So, now that we are on the countdown to May 09 - who is coming and what do you plan to swim?
This will be my first US Master's National meet, and it happens to be happening in my back yard (at least very close to where I grew up and swam USA club). Over is San Luis Obispo now, but it's a short hop, skip, and jump over the foothills to Clovis!
I mentioned this in the Nationals forum, but even though bids have been pretty sparse, those that have hosted Nationals lately have done a tremendous job.
Fresno might not be most people's idea of a vacation destination, but as others have mentioned it puts you in striking distance to plenty of places that are (lots of NPs, etc.). How much can you really do other than swim during the meet anyway? And really it's not difficult to get to from the East Coast. No, you're probably not going to get a direct flight, but you should probably be able to get there with a single connection. Since the meet is "Nationals" you can't expect it to be within driving distance for you very often.
I mentioned this in the Nationals forum, but even though bids have been pretty sparse, those that have hosted Nationals lately have done a tremendous job.
Fresno might not be most people's idea of a vacation destination, but as others have mentioned it puts you in striking distance to plenty of places that are (lots of NPs, etc.). How much can you really do other than swim during the meet anyway? And really it's not difficult to get to from the East Coast. No, you're probably not going to get a direct flight, but you should probably be able to get there with a single connection. Since the meet is "Nationals" you can't expect it to be within driving distance for you very often.
