The FINA Bureau approved the dates, the schedule of events and the qualifying times for the XI FINA Masters Championships that will be held at the Avery Aquatic Center, Stanford University, Stanford California - August 4 - 17, 2006
Qualifying Times
The qualifying times are now posted. These times are easier than the USMS Long course times, however, remember if you do not swim at or faster than the qualify time you will receive "no time" for your effort - your swim will not count.
Schedule of Events
The schedule of events is up. The swimming portion will take place August 4th through 10th; and will include a day of relays. The open water swim will be on August 11th. There are also schedules for the other aquatic disciplines.
Hotel Rooms
The organizing committee has been working with a destination management company to get hotels at a good rate for swimmers. Those rates are only available if you book through the Internet portal that has been set up that has been set up or if you call the toll free number. Once to the home page of the hotel registration select your stay dates and number of guests in the room first then you will get a list of available hotels.(Also the Internet portal works best with IE 5.01 and IE 6.0+) .
Web Site
All of the above information can be found at the XI FINA World Masters Championship web site - www.2006FINAMasters.org .
Vacation destination
San Francisco and northern California is one of the premeire tourist destinations in the world. Besides the great swimming venue, there will be many day trips scheduled for you or your significant other (or children). This will be a great time to plan a vacation to the golden state.
The Organizing Committee is working on days trips and discounted airfares. Announcements will be made as the plans are made final.
michael
Michael W. Moore, president
XI FINA World Masters Championships - 2006
Stanford Unversity
Stanford California
Former Member
Originally posted by geochuck
Hey with those times I don't have to train and I will qualify. They are pretty slow in my age group.
Or rather, you are pretty fast in your age group!! :D
I think we have less problems with people not making (or close to) their times in big meets- it is the 'sandbaggers' who desire clear water, early flight times, rest between events who annoy me the most.
it is the 'sandbaggers' who desire clear water, early flight times, rest between events who annoy me the most.
Yeah, how dare anyone desire smooth water for a world championship swim? Or rest between events? Or try to organize their life so that they might swim AND fulfill other obligations? The very nerve!
The folks who whine about sandbagging have issues best dealt with on another DF.
Okay I'm feeling pretty depressed because of all of the individuals who are saying how slow the QTs are.
I haven't raced LC in a long time, but from what I recall of my times from way back in age group swimming, I just barely make the standard (for the shorter swims, 200 and down).
Good thing I'll be 30 by the time the meet rolls around because the 25 QTs would be a real risk of a time that doesn't count.
Anyone know why there is such a big difference in standards for the younger age groups? It seems to me that those are the groups that tend to have the lowest participation, so I would think that easier QTs would encourage more participants.
I'm under the impression that we must swim in a sanctioned meet prior to the event in order to achieve a qualifying time.
At the Masters Games in Edmonton a lot of people had NT (no time) under QT. That led me to believe you could show up at Avery next year with NT, swim in a heat, and that would determine whether you'd advance.
I'll contact my area USMS to make sure.
Originally posted by jpjackson76
I've read your response at least five times. Let me make sure I understand it. I don't need to swim the Q time or faster prior to the event. Just show up and swim faster than the Q time at the event and I'm eligible for a medal.
This can't be correct I must be missing something. Why have the Q times? This waters down the competiton to much and what is the point in attending a meet like that? Please correct me if I'm not understanding. Thanks, Jeff
Michael's got a big job answering a lot of questions here, so I'll pipe in, because having been through this already at the last World Champs in Italy 2004, I think I understand what Michael is saying:
Basically, the Q times are on a trust-system. You say you do 50 METERS free in a LONG COURSE pool in 32 seconds, OK, you sign up with 32 seconds. They take your word on it and put you in a heat with people in YOUR age and sex category who signed up with the same time or close to it. If you do not make the QT during your race, you do not appear in the race results.
The "trust-system" is especially important to USA swimmers who have a difficult time finding a meet in a LONG COURSE 50 METER pool to make a qualifying time AND certification of it. Also, with all the paper work involved in enrolling thousands of people, from all over the world, checking their QT's OFFICIALLY would be an enormous job.
Hope I got this right, and hope I've been of some help. Michael, you're doing a great job! Maybe someone would be kind enough to make a FAQ for the official website from the questions and answers on this board?!?!?!
Ciao!
Mary
Sandbaggers are people who put in slower entry times than what they can swim.
It can apply to workout swimmers who go slow for an entire set and then blast the last one while everyone else is pretty much struggling.
sometimes it makes sense to sand bag in a meet
strategically
you might choose to take it easy on a particular event
if you have a more important one afterwards
you might just be swimming for points to help your team
also if you have 2 events that are back to back or close
you'll get a little more rest if you post
a slow time for the first event and
a fast time for the one after it
also it might make sense to sandbag with a slow entry time
if you perform better swimming by yourself and you do with people ahead or even with you
some swimmers find sammy save ups irritating.
do what makes sense for you
Ande
Originally posted by Jeff Commings
Sandbaggers are people who put in slower entry times than what they can swim.
It can apply to workout swimmers who go slow for an entire set and then blast the last one while everyone else is pretty much struggling. Originally posted by Jeff Commings
Sandbaggers are people who put in slower entry times than what they can swim.
It can apply to workout swimmers who go slow for an entire set and then blast the last one while everyone else is pretty much struggling.
