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?
I was at Worlds in Sweden and I thought the two venues worked out well. Now, I didn't have teammates always at the other venue, that's true, and I personally liked the indoor venue better than the outdoor one, but it was a viable solution to a problem.
There were what, 6,000 swimmers, and it ran very well. I would guess Harvard and BU are a lot closer than the two venues in Goteborg. If there is going to be an SCM National Championship it might be OK to go outside our comfort zone and try two venues. What do we have to lose?
Nothing is ever going to make EVERYONE happy.
I was at Worlds in Sweden and I thought the two venues worked out well. Now, I didn't have teammates always at the other venue, that's true, and I personally liked the indoor venue better than the outdoor one, but it was a viable solution to a problem.
There were what, 6,000 swimmers, and it ran very well. I would guess Harvard and BU are a lot closer than the two venues in Goteborg. If there is going to be an SCM National Championship it might be OK to go outside our comfort zone and try two venues. What do we have to lose?
Nothing is ever going to make EVERYONE happy.
