I've heard several people (none from Irvine) mention that the annual Long Beach SCM meet in December has been canceled. I also read that there was a possibility that Las Vegas might run it instead, any word yet?
Quite a few people I know (my wife & included) were planning on shaving/tapering for LB and are now looking at New Orleans unless something comes up on the West Coast. It's coming down to the time when airfares need to be booked, if someones stepping up I hope they do so soon!
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I've helped Lucy Johnson run the LB meet in years past. The reason that we "lost" the Belmont Plaza site was not of our doing: the City of Long Beach, in their continued infinite wisdom, elected not to allow a short course meters meet because of the perceived hassle of changing the bulkhead (remember the SCM meters posts last January and February?) to meters. They will, however allow the bulkhead to be moved for NCAA water polo and USS meets as necessary, just not our SPMA meet.
We have, in years past, had upwards of 400-500 swimmers, conducted raffles with merchandise totaling over $2,000, gave cash awards for records in the Versatility Challenge (any world records in the 400 IM), conducted a meet ON THE SAND in the middle of December, and annually had more than 40-60 USMS AND FINA World Records broken at this pool. We have had swimmers and teams from all over the US, Canada, South America, as well as from Europe and Russia attend our meet.
The UNLV folks running the meet this year will surely do a tremendous job running a meet that will undoubtedly be smaller in size (but not in enthusiasm). Anyone with questions or complaints regarding the site change should contact the City of Long Beach and let them know how you feel. They may or may not listen.
I've helped Lucy Johnson run the LB meet in years past. The reason that we "lost" the Belmont Plaza site was not of our doing: the City of Long Beach, in their continued infinite wisdom, elected not to allow a short course meters meet because of the perceived hassle of changing the bulkhead (remember the SCM meters posts last January and February?) to meters. They will, however allow the bulkhead to be moved for NCAA water polo and USS meets as necessary, just not our SPMA meet.
We have, in years past, had upwards of 400-500 swimmers, conducted raffles with merchandise totaling over $2,000, gave cash awards for records in the Versatility Challenge (any world records in the 400 IM), conducted a meet ON THE SAND in the middle of December, and annually had more than 40-60 USMS AND FINA World Records broken at this pool. We have had swimmers and teams from all over the US, Canada, South America, as well as from Europe and Russia attend our meet.
The UNLV folks running the meet this year will surely do a tremendous job running a meet that will undoubtedly be smaller in size (but not in enthusiasm). Anyone with questions or complaints regarding the site change should contact the City of Long Beach and let them know how you feel. They may or may not listen.
