I am not usually one to complain about swim meets, since I appreciate all the hard work that goes in to putting one on.... And I fully understand that this is the largest LCM Nationals in the history of Masters Swimming....
But really...
Not being able to swim against your competition in the 200's???
This is not a local meet. This is the Nationals. The ONLY time I get to swim against my own age group.
There needs to be a better solution.
I know that some really fast swimmers prefer to swim seeded by times so that they have people near their times,but I really feel that at least for one heat per age group you should be swimming against your age group.That way,win your heat,win the championship (I know that a swimmer from an earlier heat could have a better time,but that almost never happens.Also since that faster swimmer swims earlier,the final heat swimmers could know of that time.)Probably my best race ever was at Auburn in the 200 *** against Robert Wright.We both went faster than we would have if we had been seeded in lanes 2 and 7 say, as we might have been with times only seeding.
I know that some really fast swimmers prefer to swim seeded by times so that they have people near their times,but I really feel that at least for one heat per age group you should be swimming against your age group.That way,win your heat,win the championship (I know that a swimmer from an earlier heat could have a better time,but that almost never happens.Also since that faster swimmer swims earlier,the final heat swimmers could know of that time.)Probably my best race ever was at Auburn in the 200 *** against Robert Wright.We both went faster than we would have if we had been seeded in lanes 2 and 7 say, as we might have been with times only seeding.
