I'm in favor of SCM due to the rare opportunity.
I'm in favor of SCM due to the rare opportunity.
I will be attending either way. I responded to the post-Riverside email as undecided. But the more that I have thought about it, the more that I am in favor of SCM. Its the rarity of the distance that makes it more exciting.
I like the idea of trying a spring nationals as a SCM but I doubt that I could attend, given the time of year.
I am now leaning towards SCM for Indy.
Since there are two threads with the same topic I am commenting twice:
I think switching to SCM is a terrible idea. For those of us who set goals and plan our swimming, to have a sudden switch from SCY to SCM plays havoc with goals for the SCY season. I swim Nationals every year to obtain best times and break records as an end-of-season event. That would mean no end-of-season event for SCY next year. I just moved into a new age group and have already begun thinking about my SCY goals for next year. If something like this is in the works there should be a lot more warning than a less than one year heads up. SCM season is from Sept through December. The SCM season has worked well in its current time of year and has not prevented those who can from posting top 10 FINA rankings. Very disappointing if it happens.
As a guy that has made top ten in both SCY & SCM , I need more rest from SCM events than SCY.
Nationals gives me more time between events than a regular meet.
This may be my age kicking my butt, something that has not been mentioned yet.
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Yards it is. More rest for the old guy !!!
I'd prefer the SCM format. That will make the SCY zone championships more important toward national rankings.
Decision has been made.
Now that the format has been fixed, does anyone know when the order of events will be announced?
just thinking of that today !
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
They are buried in the Minutes here:
http://www.usms.org/admin/minutes/champ-2017-9-14-1.pdf
They will be posted on our website soon.
Jeff
And the hotels are fully booked near to the pool now!!
I wasn't even sure the hotel info would be up yet, and was quite surprised to see that most of the hotels are already fully booked! Of course that doesn't mean the hotels are sold out. I was still able to book a room at the Spring Hill Suites. It's more than the group rate, but I figured I better reserve something now if I want to be within walking distance of the pool.
I am very glad my brother lives 20 minutes from IUPUI - free room and don't have to worry about no vacancies!
400 IMer in another life.
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