Seeding for the 800 and 1500 Free will be one per lane from slow to fast for all swimmers. Men and women’s heats will alternate for the 800 and 1500 Free (heat 1 of the men will swim first, then heat 1 of the women, heat 2 of the men, then heat 2 of the women, etc.).
Last summer in Cleveland, the meet committee decided that it would not save any time by swimming 2 per lane in the 1500 or the 800 - yet those of us who signed up to swim 2 per lane were allowed to swim in the first heat. I think that should be honored again in New Jersey. Those who volunteered to swim 2 per lane should be able to swim in the earlier heats.
Last summer in Cleveland, the meet committee decided that it would not save any time by swimming 2 per lane in the 1500 or the 800 - yet those of us who signed up to swim 2 per lane were allowed to swim in the first heat. I think that should be honored again in New Jersey. Those who volunteered to swim 2 per lane should be able to swim in the earlier heats.
