Seeding - Seed Time vs Actual Time

...or push the 400IM out to those satellite meets.You've crossed a redline here. I think it sucks. It's called a "meet" not a "disperse." I agree with Kirk. But, since we're talking about seed times and crazy ideas like satellite "meets," why not just: dispense with the idea of separated events schedule 4 events for the meet and each person enters their times for whatever the he** they're going to swim in that event, e.g., I want to swim 100 fly in the 1st event, so I enter my time Jeff Commings wants to swim 100 ***, so, of course, he enters a time that's much faster than my 100 fly Mr. Octagenarian wants to swim a 50 free and he enters a time slower than both of us Sort by time, seed it and go Part of the fun of the meet will be that no one actually has to declare what actual stroke & distance their time corresponds to until they get on the block (quick whisper to the timer) This might be challenging for officials, but they need more excitement in their lives anyhow Alternately, for those swimmer-phobes who want to relegate the vaunted distance swimmers to separate meets, I could live with this idea with the following stipulations: The distance swimmers get the biggest and fastest pool (since, clearly, people supporting this idea just want to get in and get out the event and not take the time to savor the experience) The sprinters can make do with a 4 or 6 lane pool (since, of course, their events don't take any time so it doesn't matter how many heats there are) Now, of course, I'm being quite tongue-in-cheek here ... as I assume others are on this whole topic of sandbagging ... wasn't the #1 mantra our age group coaches drummed into our heads to "swim your own race?" Pay no attention to the sandbaggers in our midst, put your big boy/girl suit & goggles on, and get your head back in your own lane.

...or push the 400IM out to those satellite meets.You've crossed a redline here. I think it sucks. It's called a "meet" not a "disperse." I agree with Kirk. But, since we're talking about seed times and crazy ideas like satellite "meets," why not just: dispense with the idea of separated events schedule 4 events for the meet and each person enters their times for whatever the he** they're going to swim in that event, e.g., I want to swim 100 fly in the 1st event, so I enter my time Jeff Commings wants to swim 100 ***, so, of course, he enters a time that's much faster than my 100 fly Mr. Octagenarian wants to swim a 50 free and he enters a time slower than both of us Sort by time, seed it and go Part of the fun of the meet will be that no one actually has to declare what actual stroke & distance their time corresponds to until they get on the block (quick whisper to the timer) This might be challenging for officials, but they need more excitement in their lives anyhow Alternately, for those swimmer-phobes who want to relegate the vaunted distance swimmers to separate meets, I could live with this idea with the following stipulations: The distance swimmers get the biggest and fastest pool (since, clearly, people supporting this idea just want to get in and get out the event and not take the time to savor the experience) The sprinters can make do with a 4 or 6 lane pool (since, of course, their events don't take any time so it doesn't matter how many heats there are) Now, of course, I'm being quite tongue-in-cheek here ... as I assume others are on this whole topic of sandbagging ... wasn't the #1 mantra our age group coaches drummed into our heads to "swim your own race?" Pay no attention to the sandbaggers in our midst, put your big boy/girl suit & goggles on, and get your head back in your own lane.