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?
I like the idea of 75's
maybe a 300 (4x75) IM
fly, back and *** relays. 4x50 and 4x100. make the rule for the backstroke dive start that you have to roll over to your back and start swimming before 15m. but the underwater stream at each start could be stomache or side (swimmers choice)
I heard of a relay where the relay team swims 100 and 200 of each stroke, the 200 and 400 IM as well as the 400, and 1500 free. I am not sure if they are 6 man teams but all swimmers had to swim atleast 2 legs of the relay.
That would be fun and long! and it wouldn't necessarily mean the team with the best freestylers would win. it could just as easliy be the team with the best butterfly swimmers since the time differences can be huge in the 200 fly.
I like the idea of 75's
maybe a 300 (4x75) IM
fly, back and *** relays. 4x50 and 4x100. make the rule for the backstroke dive start that you have to roll over to your back and start swimming before 15m. but the underwater stream at each start could be stomache or side (swimmers choice)
I heard of a relay where the relay team swims 100 and 200 of each stroke, the 200 and 400 IM as well as the 400, and 1500 free. I am not sure if they are 6 man teams but all swimmers had to swim atleast 2 legs of the relay.
That would be fun and long! and it wouldn't necessarily mean the team with the best freestylers would win. it could just as easliy be the team with the best butterfly swimmers since the time differences can be huge in the 200 fly.
