2009 SC Nationals Order of Events

RE: 2009 SC Nationals Order of Events

Former Member — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:16:08 GMT

Chris I do remember 7 Events in 1 day when I was 17 100fr, 200fr, 440fr, 1760fr, 3 Relays and 7 golds. It did take all day however. The 1760 in the morning, the rest of the swims in the afternoon and evening. I did not go hunting until the next day.

RE: 2009 SC Nationals Order of Events

Former Member — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:27:44 GMT

Chris I think you would rather have a stroke and an event a day. A 21 event meet would take 21 days,

RE: 2009 SC Nationals Order of Events

Chris Stevenson — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:21:53 GMT

Chris I think you would rather have a stroke and an event a day. A 21 event meet would take 21 days, I'm more willing to double up than most...at SC Zones last spring, a meet I rested for, I did a 200 back - 500 free - 200 fly triple, all within 1.5-2 hours, before doing relays at the end of the meet. At LCM nationals I would have done the 200 free - 200 back - 100 fly triple if they hadn't taken away the 6th event. I like the 200 fly a lot but it is quite tiring and I don't like to potentially compromise the 100 back. If the order were reversed on some of the schedules (100 back first, then 200 fly) I would have less of a problem. It is just a little frustrating having the exact same double appear in 75% of nationals over four years. At this point, I'm sure you will probably regale us with a story of how, back in the days when men were men, you swim 6 events in 1 hour before running a marathon and shooting a bison for dinner.

RE: 2009 SC Nationals Order of Events

Chris Stevenson — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:21:00 GMT

Look in the rule book. Section 104.5, page 30. www.usms.org/.../part1.pdf Sigh...I realize that it is hard to please everyone, but what is it that's so attractive about the 200 fly/100 back combination? In 6 out of the 8 schedules, they are back-to-back and in that order.

RE: 2009 SC Nationals Order of Events

pwolf66 — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:37:15 GMT

Chris, it's not as bad as having a backstroke and breaststroke event together EVERY FREAKIN' TIME. Then again, I might be the only one complaining about that. Yeah, I think you're a demographic of one on that one Jeff.

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tjrpatt — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:36:31 GMT

Hey, If you have qualifying times in LCM, does that count for SCY Nationals. I am just double checking.

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Jeff Commings — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:31:39 GMT

Chris, it's not as bad as having a backstroke and breaststroke event together EVERY FREAKIN' TIME. Then again, I might be the only one complaining about that.

RE: 2009 SC Nationals Order of Events

poolraat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:54:18 GMT

Look in the rule book. Section 104.5, page 30. www.usms.org/.../part1.pdf