Order of events posted -- finamasters2014.org/schedule.aspx
My assessment / notes:
No 1500
Distance swimmers better bring lots of cash -- 800 on August 3rd, 400 on August 9th, 3KM OW on August 10th
IMers should be happy -- 400 IM on Tuesday, 200 IM on Wednesday
Relay day smack in the middle on Thursday
My bang for the buck will be showing up Tuesday and Wednesday to grab 4-6 events, depending upon entry limits.
I didn't think you needed qualifying cut times for Worlds.
Essentially you don't. If you miss the time standard your time won't show up in the results for that event. It's almost like you never swam the event even though you did. I forget now whether your seed time needs to be under the qualifying standard or not.
If you don't have any metric swims I'd suggest using an online converter like the one at Swimming World:
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../conversions.asp
I didn't think you needed qualifying cut times for Worlds.
Essentially you don't. If you miss the time standard your time won't show up in the results for that event. It's almost like you never swam the event even though you did. I forget now whether your seed time needs to be under the qualifying standard or not.
If you don't have any metric swims I'd suggest using an online converter like the one at Swimming World:
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../conversions.asp