Being a born-and-raised Missourian, I wish I could come to Columbia in December. Maybe someone can arrange a big SCM meet there next year. But I think few people will show up for the same reason fewer people come to the summer nationals: families. It's right before winter break and people want to save vacation time for "real" family trips.
Plus, I don't remember Columbia having an airport, which means a two-hour drive from either Kansas City or St. Louis (Columbia's smack-dab in the middle of the state). Who wants to drive that far?
In any case, best of luck at the meet. Hopefully those people will at least be convinced to have a SCY nationals. Who doesn't want to swim in the same water where a world record was broken unshaved and untapered? I just wish they had that pool when I was swimming in high school state meets there, instead of Hickman High!
Being a born-and-raised Missourian, I wish I could come to Columbia in December. Maybe someone can arrange a big SCM meet there next year. But I think few people will show up for the same reason fewer people come to the summer nationals: families. It's right before winter break and people want to save vacation time for "real" family trips.
Plus, I don't remember Columbia having an airport, which means a two-hour drive from either Kansas City or St. Louis (Columbia's smack-dab in the middle of the state). Who wants to drive that far?
In any case, best of luck at the meet. Hopefully those people will at least be convinced to have a SCY nationals. Who doesn't want to swim in the same water where a world record was broken unshaved and untapered? I just wish they had that pool when I was swimming in high school state meets there, instead of Hickman High!
