Anonymous wrote:Is parking free on Friday? Our coach told us that parking will be free on Friday and Saturday. The meet announcement said that there is a parking fee on Friday, but free on Saturday and Sunday. This is similar to Turkey Claus.

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Anonymous wrote:So someone explained to me if USA Swimming says 12&U cannot have a session "Scheduled" for longer than four hours -- how is it happening in this meet?

Seriously. Or is it, oh well.

Yeah I’m not sure how this is allowed to occur, maybe USA swimming gives an exception? The 12&u Friday session is going to be at least 6 hours in duration. Even with moving some girls events to the boys pool.

Maybe there is a waiver or they just get fined. They would have to submit the changes to get the meet sanctioned. Although I have not seen anything on PVS to be official about the changes. Wouldn't that be crazy if they didn't officially make the corrections and they lost the sanction. A meet all for nothing.

FWIW- the rule is just that the session needs to be planned not to exceed 4 hours, it is not a violation when it does exceed 4 hours. Also, the sanction already provides (as is typical) that the meet director can adjust times and sessions after entries are received. This does not require an amendment to the sanction. If a swimmer, for example, vomits in the pool, and they have to delay the meet for 2 hours, and make adjustments- it will exceed 4 hours. Its fine. This is a similar situation. As far as PVS and USA swimming are concerned- its all fine. (Whether or not swimming events this long all together is a good idea- I'm not getting into that).

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Anonymous wrote:They took down the condensed schedule. Pro tip Marlins, if you’re not ready to make any official announcements don’t mess around in Meet Mobile where everyone can see it and then start talking about changes to the schedule.

I love meet mobile, but as an official it’s sometimes the bane of my existence. I agree, the meet director shouldn’t have published a timeline on meet mobile until they knew for sure.

This won’t be popular, but if they condense the meet, they should restrict entries to keep it to a reasonable timeline. Only take the fastest x number of heats of 500, etc. It’s usually reserved for long course only, but in fast to slow heats of scy 500 and even the 200 frees, you could do chase starts which would significantly shorten the timeline.

I don't think you could do chase starts in a SCY pool. They are only allowed in PVS in LC_ and you need an entire other set of officials. The SCY pool is not long enough- you would have kids already turning before everyone got to the 15 meter mark. https://www.pvswim.org/official/training/2014-06_GuidelinesforChaseStarts.pdf
(I do appreciate the creative thinking.)

Oh my gosh - Chase starts! Now that is funny! I’ve watched them at high level meets and seen swimmers have to be pulled out. I can just imagine at an age group meet! lol

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Anonymous wrote:They took down the condensed schedule. Pro tip Marlins, if you’re not ready to make any official announcements don’t mess around in Meet Mobile where everyone can see it and then start talking about changes to the schedule.

I love meet mobile, but as an official it’s sometimes the bane of my existence. I agree, the meet director shouldn’t have published a timeline on meet mobile until they knew for sure.

This won’t be popular, but if they condense the meet, they should restrict entries to keep it to a reasonable timeline. Only take the fastest x number of heats of 500, etc. It’s usually reserved for long course only, but in fast to slow heats of scy 500 and even the 200 frees, you could do chase starts which would significantly shorten the timeline.

I don't think you could do chase starts in a SCY pool. They are only allowed in PVS in LC_ and you need an entire other set of officials. The SCY pool is not long enough- you would have kids already turning before everyone got to the 15 meter mark. https://www.pvswim.org/official/training/2014-06_GuidelinesforChaseStarts.pdf
(I do appreciate the creative thinking.)

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Anonymous wrote:They took down the condensed schedule. Pro tip Marlins, if you’re not ready to make any official announcements don’t mess around in Meet Mobile where everyone can see it and then start talking about changes to the schedule.

I love meet mobile, but as an official it’s sometimes the bane of my existence. I agree, the meet director shouldn’t have published a timeline on meet mobile until they knew for sure.

