I organized a swim recently and we had non-wetsuit and wetsuit categories. I'm fine with accommodating wetsuits for open water swimming. However, the challenge comes up in the awards portion. Should wetsuit swimmers be entitled to the exact same type of awards as non-wetsuit swimmers? The problem this poses as an organizer is that suddenly you need to purchase twice the number of awards to accommodate a separate division (wetsuit), even though everyone's swimming the same race.
What might be fair for next time (learning as I go) is to award the top 3 male/female non-wetsuit swimmers for each event, but just the #1 male and female in the wetsuit category for each event. They at least get acknowledged for their efforts.
Curious if anyone else has thoughts on this.
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Evmo - the link within your link 29 page FRSA pdf seems to allow neoprene caps, but its probably mute as I expect the serps will be in the upper 60's.
i've swum in the serp only twice.... 9/3/10, and 9/20/09. both times the water was below 60.
Evmo - the link within your link 29 page FRSA pdf seems to allow neoprene caps, but its probably mute as I expect the serps will be in the upper 60's.
i've swum in the serp only twice.... 9/3/10, and 9/20/09. both times the water was below 60.
