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.
In 2005 I was at the Worlds Masters Games.It was seeded by time.A friend of mine,Dave Radcliff,swam several world records swimming against much younger swimmers,but as far as the announcer was concerned he was just some gut in lane 7(as an example.)So do you think Dave swam slower because the announcer didn’t recognize his accomplishment? Maybe he went faster because the young guy in lane 6 was pushing him.
I get that some folks prefer to swim in heats with people of their gender and age group while others prefer to be swimming in a heat with people of comparable times. I also get that some folks are pretty well entrenched in their preferences.
In 2005 I was at the Worlds Masters Games.It was seeded by time.A friend of mine,Dave Radcliff,swam several world records swimming against much younger swimmers,but as far as the announcer was concerned he was just some gut in lane 7(as an example.)So do you think Dave swam slower because the announcer didn’t recognize his accomplishment? Maybe he went faster because the young guy in lane 6 was pushing him.
I get that some folks prefer to swim in heats with people of their gender and age group while others prefer to be swimming in a heat with people of comparable times. I also get that some folks are pretty well entrenched in their preferences.
