There's a trend in this state (Rhode Island) that disappoints me. From time to time, in certain meets, they will do away with the 500 freestyle. And (when my daughter was on the HS team) I personally witnessed that it's sometimes because the coaches can't entice anyone to swim it. Lame! Sometimes it's because the team is so small that they don't have enough swimmers. OK...maybe! First, if I were the coach, and I have plenty of swimmers on my team, I pick a kid and tell him/her to get up on the blocks and swim the race!!! But...if the rules are going to be bent by not conducting an event...when a team is truly shorthanded...why not bend the rules differently? Instead of scratching an event, let certain swimmers compete in an extra event so that ALL the scheduled events can be competed?
Dan
I think six events is the standard at USA Swimming meets, too.
USA Swimming
In prelim/finals meets the limit is 3 individual events per day
In timed final meets the limit is 5 individual events per day
So in a 3 day prelim/finals meet a swimmer may swim 9 individual events (18 swims if the swimmer finals in all 9 events)
In a 5 day timed finals meet a swimmer may swim in 25 events.
I think six events is the standard at USA Swimming meets, too.
USA Swimming
In prelim/finals meets the limit is 3 individual events per day
In timed final meets the limit is 5 individual events per day
So in a 3 day prelim/finals meet a swimmer may swim 9 individual events (18 swims if the swimmer finals in all 9 events)
In a 5 day timed finals meet a swimmer may swim in 25 events.
