Ok, so i'm wondering how accurate the below time conversion tool is (any opions?)
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../conversions.asp
Here is why i'm asking... If this tool is accurate it means that during my first meet this past weekend I made the National cut (based on 2011 SCY time standars) in the 50F and 100 BR!! This is very exciting to me and makes me want to start swimming more frequently and seriously.
This is what the conversion tool indicated ...
50F LCM @ 33.21 = 50F SCY 28.56 (NAT QUAL time 29.14)
100 BR LCM @ 1:34.85 = 100 BR SCY 1:21.19 (NAT QUAL time 1:22.87)
I think my fever has returned! Man how I have missed this sport!
Also, does USMS accecpt conversion times for qualification?
On this topic, my kids are at a swim meet today and unfortunately I'm working so I'm getting the results from my wife. My daughter (9) could care less but my son (12)is very motivated and wanted to make cuts. Before this meet he asked me to help him with goals and Ii tried to give him reasonable expectations by multiplying his previous best SCY times by 1.09361 (the distance factor only), telling him it's not competely accurate. He's swam two races so far today and apparently is very disappointed so far from what my wife says. He got 42 seconds on the 50M back, qualifying was 41.6. I want to cheer him up by saying that converts to 34.56 based on the swimming magazine website converter (his previous best was 37.8) and focus on his improvement. Using just the distance factor that comes to 38.4 (don't want to tell him that, lol). Does 34.56 sound reasonable? I want to cheer him up without lying.
Good news, he made the cut in the 50 *** (48.2). Swim mag converts it to 41.11, previous best was 43.52 SCY.
On this topic, my kids are at a swim meet today and unfortunately I'm working so I'm getting the results from my wife. My daughter (9) could care less but my son (12)is very motivated and wanted to make cuts. Before this meet he asked me to help him with goals and Ii tried to give him reasonable expectations by multiplying his previous best SCY times by 1.09361 (the distance factor only), telling him it's not competely accurate. He's swam two races so far today and apparently is very disappointed so far from what my wife says. He got 42 seconds on the 50M back, qualifying was 41.6. I want to cheer him up by saying that converts to 34.56 based on the swimming magazine website converter (his previous best was 37.8) and focus on his improvement. Using just the distance factor that comes to 38.4 (don't want to tell him that, lol). Does 34.56 sound reasonable? I want to cheer him up without lying.
Good news, he made the cut in the 50 *** (48.2). Swim mag converts it to 41.11, previous best was 43.52 SCY.
