2008 SCY NQTs for Austin were approved at convention. They are attached.
Now get to the pool and start training for them!
Jeff Roddin
Championship Committee
Discouraging people from going to nationals? Not so, at least with qualifying times. Remember that ALL USMS-registered swimmers are able to participate in up to three events at a National Championship meet without having to "qualify" for them. You may swim up to 3 more additional Bonus events if you meet qualifying times for those events.
Now as for discouraging people from going because of location, that seems to be up for debate in the general discussion area.:dedhorse:
If you want to go to the meet, I don't think you're going to run into anyone who will discourage you from doing so. There are a lot of amazing people to meet, a lot of great races to watch and it is an overall good time!
2008 SCY NQTs for Austin were approved at convention. They are attached.
Now get to the pool and start training for them!
Jeff Roddin
Championship Committee
WOOT, some nice times there. I should be below them by the time the meet rolls around. Definately some insipiration to be found there.
Paul
And I'm pretty sure the formula for determining the NQTs is unchanged from past years. If the times have gotten faster, blame the other swimmers in your age group, cuz they're the ones responsible. :)
Actually, they changed the formulas for the 50s and 100s last year making them the average of the past three years' #10 + 15% instead of 10%. This year they are back to normal.
And boy did that extra 5% make a difference. Last year I qualified in 6 events. Those same times (same age group) only yield 1 qualifying time this year. I had already set a goal this season of dropping my 50s by 0.5 sec and my 100s by 1.0 sec. Even doing this will only get me 3 qualifying times. So I've got some real work to do.
I wonder if this will reduce the overall participation since people that have to fly to the meet will want to swim several events to make it worth the time and cost. For now I think I'll just use it as motivation to bump up to 4-5 workouts per week.
Bummer. Need to find a SCY meet in a fast pool somewhere. Most of them in my area are at pools that are older and not as fast.
Need to drop .2 in 50 Free, .6 in 50 Fly, 1.4 in 100 Free. Those are my targets. That means I would be able to enter those 3 and 3 more events, correct?
Paul
Anyone know what is the cut off date for acheiving NQTs for SCY Nats? Or what is the entry deadline? My Zone SCY Champs are 3 weeks prior to SCY Nats and I hope to acheive several NQTs at that meet. If it's after the cut off then I need to find another SCY meet to try and hit those pesky NQTs.
Paul
