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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
    I'm a USA-S, FHSAA and NCAA official. We started out tentatively in late summer with some intrasquad meets, progressing to virtual meets and have been running high school duals and some club meets over the last month or so under strict Covid-19 protocols: no spectators, social distancing on deck, masks except when actually competing, etc. One of the issues is that the Covid-19 protocols of the facility override any thing that the swimming organizations put together. Since most pools are municipally owned, the protocols can vary greatly from facility to facility, depending on the local government. I know some national team members and trials qualifiers who are still having to scramble to find water. The overriding advice for everyone is to be patient. It's going to take awhile for things to get back to normal, whatever that "normal" is going to look like in the future. Even the US Open is going to be a glorified virtual meet this year, contested a nine different sites around the country at the same time. Life's not always fair and there are things outside of our control. The most important thing at this point is getting through this pandemic safely.
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  • over 4 years ago
    I'm a USA-S, FHSAA and NCAA official. We started out tentatively in late summer with some intrasquad meets, progressing to virtual meets and have been running high school duals and some club meets over the last month or so under strict Covid-19 protocols: no spectators, social distancing on deck, masks except when actually competing, etc. One of the issues is that the Covid-19 protocols of the facility override any thing that the swimming organizations put together. Since most pools are municipally owned, the protocols can vary greatly from facility to facility, depending on the local government. I know some national team members and trials qualifiers who are still having to scramble to find water. The overriding advice for everyone is to be patient. It's going to take awhile for things to get back to normal, whatever that "normal" is going to look like in the future. Even the US Open is going to be a glorified virtual meet this year, contested a nine different sites around the country at the same time. Life's not always fair and there are things outside of our control. The most important thing at this point is getting through this pandemic safely.
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