some very fast swimmers are going to swim in this meet as well as a few masters
Here's where you'll find Real Time Results
www.realtime.net/.../index.htm
attached is the preliminary psyche sheet
www.texasseniorcircuitswimming.org/2008meetschedule.htm
aggie site
www.aggieathletics.com/index2.php
O r d e r . . . o f . . . E v e n t s
Women's Events Men's Events
Friday, May 16
Prelims: 7am warm-up; 9am meet start Finals: 4:30pm warm-up; 6pm meet start
1 50m fly 2
3 200m back 4
5 100m free 6
7 200m *** 8
9 *400m free 10
11 400m free relay 12
Saturday, May 17
Prelims: 7am warm-up; 9am meet start Finals: 4:30pm warm-up; 6pm meet start
13 100m fly 14
15 100m *** 16
17 200m free 18
19 50m back 20
21 *400m IM 22
23 400m medley relay 24
Sunday, May 18
Prelims: 7am warm-up; 9am meet start Finals: 3:30pm warm-up; 5pm meet start
25 50m *** 26
27 200m fly 28
29 100m back 30
31 **800m free --
32 200m IM 33
-- 1500m free 34
35 50m free 36
I am extremely disappointed in USA swimming in this matter. I am a registered master swimmer but I also had two HS kids swimming at the meet. One made her first Junior Nationals cut and the other made several A cuts that would have enabled him to swim a full complement of events at Sr Circuit 4 in Austin in 3 weeks. My daughter is 15 and he is 17; both will be crushed when they hear about this. I did a quick calculation and the delta for a 200 m swim is probably around .07 seconds which is hardly worth punishing these kids for. From my recollection, no national cuts were within that margin so USA swimming could have made a good faith decision to honor the times. Pool conditions are so different from starting blocks, to indoor/outdoor, etc etc that this is a travesty. My son quit swimming for two years when he was quite frustrated and played water polo. He grew, got stronger and decided to start swimming again a year ago and has been improving dramatically. This decision goes contrary to the purpose of USA swimming. We have a hard enough time keeping kids in the sport, so let's not work against them.
I could keep going, but I am just sick to my stomach over my two and those that trained hard, traveled far, spent lots of money to find their efforts overturned by .03 meters. Yes, that is short but we need to keep a bigger picture in mind. Not a bunch of administrators forgetting how hard this sport is and how delicate the psyche is. F
I am extremely disappointed in USA swimming in this matter. I am a registered master swimmer but I also had two HS kids swimming at the meet. One made her first Junior Nationals cut and the other made several A cuts that would have enabled him to swim a full complement of events at Sr Circuit 4 in Austin in 3 weeks. My daughter is 15 and he is 17; both will be crushed when they hear about this. I did a quick calculation and the delta for a 200 m swim is probably around .07 seconds which is hardly worth punishing these kids for. From my recollection, no national cuts were within that margin so USA swimming could have made a good faith decision to honor the times. Pool conditions are so different from starting blocks, to indoor/outdoor, etc etc that this is a travesty. My son quit swimming for two years when he was quite frustrated and played water polo. He grew, got stronger and decided to start swimming again a year ago and has been improving dramatically. This decision goes contrary to the purpose of USA swimming. We have a hard enough time keeping kids in the sport, so let's not work against them.
I could keep going, but I am just sick to my stomach over my two and those that trained hard, traveled far, spent lots of money to find their efforts overturned by .03 meters. Yes, that is short but we need to keep a bigger picture in mind. Not a bunch of administrators forgetting how hard this sport is and how delicate the psyche is. F
