There is a Master's meet in Atlanta this Sunday which starts at 10 AM. I haven't been to one before so I was wondering how long they last and is there a certain order to the events.
Wow Rick! That's dedication!
Well, the service doesn't come for free. :-) We have a tradition of a $5 incomplete entry form fee. If your entry form isn't complete, and you end up on my "problem list", then you get charged an extra $5. (It's either that, or I reject your entry completely, and you don't get into the meet.)
This includes NT entries, people who enter but aren't USMS registered yet, people who forget to sign their entry waivers, etc. Unfortunately, we find that lots of people are really sloppy with entries.
Though this year I rolled out online entries, and almost half of the entries came in that way. (We would have gotten more, but I finished the entry system just a few weeks before the entry deadline.)
Next year, we're going to look at tying the online entries to other databases, so that when you enter online, we automatically suggest your entry times for you. Perhaps even requiring a written comment if you put an entry time that is too far off of our suggestion. (Which is definitely going to happen... injuries, pregnancies, other major life events, etc.) We just want people to (a) think about their entries, and (b) understand that it matters and (c) that we're watching.
-Rick
Wow Rick! That's dedication!
Well, the service doesn't come for free. :-) We have a tradition of a $5 incomplete entry form fee. If your entry form isn't complete, and you end up on my "problem list", then you get charged an extra $5. (It's either that, or I reject your entry completely, and you don't get into the meet.)
This includes NT entries, people who enter but aren't USMS registered yet, people who forget to sign their entry waivers, etc. Unfortunately, we find that lots of people are really sloppy with entries.
Though this year I rolled out online entries, and almost half of the entries came in that way. (We would have gotten more, but I finished the entry system just a few weeks before the entry deadline.)
Next year, we're going to look at tying the online entries to other databases, so that when you enter online, we automatically suggest your entry times for you. Perhaps even requiring a written comment if you put an entry time that is too far off of our suggestion. (Which is definitely going to happen... injuries, pregnancies, other major life events, etc.) We just want people to (a) think about their entries, and (b) understand that it matters and (c) that we're watching.
-Rick
