When I was registering for spring nationals, I didn't have any recent short course times to draw from, so I used my summer long course national times and the USA Swimming conversion tool for my entries. I was really surprised to see that times that were in the top ten at Mission Viejo, even a fourth place in the 1500, barely made the qualifying time for Santa Clara. Another time that was top 10 last summer didn't even make the NQT for spring. I've never done spring nats......is it a much faster meet? It seems like it's a much smaller meet, so how can I place well in a bigger meet and not even qualify for the smaller? Maybe it's the conversion tool, but every other time I used it, it was spot on.
I don't mean to sound whiny, I can still go swim Santa Clara so all is good. However I am intensely curious.
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I've never done spring nats......is it a much faster meet? It seems like it's a much smaller meet, so how can I place well in a bigger meet and not even qualify for the smaller?
Not true. SC Nationals is historically a significantly larger meet. Last year 1,633 swimmers were at Indy and 1,404 at Mission Viejo, but usually the difference is greater. SC Nats can approach 2,000 swimmers. LC Nats attendance is all over the place, but there have been plenty of recent meets where less than 1,000 swimmers attended.
I've never done spring nats......is it a much faster meet? It seems like it's a much smaller meet, so how can I place well in a bigger meet and not even qualify for the smaller?
Not true. SC Nationals is historically a significantly larger meet. Last year 1,633 swimmers were at Indy and 1,404 at Mission Viejo, but usually the difference is greater. SC Nats can approach 2,000 swimmers. LC Nats attendance is all over the place, but there have been plenty of recent meets where less than 1,000 swimmers attended.
