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.
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.
This is what I have inferred already - that distance meets are the answer. As I mention earlier, our SCY Zone meet was 60% triathletes in the 1000/1650. They all signed up in as soon as the event info went public, so anyone who waited got shut out (there was a cutoff).
The only problem is getting LMSCs - and particular teams - to step up to host those events. My team had traditionally held a 1000/1650 SCY distance meet and a 800/1500 LC distance meet annually, but few people want to work on these, and the LC meet is now ancient history. We've able to get pools on the cheap, so finances aren't an issue for us, but for most other places, this is probably the #1 inhibiting factor.
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.
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.
This is what I have inferred already - that distance meets are the answer. As I mention earlier, our SCY Zone meet was 60% triathletes in the 1000/1650. They all signed up in as soon as the event info went public, so anyone who waited got shut out (there was a cutoff).
The only problem is getting LMSCs - and particular teams - to step up to host those events. My team had traditionally held a 1000/1650 SCY distance meet and a 800/1500 LC distance meet annually, but few people want to work on these, and the LC meet is now ancient history. We've able to get pools on the cheap, so finances aren't an issue for us, but for most other places, this is probably the #1 inhibiting factor.
