Let me first say that I had a blast in Atlanta and enjoyed every minute of it (even the last minute of the 1000), so this list is somewhat tongue in cheek:
10. No Starbucks within walking distance of the Hampton Inn.
9. The taste of an Italian soda called "Beverly" at the Coca Cola Museum; it reminded me of viscous lidocaine--what is with that?
8. The stairway access to the pool deck from the stands.
7. Missing out on a medal in the 200 free relay because eight of the teams finishing ahead of us were from "regional" clubs representing entire states.
6. Two swimmers from TXLA trying to recruit my 87 year old father to join their team instead of swimming for Nitro.
5. No Starbucks within walkiing distance of the pool.
4. Turning at the bulkhead, although I nailed all of mine.
3. That one starter who shall remain nameless.
2. Not getting to meet Rich Abrahams, among others.
1. It ended.
So what you are saying is stop whining or stay home. I shouldn't have to accept battery to attend a swim meet. I expect crowds, I expect a few bumps, but not outrageous, aggressive, "me first" behavior. When someone pulls you under from behind to crawl over you for a pass, that is unacceptable! I'm not the only one concerned about this issue. As I said before, put the Hot Shots in the same lanes and let them duke it out.
Or, just do LCM Nationals. The meet is only a 1000 people, PR will be much less. Gosh, I had ample warmup/warmdown space at Indy. Great seating area. Locker rooms weren't crowded. Just perfect. I am sorry but almost 2000 people is way too big for any Nationals meets. Toughen the QTs and/or increase the amount of events that you did QTs for. It is funny how they never drop the 6th event at Spring Nationals with that many people but they always seem to do it with LC Nationals.
So what you are saying is stop whining or stay home. I shouldn't have to accept battery to attend a swim meet. I expect crowds, I expect a few bumps, but not outrageous, aggressive, "me first" behavior. When someone pulls you under from behind to crawl over you for a pass, that is unacceptable! I'm not the only one concerned about this issue. As I said before, put the Hot Shots in the same lanes and let them duke it out.
Or, just do LCM Nationals. The meet is only a 1000 people, PR will be much less. Gosh, I had ample warmup/warmdown space at Indy. Great seating area. Locker rooms weren't crowded. Just perfect. I am sorry but almost 2000 people is way too big for any Nationals meets. Toughen the QTs and/or increase the amount of events that you did QTs for. It is funny how they never drop the 6th event at Spring Nationals with that many people but they always seem to do it with LC Nationals.
