An absolutely comical number of swims aren't meeting the cut-off time to be included in the results. No wonder the meet is lasting so long! On the men's side, 50-60 swims in each age group are over the time limit. I guess this is the ugly side of honor system entries.
Playing devil's advocate... Could the reason so many swimmers aren't making their seed times be that the warm-up conditions are so bad? Between not being able to get a proper warm-up and having to wait so long for your heat, I would think that would have a huge effect on most swimmers! :afraid:
Although I am sure there are plenty of people who fudged their seed times, I would guess there are plenty more who missed their times by a small margin, giving my theory some credibility. (I know from my own meet experiences that warm-ups, timing of my heat relative to my warm-up time, and heat/humidity conditions are some of the factors in my race performances.)
An absolutely comical number of swims aren't meeting the cut-off time to be included in the results. No wonder the meet is lasting so long! On the men's side, 50-60 swims in each age group are over the time limit. I guess this is the ugly side of honor system entries.
Playing devil's advocate... Could the reason so many swimmers aren't making their seed times be that the warm-up conditions are so bad? Between not being able to get a proper warm-up and having to wait so long for your heat, I would think that would have a huge effect on most swimmers! :afraid:
Although I am sure there are plenty of people who fudged their seed times, I would guess there are plenty more who missed their times by a small margin, giving my theory some credibility. (I know from my own meet experiences that warm-ups, timing of my heat relative to my warm-up time, and heat/humidity conditions are some of the factors in my race performances.)
