Why do we continue to lead off the 2nd,3rd and 4th days of the meet each year with a distance event? I can think of NOTHING more deadening to the atmosphere of a swim meet than dozens of heats of 400IM and 500 free. We need to start the meet with the 50 freestyle and get the place rockin' !! Stick the long events at the end of the meet each day after the relay and give the majority of participants the opportunity to spend less time at the pool.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
1. Women 1000 Freestyle 2. Men 1000 Freestyle
3. Women 1650 Freestyle 4. Men 1650 Freestyle
Friday, May 2, 2008
5. Women 400 Individual Medley 6. Men 400 Individual Medley
7. Women 50 Butterfly 8. Men 50 Butterfly
9. Women 200 Backstroke 10. Men 200 Backstroke
11. Women 100 Breaststroke 12. Men 100 Breaststroke
13. Women 50 Freestyle 14. Men 50 Freestyle
15. Mixed 200 Freestyle Relay
Saturday, May 3, 2008
17. Women 500 Freestyle
19. Women 100 Individual Medley 20. Men 100 Individual Medley
21. Women 200 Butterfly 22. Men 200 Butterfly
23. Women 100 Backstroke 24. Men 100 Backstroke
25. Women 50 Breaststroke 26. Men 50 Breaststroke
27. Women 200 Freestyle 28. Men 200 Freestyle
29. Mixed 200 Medley Relay
31. Women 200 Freestyle Relay 32. Men 200 Freestyle Relay
Sunday, May 4, 2008
34. Men 500 Freestyle
35. Women 200 Breaststroke 36. Men 200 Breaststroke
37. Women 100 Butterfly 38. Men 100 Butterfly
39. Women 50 Backstroke 40. Men 50 Backstroke
41. Women 200 Individual Medley 42. Men 200 Individual Medley
43. Women 100 Freestyle 44. Men 100 Freestyle
45. Women 200 Medley Relay 46. Men 200 Medley Relay
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John "I hope I don't miss my 50 back again" Smith,
Yes, we have had the distance events after relays at the end of the day before. However, none of the schedules that were voted on will do this before 2012. When we have done this in the past, we get complaints that sprinters have to show up too early, etc.
A second impact of putting a distance race first is it allows more swimmers to take fewer vacation days and still make the meet. If you don't swim until noon on Friday, you can travel out late Thursday after work or early on Friday (depending on where you live).
I think a mixed schedule would make everyone equally unhappy which is probably the best we can do.
Tim L,
When the meet starts with a distance race, we do offer a second warm up period in the main competition pool complete with sprint lanes for starts so you can still sleep in and warm up where you will race.
As a general rule, making up the order of events for nationals is not that much fun. However, everyone is welcome to try. Come up with a proposed order of events and submit it to the championship committee for consideration. Better yet, submit it here so you can receive helpful comments from all your online friends.
John "I hope I don't miss my 50 back again" Smith,
Yes, we have had the distance events after relays at the end of the day before. However, none of the schedules that were voted on will do this before 2012. When we have done this in the past, we get complaints that sprinters have to show up too early, etc.
A second impact of putting a distance race first is it allows more swimmers to take fewer vacation days and still make the meet. If you don't swim until noon on Friday, you can travel out late Thursday after work or early on Friday (depending on where you live).
I think a mixed schedule would make everyone equally unhappy which is probably the best we can do.
Tim L,
When the meet starts with a distance race, we do offer a second warm up period in the main competition pool complete with sprint lanes for starts so you can still sleep in and warm up where you will race.
As a general rule, making up the order of events for nationals is not that much fun. However, everyone is welcome to try. Come up with a proposed order of events and submit it to the championship committee for consideration. Better yet, submit it here so you can receive helpful comments from all your online friends.
