Nationals 2012

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orca1946 — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:41:47 GMT

Greensboro is fine with me.:applaud:

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pwolf66 — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:36:45 GMT

If you are crafty with Google, you can find several articles and videos of local media that covered a press conference in Greensboro yesterday to announce the meet. Or if you're just plain lazy: www.myfox8.com/.../wghp-story-aquatic-100917,0,3315770.story

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jroddin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:55:02 GMT

A link to the Greensboro USMS News Release is here: www.usms.org/.../newsitem.php If you are crafty with Google, you can find several articles and videos of local media that covered a press conference in Greensboro yesterday to announce the meet. Similarly, a link to the USMS News Release for Omaha is here: www.usms.org/.../newsitem.php There is an Associated Press (AP) release about this meet that appeared in USA Today and others. Jeff

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Former Member — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:31:18 GMT

Greensboro Skyline farm4.static.flickr.com/.../2707121992_d486632968.jpg upload.wikimedia.org/.../800px-Gsoskyline2007.jpg Little info about Greensboro. Greensboro, North Carolina is a medium-sized city, not small but not a big city like Atlanta. Greensboro has about 260,000 people and is actually bigger than Birmingham, AL. The combined metro region of Greensboro (The Piedmont Triad/Greensboro,Winston-Salem, High Point) has 1.6 million people so this is not a small town. Greensboro has a vibrant urban nightlife and is the third largest city in North Carolina after Charlotte and Raleigh. Greensboro is home to Lorillard Tobacco Company, maker of Newport cigarettes and the city is also home to fortune 500 company VF Corp, maker of Wranger, Lee jeans and other major apparel brands. The insurance division of Lincoln Financial is also headquartered in Greensboro. The city is home of the Atlantic Coast Conference and local officials have marketing the city as "Tournament Town" . In 1974 Greensboro host the Men's Final Four college basketball championship as well as many ACC basketball tournaments. The PGA Wyndham Championship is played here and next year the Greensboro Coliseum will host the 2011 U.S. Figure Skating Championship. The 2012 championships will be held at the Greensboro Aquatic Center which is under construction at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. It will seat 2,500 people and will be 74,000 square feet. rendering below mm.news-record.com/.../GAC-final.jpg

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Former Member — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:36:55 GMT

I wondered about Greensboro. There is a new aquatic complex being built as part of the Coliseum Complex. Will the pool be ready? Butcher told me that they just started building it recently. Is there a back-up plan in place, if the facility isn't ready?

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Former Member — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:35:15 GMT

All right, who woke up the Skip Education Conference fanatics?!?!?!?!??!? I detect someone that is jealous of the success of the Southeastern Conference. :)

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orca1946 — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:54:58 GMT

Some where not in a big city.

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knelson — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:52:54 GMT

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rtodd — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:39:09 GMT

I'm there. Hopefully qualifying times are softer based on 2011. I'd like to qualify for two events so I can swim more than three.

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aquaFeisty — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:48:40 GMT

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Former Member — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:29:31 GMT

I'm there. Hopefully qualifying times are softer based on 2011. I'd like to qualify for two events so I can swim more than three. Rob if you're not doing it every year...just er, "qualify at practice" if you get me.

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Patrick W. Brundage — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:11:26 GMT

I'm 95% in for Greensboro. Of course, as I'll have just turned 45 a few weeks in advance of the meet, I'd probably go to about any pool. Greensboro should provide me with some good family time on the east coast. Maybe I can coax my former swimming sisters from Raleigh and SC to come to the meet and do a family relay with my Dad and I? ...One location I'd like to see host Nationals some time is the Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine. They've hosted a number of USA Swimming Nationals and recently hosted Pan Pacs. It looks to be a similar setup to Clovis with two 50 meter pools side-by-side...For sure, this would be a sweet location. I got to train in those pools and it is a beautiful setup. Another great west coast location (attention San Diego Masters) would be UCSD's Canyonview Aquatic Center (www.ucsdtritons.com/ViewArticle.dbml.

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aquageek — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:25:00 GMT

What pool? I wondered about Greensboro. There is a new aquatic complex being built as part of the Coliseum Complex.

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Karl_S — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:15:29 GMT

Scheduled completion is July, 2011. I just goggled it and there is "a major announcement scheduled" for Monday @ 11:30, . Must be a swimmer typo!

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swimshark — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:03:47 GMT

Greensboro is about 5 hours of driving for me :)

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aquageek — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 01:58:07 GMT

I would hope the pool would be ready... scy nats are over 18 months away, lcm nats nearly 2 years... Plus, you have the benefit of building in the south where there's probably a larger construction window than, oh, say Chicago! :) Still things can happen and a backup plan might not be a bad idea... Ground was broken in May, 2010. Seems like it should be done in time. Scheduled completion is July, 2011. I just goggled it and there is "a major announcement scheduled" for Monday @ 11:30, hmmm. Greensboro is 2 hours north of Charlotte. It traditionally has very cheap airfares, for some unknown reason(s).

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orca1946 — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 01:22:47 GMT

Correct - 30 years ago many thing did not hurt or need replacing!!!:cane:

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Rich Abrahams — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 01:10:48 GMT

Greensboro is going to be a tough sell for me, but it should be decent location for those on the east coast. One location I'd like to see host Nationals some time is the Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine. They've hosted a number of USA Swimming Nationals and recently hosted Pan Pacs. It looks to be a similar setup to Clovis with two 50 meter pools side-by-side. But I guess the bottom line is there needs to be someone willing to host the meet (hint to Nova masters!). Irvine would be pretty convenient to travel to with John Wayne and Long Beach airports both close and LAX a little bit farther. Kirk, I believe nationals were held at Irvine in 1981. My main memories were being impressed by a facility with two 50M courses, getting DQ'd in the 100 fly and doing an all out foot race on the beach the night before my first events and not feeling sore the next day (Oh, to be 36 years old). We stayed in Laguna Beach which was fantastic. I'd definitely do that again. Rich

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Former Member — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:21:56 GMT

How did Oregon do on it's visit to the south? Oregon played a helluva game in the second half. While I hated to see them win, they have a darn good team(ask shark...i gave them respect afterwards)

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Patrick W. Brundage — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:13:08 GMT

Greensboro, NC What pool?

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rtodd — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:08:21 GMT

Mike, I can only hope it is in the northeast someday. It's the only way I will get to one. I guess Rutgers would be good for you!

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Former Member — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:14:39 GMT

I went to school in SC and stayed after I graduated (13 years). I was told that there were Yankees and Damn Yankees. The Yankees went back home after they graduated. You were told right. 3 points is hardly something to give credit for. We will all set aside our hatred of rival SEC teams to root against the Big Ten or whatever it is called these days. Word! Couldn't have said it better. And any other conference that an SEC school plays against. Duke may do better against bama than penn state did last saturday.

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Paul Smith — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:10:04 GMT

Greensboro, NC

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TRYM_Swimmer — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:20:56 GMT

All right, who woke up the Skip Education Conference fanatics?!?!?!?!??!?

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Former Member — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:03:51 GMT

to a yankee girl like me, it sure as shootin' is! remember, i grew up north of the mason-dixon line, so even DC is the south to me. ;) Oh, yea, how did penn state do on their visit to the deep south last weekend?