SPMA Zones bigger than Nationals?

Hey, Jim: relax - registration will stay open until Aug. 5, so you still have a lot of time to sign up. I probably would have too but I'll be on vacation :applaud: with the family while the meet is being held. I'll see y'all in Long Beach, as normal. :bliss:

By the way, here's the attendance trend for SPMA's championship meets: ... For LCM championship meets - 2008: 222 swimmers ... 2009: 356 swimmers ... 2010: 257 swimmers. The online count's @ 329 now, so this will be a healthy-sized meet; maybe it'll exceed the 2009 high number count? 10 day forecast looks like perfect SoCal summer weather for racing -- low in the 60s, high in the low 80s. Coming from Arizona, I might need to pack my parka ;) Looking forward to it.

10 day forecast looks like perfect SoCal summer weather for racing -- low in the 60s, high in the low 80s. Coming from Arizona, I might need to pack my parka ;) Looking forward to it. Oh come on now...don't be a wimpy wimp. You just came from Oregon where the sun comes out about 10 days a year. I think you happened to hit about 8 or 9 of those days while you were up here. :)

Had fun in the meet this weekend at MV...coming from Colorado. It's a great location, and I am looking forward to swimming there at the 2013 LCM Nationals. It was also cool to see Janet Evans and Brian Goodell compete. One question I had as I was leaving: There was a guy who wore a women's (torso coverage) suit during the 200IM. I overhead he was trying to "make a statement," but I am not sure the right people noticed. Did anything come of that?

Put zones ON nats dates so that I have another chance to be in the top 10 !!

If someone wears an illegal suit do the officials allow him to swim or do they tell him to step down when he gets on the blocks with the illegal suit?

In this case, he asked the starter if it was alright to wear the women's suit.The starter did not object, but someone else noticed what had happened and he was DQ'd after the race. There could have been some confusion, since the suit was FINA approved. But USMS and FINA also specify the differences in coverage for women and men.

Re: competitor wearing womens' suit- that rascally Jim Thornton will go to great lengths to make a point... No, I swam topless at the Cleveland meet where me and 35 other competitors did our best to overcome all sorts of handicaps!

One question I had as I was leaving: There was a guy who wore a women's (torso coverage) suit during the 200IM. I overhead he was trying to "make a statement," but I am not sure the right people noticed. A guy pulled this in the Davis Meet too. The only reason I knew was because the guy swimming in the lane next to him later described it to us. In this case it was a full length legs suit. He said he was really surprised it was done and regrettably, allowed it to distract him during the race. Also saw it done at The Trans-Tahoe, but that is an honor system race...

One question I had as I was leaving: There was a guy who wore a women's (torso coverage) suit during the 200IM. I overhead he was trying to "make a statement," but I am not sure the right people noticed. Did anything come of that? Yes, he was disqualified. Whatever kind of statement he was trying to make, a championship meet was not the place for it.