Seeding - Seed Time vs Actual Time

How do you folks feel about persons who misrepresent him/her self in this manner? These are from Heat 1 for each event recent swim meet. 1500 Free SCM Seed Time - Time 45:00.00 - 25:50.75 40:00.00 - 26:08.92 45:00.00 - 29:57.58 45:00.00 - 20:52.58 400 Free SCM Seed Time - Time 15:00.00 - 7:26.23 800 Free SCM Seed Time - Time 21:00.00 - 13:53.86 20:25.00 - 16:42.46
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  • Bill, there is the wild range of entries that you will see. from those sandbaggers that knowingly enter vastly slower times than what they will go to those that unknowingly do this to those that enter at or better than the World Record (yes this happened in Italy this summer). of course there is also the multitudes (almost 60 in each of my age groups events in Italy as an example) that entered and could not even make the cutoff time. thus making a long running big meet last 16+ hrs every day for a week. in the end, don't we all strive for going faster than our entry time even if seed time is your best ever?
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  • Bill, there is the wild range of entries that you will see. from those sandbaggers that knowingly enter vastly slower times than what they will go to those that unknowingly do this to those that enter at or better than the World Record (yes this happened in Italy this summer). of course there is also the multitudes (almost 60 in each of my age groups events in Italy as an example) that entered and could not even make the cutoff time. thus making a long running big meet last 16+ hrs every day for a week. in the end, don't we all strive for going faster than our entry time even if seed time is your best ever?
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