the blocks with her, say "Race you to the 100!!" or something along those lines. Just follow through with it also! :)
118 right now. The rest of the country does not understand the southern California method of entering at the very last moment. There are far too many distractions and not enough weekends to enjoy them all.
Yeah, I hear you, Pacific mimics that method as well.
