Is it allowed to use converted times for entering long course nationals? Long course meets are few and far between but I have plenty of short course times that when converted are well below the qualifying times for long course nationals. I would like to be able to swim six events so I actually need times in at least three. As another option how long is it before times expire? Can I use times from 2006 worlds for 2008 nationals?
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I assume converted times would be acceptable or do they have to be swum in the same course as the meet? I swam the 1650 today and my time of 20:31.73 converted to LCM works out to 21:03.75, just under the QT of 21:04.29 for my age. Or is the whole thing pretty laid back and nobody's really going to care? Anyway that gets me up to 3.
There's nothing official per se, but multiple threads have noted that converted times are acceptable (1, 2, 3, and I'm too lazy to find the other dozen or so other similar questions). Of course, you can also swim 3 more events without NQT's in addition to those you have the cuts, so long as you don't enter in more than 6 events or 3 per day.
Patrick King
I assume converted times would be acceptable or do they have to be swum in the same course as the meet? I swam the 1650 today and my time of 20:31.73 converted to LCM works out to 21:03.75, just under the QT of 21:04.29 for my age. Or is the whole thing pretty laid back and nobody's really going to care? Anyway that gets me up to 3.
There's nothing official per se, but multiple threads have noted that converted times are acceptable (1, 2, 3, and I'm too lazy to find the other dozen or so other similar questions). Of course, you can also swim 3 more events without NQT's in addition to those you have the cuts, so long as you don't enter in more than 6 events or 3 per day.
Patrick King
