This is a tough one for me to evaluate. I'm not sure I want USMS meets, especially those between Jan and March to basically become overrun with USAT members try to make a probably ridiculously slow time cut. Maybe make the events on Friday or Monday so the rest of us won't have to suffer with 300 tris trying to get a 10 minute standard in the 500.
This would, of course, increase participation in USMS meets, which would be a good thing.
If a lot of people want to swim the same distance, a USMS chapter could sponsor a "meet" for that distance only and use it as a fundraiser.
If USMS didn't want any part of this, I'm sure another organization would step up. There are a lot of people willing to help triathletes part with their cash. It's just that USMS chapters have the infrastructure to do it fairly simply.
This is a tough one for me to evaluate. I'm not sure I want USMS meets, especially those between Jan and March to basically become overrun with USAT members try to make a probably ridiculously slow time cut. Maybe make the events on Friday or Monday so the rest of us won't have to suffer with 300 tris trying to get a 10 minute standard in the 500.
This would, of course, increase participation in USMS meets, which would be a good thing.
If a lot of people want to swim the same distance, a USMS chapter could sponsor a "meet" for that distance only and use it as a fundraiser.
If USMS didn't want any part of this, I'm sure another organization would step up. There are a lot of people willing to help triathletes part with their cash. It's just that USMS chapters have the infrastructure to do it fairly simply.
