and would make a nice duet. Matt complains about the difficulty of his age group - 40 - 44 men, and I was happy to leave it for new pastures this year. 45 - 59 men looked easier.
BUT NOT ANY MORE!!
In this little table I have in the first column the event, in the second column is my seed(number of entrants) in the 45 - 49 age group, and in the third column is my seed(number of entrants) if I were still in the 40 - 44 age group.
50back 7(21) 4(14)
100fly 4(17) 6(16)
50 fly 9(34) 5(23)
200bck 10(22) 3(9)
100bck 7(21) 2(8)
200fly 8(9) 6(8)
In only one event am I seeded better than I would have been if I could have remained in the 40 - 44 group. the 200 and 100 back are particularly egregious. Note the much larger number of entrants, and thus depth, in the older age group. I did know that at least a couple of world-class swimmers were born the same year I was, and would be at the meet, but this is sad!
