Yep, I'll be there Friday to Sunday. The meet is pretty big, more than 1000 swimmers. It's about two and a half hours drive for me so I can leave Friday morning at a normal-ish time, and stay with friends Friday and Saturday night. We have a small group going down, but it should still be fun. Harvard is a nice pool, too. Best of luck!
Also worth mentioning... we will have some representation from the USMS National Office at the meet. And they're bringing some give-aways!
-Rick
Great, now we actually have to behave.
I had wanted to attend this, but given how little swimming I was able to get in during the first couple months+ of this year, it clearly was not meant to be this year.
Hope everyone that is able to attend has a great meet!
Things will be more crowded than in the past, but our facility is rather large. We will max out around 800 swimmers in any single day. Our spectator area seats 1200 people and is connected to the deck. We'll have 11 lanes open for warmup and warm-down during the entire meet. (6 lanes are 25 yards long, 5 lanes are about 28.6 yards long.)
Unfortunately, the weather next week-end will not be as beautiful as it was this week-end for distance day, so most everyone will be stuck inside. However, for those with lots of time between events, Harvard Square is a short walk over the bridge so you can disappear for an hour away from the pool, and come back for your later events.
We keep our timeline updated online continuously, so if you've got an iPhone or other mobile device, you can get an update on the timeline while you're away from the pool.
Okay, I'm convinced: You should run all masters meets, everywhere.:)
Yes, I'm the announcer, timing operator, online facilitator, and meet director.
(When watching 13 lanes swimming 1650s... sometimes we lose track of lengths. Especially with later faster heats, where pad misses are much more rare... if there's a discrepancy, we usually advise the swimmer to swim an extra 50, just in case. We've had many cases where a counter mis-counted, and the swimmer stopped early and got out, resulting in a DQ. So we would much rather err by having someone swim an extra 50. We then double-check the splits after the swim and determine which finish was the correct finish. In this case, the counter was right... there was a missed pad with about 200 yards to go.)
-Rick
