I have mixed feelings about the whole NT thing.My wife had a sore shoulder before Stanford and had a NT. I was upset that it was like she didn't swim.We had a woman in the 80-84 age group who I think finished 3rd and got NT.
ON the other hand if you have QTs and many swimmers are getting NTs in a huge meet maybe something needs to change.
USMS needs to find out what Italy is doing though ,since this much local participation is amazing.
I have mixed feelings about the whole NT thing.My wife had a sore shoulder before Stanford and had a NT. I was upset that it was like she didn't swim.We had a woman in the 80-84 age group who I think finished 3rd and got NT.
ON the other hand if you have QTs and many swimmers are getting NTs in a huge meet maybe something needs to change.
USMS needs to find out what Italy is doing though ,since this much local participation is amazing.