Many swimmers I have talked to over the years have said that they would like to race some nonstandard event. Frequently mentioned examples are: a 75 butterfly, a 3-stroke IM, a 25 SDK, or a distance stroke event. Suppose you could enter some nonstandard events at a SCY meet, what would you pick? Perhaps a 2x400 breaststroke family relay? (Count me out on that one, but it does sound cool.) I thought about posting a poll, but it would be difficult to list all of the possibilities and I might miss some good idea, so I'm just inviting free-form response. Second question: would you travel to Philadelphia to swim it?
Many years ago my club and another local club did a "fun meet" on a Saturday afternoon. We interspersed regular events with fun events. Another year we did an all relay meet that was mixed between regulation relays and fun relays. This was our agenda for one of the meets I could find that may (or may not) have ideas:
1A. 200 Mixed Medley Relay, heat 1 (ages 19-44)
1B. 200 Mixed Medley Relay, heat 2 (ages 45+)
2. 50 Under/Over (first length underwater, second length freestyle)
3. 100 Back
4. 50 ***
5. 100 Kick (in water start/no arm pulls prior to turns/no Zoomers)
6. 100 Fly
7. 50 Free
8. 50 yard Mixed Siamese swim (must maintain body contact throughout entire 50)
9. 100 IM
10. 50 Back
11. 100 ***
12. 8x25 kickboard relay (each person collects the kickboard(s) from the previous person)
13. 50 Fly
14. 100 Free
15. 200 T-shirt relay (4x50, pass t-shirt to following swimmer at the relay exchange)
16A. 200 Free Relay, heat 1 (ages 19-44)
16B. 200 Free Relay, heat 2 (ages 45+)
17. Party! A potluck dinner social will be held after the meet. Directions available at the meet.
Many years ago my club and another local club did a "fun meet" on a Saturday afternoon. We interspersed regular events with fun events. Another year we did an all relay meet that was mixed between regulation relays and fun relays. This was our agenda for one of the meets I could find that may (or may not) have ideas:
1A. 200 Mixed Medley Relay, heat 1 (ages 19-44)
1B. 200 Mixed Medley Relay, heat 2 (ages 45+)
2. 50 Under/Over (first length underwater, second length freestyle)
3. 100 Back
4. 50 ***
5. 100 Kick (in water start/no arm pulls prior to turns/no Zoomers)
6. 100 Fly
7. 50 Free
8. 50 yard Mixed Siamese swim (must maintain body contact throughout entire 50)
9. 100 IM
10. 50 Back
11. 100 ***
12. 8x25 kickboard relay (each person collects the kickboard(s) from the previous person)
13. 50 Fly
14. 100 Free
15. 200 T-shirt relay (4x50, pass t-shirt to following swimmer at the relay exchange)
16A. 200 Free Relay, heat 1 (ages 19-44)
16B. 200 Free Relay, heat 2 (ages 45+)
17. Party! A potluck dinner social will be held after the meet. Directions available at the meet.
