I currently cannot make any of the Q-times for my age group. I would like to swim the 1000, 500 free, and the 50 free. Do I understand the rules correctly, that I can swim any three events including the long distance event (1000 free) without making the Q-times?
Originally posted by barryf
For the 2005 LCM Nationals, you can only enter the 800 Free if you meet the NQT. You can enter both the 800 and 1500 Free if you meet the NQT in both events. You can enter the 1500 Free without meeting the NQT.
May I rephrase this, to see if I understood a part of it correctly...
For the 800 the NQT is required.
For the 1500 NQT is not required, but it, as it should, counts as one of your 'free' events that you don't have to qualify for. You can't make it a fourth Non-NQT event.
If you're planing on entering both, the 800 and the 1500, you must have NQT in both events. Can't have one (800), and do the other (1500) as a freebie?
But, if you're swimming only the 1500, and not the 800, then you don't have to have the NQT for the 1500?
Am I understanding this correctly?
Originally posted by barryf
For the 2005 LCM Nationals, you can only enter the 800 Free if you meet the NQT. You can enter both the 800 and 1500 Free if you meet the NQT in both events. You can enter the 1500 Free without meeting the NQT.
May I rephrase this, to see if I understood a part of it correctly...
For the 800 the NQT is required.
For the 1500 NQT is not required, but it, as it should, counts as one of your 'free' events that you don't have to qualify for. You can't make it a fourth Non-NQT event.
If you're planing on entering both, the 800 and the 1500, you must have NQT in both events. Can't have one (800), and do the other (1500) as a freebie?
But, if you're swimming only the 1500, and not the 800, then you don't have to have the NQT for the 1500?
Am I understanding this correctly?
