2011 SCY Nationals

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Betsy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:51:36 GMT

I am definitely sorry that Chris might not be able to attend due his job, and I hate cutting short course season by a few weeks. BUT...because of the Arizona location I am glad that it is earlier. The heat really bothered me in the two nationals at Tempe. Moving the meet up a few weeks, makes a huge diffeence to me.

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TRYM_Swimmer — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:53:52 GMT

Anyone have the dates for the Open Water Champs?

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Former Member — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:04:32 GMT

I bet he'll still cash the check I sent today for the Orlando meet, including the Sea World social where we shall see animals with body fat in excess of 25%. Do we know anyone that has that body fat percentage, DO WE? Fortunately, I am a mere 24.7%

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pwolf66 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:14:22 GMT

Paul's earlier post said 4/28/11-5/2/11 with the OW swim on Monday. Whoops, apparently I can't read. Thanks.

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Jim Clemmons — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:53:17 GMT

Are dedicated relay days proposed for either of the champioships? Not for Summer Nat's either. Four day meet format.

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aquageek — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:40:50 GMT

Geek, I just told Rowdy about your little set of "rules" and he has gladly dumped your sorry butt from the Team Blu Frog roster. I bet he'll still cash the check I sent today for the Orlando meet, including the Sea World social where we shall see animals with body fat in excess of 25%. Do we know anyone that has that body fat percentage, DO WE?

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Paul Smith — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:56:26 GMT

Are dedicated relay days proposed for either of the champioships? Not for the SCY meet in Arizona. Geek, I just told Rowdy about your little set of "rules" and he has gladly dumped your sorry butt from the Team Blu Frog roster.

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fastback — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:49:43 GMT

Are dedicated relay days proposed for either of the champioships?

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aquageek — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:48:44 GMT

I'd like to up-front propose to the cmte that is hosting this that the following three rules be implemented for this meet: 1. "Teams" created for the sole purpose of breaking records and from states that are not in the same LMSC cannot be created. This is only applicable to any "team" that Paul Smith wants to create. Everyone else is exempt. 2. Smith by Marriage is the only Smith who has authority to speak or direct others at this meet. 3. Wookie should stock up now on the Epilady shavers so there is no chance he won't be able to shave and, thus, clog up the entire Phoenix metroplex water delivery system. He should also get new dentures.

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orca1946 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:20:48 GMT

I'll look for the web site. Thanx

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Former Member — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:02:49 GMT

Looking forward to it!

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hrietz — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:47:01 GMT

Paul's earlier post said 4/28/11-5/2/11 with the OW swim on Monday.

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pwolf66 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:37:51 GMT

Just curious what are the dates for the meet?

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hrietz — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:13:18 GMT

Looks like an incredible facility. The timing of the meet is great as well!

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Paul Smith — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:06:39 GMT

A few people have sent me PM's asking for more details on the event, we will have the website "live" in about a week and I will post the link here and on the USMS Events forum.

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KEWebb18 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:45:57 GMT

Looks like a very nice facility. I will have to make sure I get out there and swim!

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orca1946 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:07:07 GMT

Thanx for the info. Maybe I need to plan ahead!

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Patrick W. Brundage — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:44:48 GMT

Was Long Course 2011 picked also??? THX Auburn.

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Robert Strand — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:27:18 GMT

Was Long Course 2011 picked also??? THX

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Doug Adamavich — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:45:44 GMT

Is there only one 50m pool there? If so, what kind of wu/wd space is there? It is actually a 70M pool (North to South) with a movable bulkhead. The SCY configuration is East to West though, meaning that the turns and finishes will be at the walls. Didn't see much in the way of shade there. Is it like Clovis in that regard? There is a bunch of shade, all of the grandstands have canopies which offer shade during the mid-day and afternoon. The facility is surrounded by grass fields on two sides, which decreases the amount of radiated heat during the afternoon. All in all, a great facility. The pool is deep and ought to be fast. There is going to be a meet there this fall. Paul Smith will announce it once they have a date set.

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aquageek — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:10:45 GMT

This is great news!

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Paul Smith — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:19:12 GMT

Missed the attachment.

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Paul Smith — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:04:30 GMT

Just got the call from Chicago and we are in! 4/28/11-5/2/11 (open water swim Monday). The newly remodeled Kino facility opened in June of this year and features a 75m main pool with moveable bulkhead which will allow us to run 2 x 9 lane competition courses and also have I believe 12 warm-up lanes (6 are in the diving well of the 75m pool and 6 in the 6 lane x 25 yd pool attached to wading pool and slide). We have massive amounts of deck space plus we have athletic fields attached to the facility that our intial estimates show would allow for well over 100 pop-up tents. More importantly we have an unprecedented amount of support from the Mesa community (the Mayor attended the convention) which already has secured hotel discounts for events hosted at Kino. We also have our own airport (www.phxmesagateway.org/) which in addtion to Sky Harbor gives a number of lower cost flight options. On a personal note...the Masters team at Kino was started by Ron Johnson many years ago and Laura & I are honored to have been given an oppurtunity to follow in his footsteps and have a chance to relaunch the program. I hope we will get a chance to see a lot of folks not just in 2011 but anytime you are in town and looking for a place to catch a workout! www.teamunify.com/Home.jsp

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Chris Stevenson — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:08:14 GMT

I don't remember the exact amount of WU space beyond the 2 competition courses. I know it wasn't as much as the huge amount of space in Clovis. I think 6-8 25y lanes? It looks like a nice package: it won out over 2 other bids...I don't remember what those were exactly...I know the state of Florida submitted 3 bids (Ft Lauderdale, St Pete, and Sarasota) but none of them one and I don't remember for which courses. My main personal problem for the SCY nats in AZ is that it is tentatively scheduled for late-April, so I probably wouldn't be able to go.

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Former Member — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:51:55 GMT

Kino Aquatic Center www.mesaaz.gov/.../kino.aspx