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,
You're right, it does seem a little discriminatory to force distance swimmers to pick one of the two. I just read through the rulebook (Nationals info is Article 104, section 5) and other than how to seed these events, there isn't much said.
Back in 2004, LCM Nationals in Savannah, Hurricanes Bonnie and Charlie came through town one after the other the same night, which also happened to be the first night of the meet featuring the 800. Because of a tornado warning, they had to stop the meet mid-heat and resume the next morning... Luckily there were only a few heats left, but they were 90min behind the next day. I think they had the 1500 on the 5th day of a 5 day meet.
Suz,
You're right, it does seem a little discriminatory to force distance swimmers to pick one of the two. I just read through the rulebook (Nationals info is Article 104, section 5) and other than how to seed these events, there isn't much said.
Back in 2004, LCM Nationals in Savannah, Hurricanes Bonnie and Charlie came through town one after the other the same night, which also happened to be the first night of the meet featuring the 800. Because of a tornado warning, they had to stop the meet mid-heat and resume the next morning... Luckily there were only a few heats left, but they were 90min behind the next day. I think they had the 1500 on the 5th day of a 5 day meet.
