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Meet Categories
USMS national championship meets shall be awarded in the following categories and held during the
following dates, at venues located within the boundaries of USMS:
Rationale: To assure that USMS National Championship Meets are held at venues within USMS.
I think they need to not be so stuck on May. April in Arizona would be nice and avoid heat stroke.
Agreed but there are issues with having an SCY meet in AZ during April.
Facilities: There are probably only three facilities in the state that could possibly host the meet (ASU, U of A, and Brophy). ASU and U of A are on university campi so you have that issue to contend with. Brophy is a nice pool and is in a great area but they have neighbours who don't dig all the traffic a swim meet would bring.
Size: Nationals in AZ would be a HUGE event, even with warm weather. 2003 SCY was a biggie and I suspect that any future one would be large as well. This is a major undertaking which leads me to...
Desire: I have not discerned a burning desire to hold Nationals in AZ. There has been some talk about it but nothing urgent. If somebody in AZ wants to host Nationals, they need to want it BADLY because this meet is a lot of work.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to have Nationals in AZ again. 2003 SCY was a great event and we all had fun being a part of it. To host it again though will require that one of the teams express a desire to host it and that they are willing to do everything necessary to make it a success.
I think they need to not be so stuck on May. April in Arizona would be nice and avoid heat stroke.
Agreed but there are issues with having an SCY meet in AZ during April.
Facilities: There are probably only three facilities in the state that could possibly host the meet (ASU, U of A, and Brophy). ASU and U of A are on university campi so you have that issue to contend with. Brophy is a nice pool and is in a great area but they have neighbours who don't dig all the traffic a swim meet would bring.
Size: Nationals in AZ would be a HUGE event, even with warm weather. 2003 SCY was a biggie and I suspect that any future one would be large as well. This is a major undertaking which leads me to...
Desire: I have not discerned a burning desire to hold Nationals in AZ. There has been some talk about it but nothing urgent. If somebody in AZ wants to host Nationals, they need to want it BADLY because this meet is a lot of work.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to have Nationals in AZ again. 2003 SCY was a great event and we all had fun being a part of it. To host it again though will require that one of the teams express a desire to host it and that they are willing to do everything necessary to make it a success.
