Looks like we need some work on cut/paste so these quotes show up properly...
Any other thoughts?
Anyways, I do have a thought.
Austin ran so long on Sunday that some heats of the 100 free (last event of the meet) had 1 or 2 people swimming. This, however, is not an unusual occurance, but was more present at that meet than I've ever seen. Every National or large zone meet I have ever been to has always had this occur in abundance on the last day - especially for the later events.
A positive check-in for ALL events on Sunday could prove to be very helpful from a time perspective. This way, regular scratchers can scratch w/o guilt; people too hungover can scratch w/o anyone knowing; and people leaving town can scratch w/o whatever they'd be with if they swam.
Oregon is pretty smart - they've got check-in for all events 200 and up. Sunday, 1/2 the events are positive check-in (w400free, 2fly, 2br). I bet they save at least 30 minutes on the 200s; and I bet we'll be seeing more of the 200+ check-ins at future national meets.
Looks like we need some work on cut/paste so these quotes show up properly...
Any other thoughts?
Anyways, I do have a thought.
Austin ran so long on Sunday that some heats of the 100 free (last event of the meet) had 1 or 2 people swimming. This, however, is not an unusual occurance, but was more present at that meet than I've ever seen. Every National or large zone meet I have ever been to has always had this occur in abundance on the last day - especially for the later events.
A positive check-in for ALL events on Sunday could prove to be very helpful from a time perspective. This way, regular scratchers can scratch w/o guilt; people too hungover can scratch w/o anyone knowing; and people leaving town can scratch w/o whatever they'd be with if they swam.
Oregon is pretty smart - they've got check-in for all events 200 and up. Sunday, 1/2 the events are positive check-in (w400free, 2fly, 2br). I bet they save at least 30 minutes on the 200s; and I bet we'll be seeing more of the 200+ check-ins at future national meets.
