At risk of "beating a dead horse"....at least in respect to broaching this topic again! I had a number of conversations at convention with people who would like to see USMS move to a 3rd Championship meet in the fall for short course meters.
There are some great Zone meets going on...when you have 600+ going to Long Beach or New England why not up the ante a bit?
Thoughts?
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I am not aware of any facilities that have two 25scm pools but doubt that even a national championship would draw over a 1000 swimmers. I think Long Beach had close to 800 in recent years...spread that over 4 days and you have a very manageable meet.
Scheduling is everything. Dozens of heats of 200m fly, 400 IM, 800/1500 can make for a very, very long meet with only one course.
Host it and I will come.
I am not aware of any facilities that have two 25scm pools but doubt that even a national championship would draw over a 1000 swimmers. I think Long Beach had close to 800 in recent years...spread that over 4 days and you have a very manageable meet.
Scheduling is everything. Dozens of heats of 200m fly, 400 IM, 800/1500 can make for a very, very long meet with only one course.
Host it and I will come.
