How do you feel about copying the kid's swimming method of organizing Masters by time standards??
For example, there would be A, B and C times for all ages and both sexes. Local meets would be either A, A/B, B, B/C, C or OPEN.
There could be Championships for any of these categories at the LMSC level. To go to Regionals would require having made a new category, the Regional time. National entrantrants would come from the Regional pool or perhaps from the "A" pool.
I'm ambivalent on this as it seems too unwieldy at this early stage of our development but does answer the needs of folks who are looking for the mythical level playing field.
Emmett; we could still have the "Mediocre" Champs as an extra event (suggested in your earlier post). Since there are 26 letters in the alphabet, we could go an even larger number of categories with an ever declining number of swimmers. (Avoiding, of course, the politically incorrect "F" time standard.)
Heck, I can see a day when EVERYONE wins something !
Paul,
Still waiting to hear from someone at USMS?!
I’m from USMS and I have a membership card to prove it,:D and I think running a SCM Nationals is an excellent idea!
I would suggest that you email or otherwise contact the USMS Rules Committee and Championship Committee chairs and ask them to address this topic at the annual USMS convention in September. You may also want to set up one of those surveys on the forum to find out who is in favor of USMS running a SCM nationals. And, I will personally address the topic with Barry and Leo at convention.
The prospects for getting anything finalized this year are slim. Proposed amendments to the rules (and this required a few rules changes) need to be submitted from the LMSC’s to the Rules Chair by July 10, for consideration this year. In addition, only emergency amendments to Part 1 of the rule book (the part where National Championship events are defined) will be considered this year. Next year, 2004, is a Rules year and any proposals to establish SCM nationals would have a greater opportunity for passage at that time.
Paul,
Still waiting to hear from someone at USMS?!
I’m from USMS and I have a membership card to prove it,:D and I think running a SCM Nationals is an excellent idea!
I would suggest that you email or otherwise contact the USMS Rules Committee and Championship Committee chairs and ask them to address this topic at the annual USMS convention in September. You may also want to set up one of those surveys on the forum to find out who is in favor of USMS running a SCM nationals. And, I will personally address the topic with Barry and Leo at convention.
The prospects for getting anything finalized this year are slim. Proposed amendments to the rules (and this required a few rules changes) need to be submitted from the LMSC’s to the Rules Chair by July 10, for consideration this year. In addition, only emergency amendments to Part 1 of the rule book (the part where National Championship events are defined) will be considered this year. Next year, 2004, is a Rules year and any proposals to establish SCM nationals would have a greater opportunity for passage at that time.
