2012 Marriott Summer USMS LCM Nationals in Omaha, Nebraska
Thu July 5 - 8, 2012
In 2012, the USA Swimming Olympic Trials will once again return to Omaha and this time the Marriott USMS Summer Nationals will follow the USA Swimming Olympic Trials. All the pageantry from the Olympic Trials will be in place for the Marriott USMS Summer Nationals. Event heats will be broadcast live in the CenturyLink Center on the JumboTron. We will produce and broadcast our daily USMS SwimCenter from Omaha. Get your picture taken on the Olympic Trials podium.
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Fair enough, Bobinator. As you know, I am mostly quite positive on the forums. And, That Guy, that's terrific what that gal accomplished!
This, however, wasn't really about the swimmer and whether sandbagging is, as I said, 'good/bad/ugly'. This was about the commentator. I wouldn't have pointed out the 40 second difference between her slower seed time and her race time, just in case she did sandbag. I would have just said, "Great swim!" :2cents:
I don't know how much time you've been given to "beef up" on the competitors during your experiences as a commentator. I had the pleasure to do live commentating 5+ years for our high school state gymnastics meet here in Indiana. I really didn't have much information about each competitor so basically I aim to be positive about each athlete and try to make it a celebration based on the good things going on during the meet. I can't even imagine how difficult this would be in a National meet with multiple age divisions and athletes who are not famous. If you have a program or technique to filter information about each athlete quickly to the commentator you should probably volunteer to be the commentator for the next Nationals; I bet this is a difficult job to fill!
Fair enough, Bobinator. As you know, I am mostly quite positive on the forums. And, That Guy, that's terrific what that gal accomplished!
This, however, wasn't really about the swimmer and whether sandbagging is, as I said, 'good/bad/ugly'. This was about the commentator. I wouldn't have pointed out the 40 second difference between her slower seed time and her race time, just in case she did sandbag. I would have just said, "Great swim!" :2cents:
I don't know how much time you've been given to "beef up" on the competitors during your experiences as a commentator. I had the pleasure to do live commentating 5+ years for our high school state gymnastics meet here in Indiana. I really didn't have much information about each competitor so basically I aim to be positive about each athlete and try to make it a celebration based on the good things going on during the meet. I can't even imagine how difficult this would be in a National meet with multiple age divisions and athletes who are not famous. If you have a program or technique to filter information about each athlete quickly to the commentator you should probably volunteer to be the commentator for the next Nationals; I bet this is a difficult job to fill!
