Reply to Meets canceled due to extreme heat?

Forum Index » Swimming and Diving

Reply to "Meets canceled due to extreme heat?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know in years past, individual pools have elected to start their swim meet earlier to better navigate the heart during a heatwave. Given the extreme nature of the current heatwave (length, and 100+ degree temps)  is there a possibility that the NVSL will call Saturday’s meets? [/quote]

It is a pool. What am I missing here. [/quote]

It's not the swimmers that are the issue. It's all the volunteers that will be standing around in sun for multiple hours.  Ideally teams should set up tents for the timers and officials.[/quote]

It’s also the swimmers. 
Former lifeguard/swimmer - have you ever competitively swam (especially long distances) in a high 80s/90+° pool. It can not only impact performance but strongly impact peoples ability to cool down correctly. It’s hard to cool pools with the multi day heat like this, and now the humidity is moving in. You need to drain and re-add cooler water and it can be of limited benefit.[/quote]

What long distance events are kids swimming in NVSL? [/quote]

Yeah I’m a former swimmer/lifeguard too and I really don’t think this is a concern for summer league meets in the morning. The races are so short, and it won’t be dangerously hot until later in the day.

An all day club meet with prelims/finals would be a different story. I remember going to an outdoor summer Zones meet where it was extremely hot. I swam really well in the morning and was in the top 3 or 4 heading into finals. Then at finals my whole body cramped up during the race and I was barely able to finish. It was disappointing and scary. I felt like all of my muscles were shutting down at the same time… not good in a long course pool. I had tried to stay hydrated but was just totally depleted after sitting out in the heat for so long earlier that day. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics