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 want to remind people that I'm not going to Clovis because of a bad meet I had there 10 years ago. It has nothing to do with the location. As long as the pool is adequate and the conditions are favorable, I'd swim just about anywhere.
What's so bad about having a nationals in Ann Arbor? If Phelps and Co. still lived there, I'm sure everyone would flock there. I almost went to school there and it really isn't that bad of a town. And really, does anyone go sightseeing at nationals? Stay off your feet!
Also, why aren't there any meets on the East Coast? I would love to have a meet in the Baltimore area, or even in New England. Maybe our new executive director could get David Marsh to let a bunch of old folks invade the Mecklenburg pool for a four-day weekend.
I can count on one hand the number of championship meets I've swum in east of Indiana in my entire life. Why is there a West Coast bias when it comes to hosting major meets?
I know very, very little about the process behind submitting a bid for nationals, so the following comment comes from the outside of the bureaucracy:
East Coast people, submit a damn bid for nationals!
I want to remind people that I'm not going to Clovis because of a bad meet I had there 10 years ago. It has nothing to do with the location. As long as the pool is adequate and the conditions are favorable, I'd swim just about anywhere.
What's so bad about having a nationals in Ann Arbor? If Phelps and Co. still lived there, I'm sure everyone would flock there. I almost went to school there and it really isn't that bad of a town. And really, does anyone go sightseeing at nationals? Stay off your feet!
Also, why aren't there any meets on the East Coast? I would love to have a meet in the Baltimore area, or even in New England. Maybe our new executive director could get David Marsh to let a bunch of old folks invade the Mecklenburg pool for a four-day weekend.
I can count on one hand the number of championship meets I've swum in east of Indiana in my entire life. Why is there a West Coast bias when it comes to hosting major meets?
I know very, very little about the process behind submitting a bid for nationals, so the following comment comes from the outside of the bureaucracy:
East Coast people, submit a damn bid for nationals!
