WHY the rule this year regarding 1000 OR 1650 but not BOTH?
I have been swimming both, back to back, consistently, in championship meets (and BTW placing in the top 10) for several years. Distance is my forte and it's simply not fair to restrict a swimmer from doing both, especially if they can "handle" it. There are all sorts of qualifying rules, a simple restriction / requirement on times could solve any perceived problems by the meet administrators. IMHO this is NOT FAIR....:(
Suz,
If you do the math, it cannot work out. Just did a little calculation. Assuming the following:
1 heat of each age group
13 age groups (19-24 through 80-84)
average 1650 heat: 25 minute
average 1000 heat: 14 minutes
If you let all swimmers swim both it will take 17 hours of pool time (8.5 hours if you have two courses) for just 208 swimmers. Now if you want to let more than 208 swimmers participate (assuming an 8 lane pool) then you have to restrict swimmers to one event since it would not be fair to limit the entry so that you don't have the enough entered to give out all of the places (which I in fact did since we give out 10 places and I only assumed 8 swimmers).
Leo
Suz,
If you do the math, it cannot work out. Just did a little calculation. Assuming the following:
1 heat of each age group
13 age groups (19-24 through 80-84)
average 1650 heat: 25 minute
average 1000 heat: 14 minutes
If you let all swimmers swim both it will take 17 hours of pool time (8.5 hours if you have two courses) for just 208 swimmers. Now if you want to let more than 208 swimmers participate (assuming an 8 lane pool) then you have to restrict swimmers to one event since it would not be fair to limit the entry so that you don't have the enough entered to give out all of the places (which I in fact did since we give out 10 places and I only assumed 8 swimmers).
Leo
