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
Maybe because the two courses were not identical? The way we did it, everyone swam roughly equally in both courses, assuming they did both days. At the GMU pool, I like the shallow end better; the metal walls were slippery on the deep end.
That is exactly the reason they have to do a mens and womens course for GMU.
Back to topic...
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I think it is a load that the mens 500 is swum the day after the womens in 3 out of every 4 nationals. At least this time, the rest of the order of events is so crappy, and it is first on Sunday that it won't be the very last event of the meet like last year.
Also... some of us distance people also like swimming some of the shorter events too, so I'm not a fan of the separate distance Nationals. How discriminatory.
In the meantime, enjoy all that extra rest and sleep.
Maybe because the two courses were not identical? The way we did it, everyone swam roughly equally in both courses, assuming they did both days. At the GMU pool, I like the shallow end better; the metal walls were slippery on the deep end.
That is exactly the reason they have to do a mens and womens course for GMU.
Back to topic...
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I think it is a load that the mens 500 is swum the day after the womens in 3 out of every 4 nationals. At least this time, the rest of the order of events is so crappy, and it is first on Sunday that it won't be the very last event of the meet like last year.
Also... some of us distance people also like swimming some of the shorter events too, so I'm not a fan of the separate distance Nationals. How discriminatory.
In the meantime, enjoy all that extra rest and sleep.
