With the continued growth in USMS membership, I would submit that it's time to eliminate the regional teams at Nationals. Case in point: NCMS sent a "team" of 123 swimmers to Atlanta, enough to enter A, B, C, and D relays in many events (e.g. the mens 35+ 200 free relay in which our club team placed 13th behind eight regional teams). It's been argued that the formation of regional teams allows more swimmers to participate in relays, yet local clubs from North Carolina sent as many as thirty or more athletes and could have entered relays on their own as our club (with eight swimmers) did. Swim with the guys you actually train with.
No the minority discounts the issues that may be important to the larger population by being the squeaky wheel.
How do you know?
I'm in favor of flogs, GTD, check off challenges and all the like -- even though I do none of them. Most of my time in the pool I'm surrounded by fitness swimmers and lap swimmers.
No the minority discounts the issues that may be important to the larger population by being the squeaky wheel.
How do you know?
I'm in favor of flogs, GTD, check off challenges and all the like -- even though I do none of them. Most of my time in the pool I'm surrounded by fitness swimmers and lap swimmers.
