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The New Approach to Meets

swoomer
over 4 years ago
Iâ€Tmm really gratified to hear that USMS is approving sanctions beginning in November. That doesnâ€Tmt mean that any and all can swim in a particular meet. Some of us “race horses” are looking for competition. In my area, a team has a sanction for “members only”...an inter squad meet. So exclusionary events are OK? I live close by, but canâ€Tmt compete because Iâ€Tmm not affiliated with that team. How can this be a USMS event? ....I assume that records and Top Tens will be available to participants. I understand the limitations of COVID, and donâ€Tmt begrudge a team from having an inter squad meet, but if it is in the name of the organization at large, to the exclusion of our members, I must question. Any thoughts?
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  • over 4 years ago
    Nothing is keeping people from also hosting small enough open meets. It is not mutually exclusive to have intrasquad meets and also open meets in the same season. Anybody have the definition of obtuse handy? If one looks right now at the USMS calendar of events for the entire nation, you will find ONE event that has not been cancelled for the entire rest of the year and SCM season--it is available Dec 13--Iowa Senior Games. Set aside the obvious, that nobody wants to visit Iowa in December. This event will likely exclude everyone under 50 and is also probably yards. You are correct that open meets are not mutually exclusive to intrasquad meets but it may be bit naive to expect enough open meets/time trials will appear in the next few weeks to create a legitimate Top Ten/All-American list.
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  • over 4 years ago
    Nothing is keeping people from also hosting small enough open meets. It is not mutually exclusive to have intrasquad meets and also open meets in the same season. Anybody have the definition of obtuse handy? If one looks right now at the USMS calendar of events for the entire nation, you will find ONE event that has not been cancelled for the entire rest of the year and SCM season--it is available Dec 13--Iowa Senior Games. Set aside the obvious, that nobody wants to visit Iowa in December. This event will likely exclude everyone under 50 and is also probably yards. You are correct that open meets are not mutually exclusive to intrasquad meets but it may be bit naive to expect enough open meets/time trials will appear in the next few weeks to create a legitimate Top Ten/All-American list.
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