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!
Paul,
The point of this thread was originally a question about who was going to Clovis and what they were swimming. It has since morphed into whatever you, the readers, are interested in.
I think you are referring to facility interest in hosting Nationals, not just member interest in attending. That has been a tough nut for some time, and we have to find a way to make it easier to bid. There are some requirements that have been deleted recently, such as having x number of pay phones. Not particularly necessary these days. The process continues and we will probably start sending out personal emissaries to pools that we think would be good places to host nationals.
I work out at the Rose Bowl Pool in Pasadena and think it would be terrific for nationals (2-50m pools side by side, a therapy pool and a hot tub), but have not been successful in garnering any interest from the age group team or the pool administrators. There is a 180 member Masters club there that is 80% fitness swimmers, 15% triathletes, and a few competitors. They have not held a Masters meet of any sort in over 15 years.
This is not an isolated event. Even though I am such a persuasive and charismatic communicator, even I struck out (game's not over yet). Project this same scenario over the country, and you get one bid for nationals...maybe. It is up to anyone within spitting distance of a pool that can support a national championship to pester the administrators and convince them that Masters is the answer to cash flow for 5 days.
Mission Viejo also had an open water event in 2005.
Paul,
The point of this thread was originally a question about who was going to Clovis and what they were swimming. It has since morphed into whatever you, the readers, are interested in.
I think you are referring to facility interest in hosting Nationals, not just member interest in attending. That has been a tough nut for some time, and we have to find a way to make it easier to bid. There are some requirements that have been deleted recently, such as having x number of pay phones. Not particularly necessary these days. The process continues and we will probably start sending out personal emissaries to pools that we think would be good places to host nationals.
I work out at the Rose Bowl Pool in Pasadena and think it would be terrific for nationals (2-50m pools side by side, a therapy pool and a hot tub), but have not been successful in garnering any interest from the age group team or the pool administrators. There is a 180 member Masters club there that is 80% fitness swimmers, 15% triathletes, and a few competitors. They have not held a Masters meet of any sort in over 15 years.
This is not an isolated event. Even though I am such a persuasive and charismatic communicator, even I struck out (game's not over yet). Project this same scenario over the country, and you get one bid for nationals...maybe. It is up to anyone within spitting distance of a pool that can support a national championship to pester the administrators and convince them that Masters is the answer to cash flow for 5 days.
Mission Viejo also had an open water event in 2005.
