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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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    Former Member over 4 years ago
    I'm struggling to understand the clinical logic behind the 100 mile limit. It really doesn't make sense to me- what risk are we mitigating? Risk to members who might stay in a hotel? I'm not aware of hotels being a risk factor for this respiratory virus. Is it to avoid cohort mixing? That is really not effective unless the people who are in the meet haven't travelled outside of 100 miles prior to attendance, train together and live together.. I appreciate the return to racing and I am the biggest proponent of safe return to sport... but as someone who takes care of covid patients daily, I want to make sure we are sticking to logic. This particular rule feels a bit like wearing gloves to the grocery store.
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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 4 years ago
    I'm struggling to understand the clinical logic behind the 100 mile limit. It really doesn't make sense to me- what risk are we mitigating? Risk to members who might stay in a hotel? I'm not aware of hotels being a risk factor for this respiratory virus. Is it to avoid cohort mixing? That is really not effective unless the people who are in the meet haven't travelled outside of 100 miles prior to attendance, train together and live together.. I appreciate the return to racing and I am the biggest proponent of safe return to sport... but as someone who takes care of covid patients daily, I want to make sure we are sticking to logic. This particular rule feels a bit like wearing gloves to the grocery store.
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