Are Open Water events more popular than Pool events?
Former Member
It’s undeniable that the popularity of open water swimming has risen dramatically in the last few years. But when looking for a LCM meet to swim in, I saw an interesting trend on the USMS Calendar.
www.usms.org/.../calendar.php
Here in the Colonies Zone, there are three pool meets listed (two were last weekend and the other is in October) and TEN open water events. In the Great Lakes Zone, there are ZERO pool meets (not counting LCM Nationals in Indy) and seven open water events. These kinds of numbers are similar in virtually all the Zones.
Has open water swimming officially passed pool swimming in popularity?
That is a total of 8 LCM meets excluding USMS Nationals. I think you should check LMSC websites before making inaccurate and untrue statements about LCM meets.
Assuming Rob is correct that that information isn't on the USMS Calendar of Events: why would the meet directors of all those LCM meets neglect to put their information on the national calendar? Maybe OW race directors are just better at publicizing their events.
That is a total of 8 LCM meets excluding USMS Nationals. I think you should check LMSC websites before making inaccurate and untrue statements about LCM meets.
Assuming Rob is correct that that information isn't on the USMS Calendar of Events: why would the meet directors of all those LCM meets neglect to put their information on the national calendar? Maybe OW race directors are just better at publicizing their events.
