I just swam in a local masters meet that had 31 events.
Warmup at 7 am - the 500 at 8am & then the rest of the meet at 9 am till about 3 pm.
Is this typical for meets around the country?
All strokes had 50 - 100 - 200 distances including the 100 - 200 - 400 IM.
7 relays as well.
Many swimmers had left the meet by 1:30 or so.
Each event had a male & a female race in each event.
Any ideas as how to shorten the time line of this meet?
Southern Pacific often has meets similar to this. The 500 would be a positive check in and all other events are seeded by time (no sex or age separation). Since everyone is limited to 5 individual events, it is a good way to engineer rest into the meet and offer every event. We rarely have all of the relays (unless it is a relay or championship meet), but sometimes have one or two of the long ones.
Southern Pacific often has meets similar to this. The 500 would be a positive check in and all other events are seeded by time (no sex or age separation). Since everyone is limited to 5 individual events, it is a good way to engineer rest into the meet and offer every event. We rarely have all of the relays (unless it is a relay or championship meet), but sometimes have one or two of the long ones.
