I was planning on heading to Omaha for summer nationals and just noticed that the 400 free, 100 back, 200 free, and 200 IM are all on the same
day - Sunday. I think most folks that swim free also swim back and IM? This is a pretty heavy load for one day. Is this just me and couldn't these events be spread across other days where it would be more evenly spread?
I was planning on heading to Omaha for summer nationals and just noticed that the 400 free, 100 back, 200 free, and 200 IM are all on the same
day - Sunday. I think most folks that swim free also swim back and IM? This is a pretty heavy load for one day. Is this just me and couldn't these events be spread across other days where it would be more evenly spread?
The order of events rotates between 3 schedules, although the Championship committee can make changes (usually at the request of the meet host). The schedules get voted on by the House of Delegates every 3-4 years I think. The schedules with the most votes win. Certainly not everyone is happy with every schedule, but majority rules.
The nice thing is that nationals is big enough that there is a lot of time between events even if you pick ones that are back-to-back.
One thing I do sometimes is look at nationals schedule and if I don't feel like "piling on" one day to get all my usual events, I'll pick an event or two that I usually don't do tapered. It is kind of fun, and you often set personal bests. Last summer I swam 50 fly LCM for the first time (tapered) as a masters swimmer, for example. In Atlanta I swam all three IMs even though I usually avoid them like the plague.
(I am not sure I agree with your statement that "most folks that swim free also swim back and IM.")
I was planning on heading to Omaha for summer nationals and just noticed that the 400 free, 100 back, 200 free, and 200 IM are all on the same
day - Sunday. I think most folks that swim free also swim back and IM? This is a pretty heavy load for one day. Is this just me and couldn't these events be spread across other days where it would be more evenly spread?
The order of events rotates between 3 schedules, although the Championship committee can make changes (usually at the request of the meet host). The schedules get voted on by the House of Delegates every 3-4 years I think. The schedules with the most votes win. Certainly not everyone is happy with every schedule, but majority rules.
The nice thing is that nationals is big enough that there is a lot of time between events even if you pick ones that are back-to-back.
One thing I do sometimes is look at nationals schedule and if I don't feel like "piling on" one day to get all my usual events, I'll pick an event or two that I usually don't do tapered. It is kind of fun, and you often set personal bests. Last summer I swam 50 fly LCM for the first time (tapered) as a masters swimmer, for example. In Atlanta I swam all three IMs even though I usually avoid them like the plague.
(I am not sure I agree with your statement that "most folks that swim free also swim back and IM.")