This won’t be popular, but if they condense the meet, they should restrict entries to keep it to a reasonable timeline. Only take the fastest x number of heats of 500, etc. It’s usually reserved for long course only, but in fast to slow heats of scy 500 and even the 200 frees, you could do chase starts which would significantly shorten the timeline.

I don't think you could do chase starts in a SCY pool. They are only allowed in PVS in LC_ and you need an entire other set of officials. The SCY pool is not long enough- you would have kids already turning before everyone got to the 15 meter mark. https://www.pvswim.org/official/training/2014-06_GuidelinesforChaseStarts.pdf
(I do appreciate the creative thinking.)

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Anonymous wrote:They took down the condensed schedule. Pro tip Marlins, if you’re not ready to make any official announcements don’t mess around in Meet Mobile where everyone can see it and then start talking about changes to the schedule.

I love meet mobile, but as an official it’s sometimes the bane of my existence. I agree, the meet director shouldn’t have published a timeline on meet mobile until they knew for sure.

This won’t be popular, but if they condense the meet, they should restrict entries to keep it to a reasonable timeline. Only take the fastest x number of heats of 500, etc. It’s usually reserved for long course only, but in fast to slow heats of scy 500 and even the 200 frees, you could do chase starts which would significantly shorten the timeline.

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Anonymous wrote:So someone explained to me if USA Swimming says 12&U cannot have a session "Scheduled" for longer than four hours -- how is it happening in this meet?

Seriously. Or is it, oh well.

Yeah I’m not sure how this is allowed to occur, maybe USA swimming gives an exception? The 12&u Friday session is going to be at least 6 hours in duration. Even with moving some girls events to the boys pool.

Maybe there is a waiver or they just get fined. They would have to submit the changes to get the meet sanctioned. Although I have not seen anything on PVS to be official about the changes. Wouldn't that be crazy if they didn't officially make the corrections and they lost the sanction. A meet all for nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if there wil be many scratches due to the weather and change in schedule?

Let's hope they reseed if so. Seriously. That could save some time. But if they do not and there are just a bunch of empty lanes, it will be infuriating.

They are doing positive check in, so that will eliminate having too many open lanes in heats.

Plus it's the biggest meet of the year. Parents will hire a dogsled team to get their kids there and back if they have to.

Lol thats funny because it’s true

The part about parents being crazy, it is far from the biggest meet of the year. That is laughable.

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Anonymous wrote:So someone explained to me if USA Swimming says 12&U cannot have a session "Scheduled" for longer than four hours -- how is it happening in this meet?

Seriously. Or is it, oh well.

Yeah I’m not sure how this is allowed to occur, maybe USA swimming gives an exception? The 12&u Friday session is going to be at least 6 hours in duration. Even with moving some girls events to the boys pool.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if there wil be many scratches due to the weather and change in schedule?

Let's hope they reseed if so. Seriously. That could save some time. But if they do not and there are just a bunch of empty lanes, it will be infuriating.

They are doing positive check in, so that will eliminate having too many open lanes in heats.

Plus it's the biggest meet of the year. Parents will hire a dogsled team to get their kids there and back if they have to.

Lol thats funny because it’s true

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if there wil be many scratches due to the weather and change in schedule?

Let's hope they reseed if so. Seriously. That could save some time. But if they do not and there are just a bunch of empty lanes, it will be infuriating.

They are doing positive check in, so that will eliminate having too many open lanes in heats.

Plus it's the biggest meet of the year. Parents will hire a dogsled team to get their kids there and back if they have to.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if there wil be many scratches due to the weather and change in schedule?

Let's hope they reseed if so. Seriously. That could save some time. But if they do not and there are just a bunch of empty lanes, it will be infuriating.

They are doing positive check in, so that will eliminate having too many open lanes in heats.

Plus it's the biggest meet of the year. Parents will hire a dogsled team to get their kids there and back if they have to.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if there wil be many scratches due to the weather and change in schedule?

Let's hope they reseed if so. Seriously. That could save some time. But if they do not and there are just a bunch of empty lanes, it will be infuriating.

They are doing positive check in, so that will eliminate having too many open lanes in heats.