Has the Championship Committee, or other entity within USMS ever discussed having a more strict policy of enforcement in regards to the NQT's?
Why do we state that you must have 3 cuts, in order to swim more events? Why not require a swimmer to have 6 cuts in order to swim 6 events?
Just like to understand more from a historical point of view. I have read post that asked, or suggested how to control the size and length of the National meets. Would not having a stricter enforcement of this policy help? Or would it cause swimmers to shy away from these meets?
Just a curious thought.
Thank you.
Originally posted by cinc310
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Your age group is very competitive...
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What I am saying Cynthia, is that in men ages 40 to 44, people don't make NQTs by being late starters like I am:
two posts ago, I went through a list of results from the 2003 Short Course Nationals, one by one, and competitors don't make NQTs by being late starters like me.
I stick with my VO2Max explanation as the main reason for this.
Because swimming and cross-country skiing are the most cardio-vascular sports.
One swimmer in the list is Rich Schroeder, a 1984 and 1988 Olympian, who swam a 48.41 for 100 free in the 2003 Short Course Nationals.
So, to claim a flat start in swimming when one is in his 20s, then to claim that ten years later he is doing a 49.0 for 100 free, that shocks even Olympian Schroeder.
I guess talk is cheap, but achievement is very expensive:
in my presence, everywhere I am in the U.S., people easily balk away from this achievement.
The majority of men ages 40 to 44 don't make NQTs, even after being teenage swimmers.
So, the USMS Nationals that give three mercy events to anyone, that's inclusive.
Originally posted by cinc310
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Your age group is very competitive...
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What I am saying Cynthia, is that in men ages 40 to 44, people don't make NQTs by being late starters like I am:
two posts ago, I went through a list of results from the 2003 Short Course Nationals, one by one, and competitors don't make NQTs by being late starters like me.
I stick with my VO2Max explanation as the main reason for this.
Because swimming and cross-country skiing are the most cardio-vascular sports.
One swimmer in the list is Rich Schroeder, a 1984 and 1988 Olympian, who swam a 48.41 for 100 free in the 2003 Short Course Nationals.
So, to claim a flat start in swimming when one is in his 20s, then to claim that ten years later he is doing a 49.0 for 100 free, that shocks even Olympian Schroeder.
I guess talk is cheap, but achievement is very expensive:
in my presence, everywhere I am in the U.S., people easily balk away from this achievement.
The majority of men ages 40 to 44 don't make NQTs, even after being teenage swimmers.
So, the USMS Nationals that give three mercy events to anyone, that's inclusive.
