Our region (CMSA) is struggling coming up with a fair-to-all-swimmers order of events for our season ending region championships.
We use Friday evening for the 1000/1650 (alternate years for each event). No problem there.
On Sat & Sun, we have all other full events, including 4 relays (200 FR, 200 MR, straight and mixed of each). There is debate over the order of events. Any proposal seems to find someone that doesn't like it. I know it will be impossible to please everyone, but does anyone have a 2-day order of events that has worked well for them?
Does USMS or USS have a recommended order of events for a 2-day championship meet? Anyone know? Thanks,
Joe
joemagiera@ameritech.net
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Here are some tips:
If you are doing 50s, 100s, and 200s of every stroke keep the 50's and 200's on the same day, and the 100 on the other day. Do not put the 400 IM on the same day as the 200 *** or 200 fly. Do not put the 50 back right after the 100 free. This happens all the time and is an error.
The best advice I can give is that when you group events together to make the line up, group the events as sprint events, middle distance, and distance. Try not to run 2 events in a row of the same ilk.
Last, the reason the NCAA puts the mile on the last day of its' championship is because the mile will ruin the rest of your meet. It takes 7-10 days to recover from a mile. Time may make it impossible to put it on the last day, but it should be done that way.
Here are some tips:
If you are doing 50s, 100s, and 200s of every stroke keep the 50's and 200's on the same day, and the 100 on the other day. Do not put the 400 IM on the same day as the 200 *** or 200 fly. Do not put the 50 back right after the 100 free. This happens all the time and is an error.
The best advice I can give is that when you group events together to make the line up, group the events as sprint events, middle distance, and distance. Try not to run 2 events in a row of the same ilk.
Last, the reason the NCAA puts the mile on the last day of its' championship is because the mile will ruin the rest of your meet. It takes 7-10 days to recover from a mile. Time may make it impossible to put it on the last day, but it should be done that way.
