The Southern California Swimming (SCS) Junior Olympic Championships will be held from tomorrow until Sunday, as planned, at an alternative venue after the meet was cancelled at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center, Santa Clara Swim Club, due to a City mandate issued as part of containment measures in the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health emergency.
The meet will now be hosted at the Marguerite Recreation Center, Mission Viejo, after much scrambling by organisers and the MV City Mayor, Brian Goodell, the 1976 Olympic 400m and 1500m champion.
Cancellation followed a Santa Clara City mandate to cancel for all organisers of gatherings of more than 1,000 people as a way of helping to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the number of infections in the area passed 30.
When the SCS Board learned late Monday night that the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center could no longer be the host for the 2020 Spring JO Champs at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center, SCS had teams in other communities respond by offering to host the JO Championships this weekend, March 12-15, at their facilities.
The SCS Board met for 2 hours via conference call yesterday after the original meet was cancelled, and the move to Mission Viejo was agreed “after much discussion”.
Kudos to the meet organizers!!! Way to pull through for the kids!!!!
So happy for those kiddos! Hoping Ohio can follow suit??
Yay great news
YMCA Nationals in Greensboro NC were canceled yesterday. Any chance they could be back on?
Andrea Dickinson ??
We could only hope!
I doubt it. The national YMCA is an incredibly risk adverse organization. It is also a different problem because you would be having thousands of people flying in from across the country for the meet as opposed to just finding a different venue. So, even the great Brian Goodell could not fix this problem.
Yes…they are working on it. Just won’t be called YMCA Nationals.
Jennifer Frasca Kolberg -still in Greensboro?
Heather Brouwer Johnson yes, from what I heard. Same facility, too. From what I understand they are just looking to see if they can get the staffing and officials to run it.
Jennifer Frasca Kolberg -that would be amazing. I’ll try not to get my hopes up. What a disappointment yesterday.
Our swimmer was disappointed too. Keeping our fingers crossed- not cancelled our hotel room yet
Susan Cupler Indrisano
Now THATS Leadership…well done, MIssion Viejo!
Sr.Sectionals was cancelled in Federal Way, Wa yesterday, too! Wish our swimmers had an alternative?
Diana Chaney not enough 50m pools in PAC NW greatly limits options. It was definitely devastating news yesterday.
So much MVN pride!! ??
Swim on!
Way to go Brian!!! Good luck to all the swimmers!
Good job Brian!!
Great job Brian and MV
My son is extremely happy to have his meet back on. Thank you Mayor Brian and Mission Viejo
YES!!!
Glad a solution was found for those athletes!!!!!?♂️?♂️❤️
Awesome
Michael Farmer
Great!!! Pasadena is a conservative community, and the pool is not privately owned, which MV is! Glad they could do this. Of course, the Mayor is Brian Goodell, world champion swimmer.
Michael Farmer I saw that. Crazy
Melissa Bigknife Karen Tom Allard SBR Sports, Inc.
How I wish our location JO can be back on, too!
Dave Johnson
Heather Brouwer Johnson already found the article! ?
Great leadership!! Thank you!
So happy to hear that some people aren’t feared into stopping life!!! #JustKeepSwimming
Now for the YMCA Nationals go figure something out! ??
Agree! Our ymca states are next weekend…I’m praying nothing changes…have a first time qualifying 7 year old that will be heartbroken if they cancel lol (new york)
Allison Gober
Lori Jo McCullough Heather Brouwer Johnson
Yay! Brittany Bellomo
Hate to be that guy, but changing location does not address COVID-19 concerns. Events are being postponed/canceled all around the world as a precaution and to help prevent spreading, yet SCS thinks we’re somehow immune? This isn’t good leadership, it’s negligent. I understand there’s alot of money tied up, it’s effecting everyone.
So lucky. Good for them.
Great job making this work, SCS! Too bad Ohio Swimming can’t seem to do the same. ?
Hope everyone be healthy and have a successful event! Looking forward to see some fast swim!!
that’s great to her! Wish Santa Clara could’ve just moved theirs!
Yay! Good luck to all
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/10/21171481/coronavirus-us-cases-quarantine-cancellation
Much love to all the swimmers, families, and coaches at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center. ❤️?Very difficult to make that call. God bless us all! ✨?✨
Sectionals cancelled at university of Missouri – but more importantly Brian Goddell is mayor!!? That pretty cool