How many events do you do at your state meet?

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

orca1946 — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:50:52 GMT

Yeah, naps are a choice,but at the pool with only 1 hour or so between events won't allow leaving. Still at 6:30 pm the day of the meet a 400 im is still a long race with the 500 at 7:30 am the next day!

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

That Guy — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:04:10 GMT

The first time I went to the SPMA SCM meet in Long Beach I got there at 8:00 expecting a regular meet instead of a 600 swimmer colossus.The time line listed my first event at 2:30,so I went back to my hotel and lay down for a couple of hours,got lunch ,and then went back to the pool. It was well over 100 degrees on two of the days at 2008 LCM Nats. So although there were races I wanted to see in between my events, I went back to my hotel and recovered in the air conditioning.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

Allen Stark — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:43:37 GMT

A guy from ILL says he walked out when he found out that it would be 2 hours b4 he swam again. Have you ever done this ? The first time I went to the SPMA SCM meet in Long Beach I got there at 8:00 expecting a regular meet instead of a 600 swimmer colossus.The time line listed my first event at 2:30,so I went back to my hotel and lay down for a couple of hours,got lunch ,and then went back to the pool.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

orca1946 — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:26:20 GMT

A guy from ILL says he walked out when he found out that it would be 2 hours b4 he swam again. Have you ever done this ?

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

orca1946 — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:19:11 GMT

Any other states that have limits, please aid me with your event limits or ideas. Thanx for the info for me.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

orca1946 — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:50:16 GMT

We also limit the 500 to 72 swimmers - yes it does take a long time to do that event.It is the 1 event on Sun morn or the last on sat.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

orca1946 — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:35:19 GMT

Illinois does the 1000/1650 on days b4 the rest of the meet.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

smontanaro — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:26:31 GMT

I don't see how eliminating one event is going to shorten up the entire meet by much. I suspect most swimmers stick to 50- and 100-yard distances anyway. Do you have any idea how many people actually swim the maximum 11 events? S

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

Former Member — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:06:34 GMT

An idea presented was to switch from 1,650 to the 400 im each year to cut out one long event. What do you think of this idea ? The mile belongs on it's own day ;) I'd say the same for all the other distance events but i'd be labeled a hata' :)

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

orca1946 — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 02:00:32 GMT

No idea of 11 event swimmers. I will try to get that info, it would be useful in my question. Thanx for the idea.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

orca1946 — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:53:16 GMT

An idea presented was to switch from 1,650 to the 400 im each year to cut out one long event. What do you think of this idea ?

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

Former Member — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:32:20 GMT

Someone has an ides to put the 50 & 100 events at the end of the meet to keep swimmers around. Although that would not make the meet any shouter. That'd prolly keep me from entering these meets. I usually go through the order of events and check when my events are. If it looks like i'm going to have to sit there for 3-4 hours after warmup, i don't even bother entering that meet. :blush: I don't exactly have any masters meets to reference though since all I know are USAS meets. Are the masters meets all this long?

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

orca1946 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:01:27 GMT

This is our state meet at the end of S C season. In season meets also sometimes run from 7am warm up 8 am start till 3:30 in the after noon, with 5 entries & relays

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

Allen Stark — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:11:26 GMT

That'd prolly keep me from entering these meets. I usually go through the order of events and check when my events are. If it looks like i'm going to have to sit there for 3-4 hours after warmup, i don't even bother entering that meet. :blush: I don't exactly have any masters meets to reference though since all I know are USAS meets. Are the masters meets all this long? The length of Masters Meets is entirely dependent on the number of participants.Most big meets have a time line so you have a pretty good idea of how long they last.Unlike USAS meets, Masters meets are required to have a warmup/warmdown area available at all times.This means if my events are at the end of a session I get to sleep in(:banana::banana:) and still get a warmup.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

orca1946 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:18:02 GMT

Someone has an idea to put the 50 & 100 events at the end of the meet to keep swimmers around. Although that would not make the meet any shouter.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

orca1946 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:01:55 GMT

I would love to do 2 less events at state . 4 times over the last 10 years , I have been the top point winner in my age group.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

Former Member — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:29:09 GMT

Last year on Sat. I did not do the 400 I M till 6:20 in the eve. warm ups began at 7:00 A M.:bed: That is a long day WOW, no kidding that's a long day. I'd prolly have gotten bored well before that and just went home. Swim meets keep my attention but not for 11 hours! It seems like your state needs to impose harder cutoff times if THAT many people make it to state. An 11 hour meet is borderline rediculous IMO. The longest USAS state prelims session i ever attended was 4 hours long in comparison. *EDIT* thought about it more... i retract my "borderline rediculous" claim. I decided that I feel an 11 hour meet is WAY into the rediculous category.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

Jim Clemmons — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:43:44 GMT

I am asking because our state meet is running longer each year because of the amount of entries per day. Last year on Sat. I did not do the 400 I M till 6:20 in the eve. warm ups began at 7:00 A M.:bed: That is a long day:cane: with the 1st event next morning starting at 7:30 A M ! That's good for you! It'll keep you tough. :agree: Although it's not a "state" meet, Pacific championship meets allow 7 total individual events, 5 max on any one day. All three meets are three days in length.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

orca1946 — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:57:59 GMT

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

Former Member — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:28:42 GMT

I swim USAS state meet in my state. There I do 2 events (50/100 free) since I dont have cuts for any other ones anymore :)

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

That Guy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:28:39 GMT

In OR we can swim 6 events total and up to 5/day,plus relays.Typically I enter the 3 BRs and then see what else I want to swim that won't interfere with them. Same here with events like NW Zones and PNA Champs. Here's how it usually shakes out, depending on event order: Definites: 200 fly, 400 IM Probablies: 100 fly, 100/200 back Maybes: 50 fly, 50 back, 100/200 IM, 200 ***, 200/400 free Doubtfuls: sprint free, sprint *** NFW: distance free I'm not afraid of distance free events, I just don't want to swim them anymore. :) But if I were to enter one it would probably be the 800 LCM free... :worms:

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

Allen Stark — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:50:40 GMT

In OR we can swim 6 events total and up to 5/day,plus relays.Typically I enter the 3 BRs and then see what else I want to swim that won't interfere with them.

RE: How many events do you do at your state meet?

Frank Thompson — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:26:16 GMT

In Michigan you can swim up to 7 individual events and 4 relays over a 2.5 day meet. You can swim both distance events (1000 Free 1650 Free) but cannot do them on the same day. We offer the the 400 IM and 1000 Free twice during the meet but swimmers can only swim the event once during the meet.