Santa Clara has nine lanes. Better to give three people a chance for a second swim (27 in the three final heats as opposed to 24).
Plus, using nine lanes will make prelims go much faster.
I think next spring's nationals should use more than eight lanes for the two courses. Unless they plan to set it up like it was in Tempe.
You'd be surprised how much faster things go with heats of nine or 10 swimmers. Those 200s and 500s fly by!
Santa Clara has nine lanes. Better to give three people a chance for a second swim (27 in the three final heats as opposed to 24).
Plus, using nine lanes will make prelims go much faster.
I think next spring's nationals should use more than eight lanes for the two courses. Unless they plan to set it up like it was in Tempe.
You'd be surprised how much faster things go with heats of nine or 10 swimmers. Those 200s and 500s fly by!
