Major 1650 sandbagging by a forum member

wow and it's not Kurt Dickson (jab jab as i know he is not going, and neither am i). hmmmm. cant be pwb, he's not going either. and there is no rule (ie in the book nor championship) that says you cant sandbag. so, bob, exactly how would you write such an anti-sandbagging rule? would it be required to put in their best time for the last 2 years? best time this year? best masters time in that age group? what if they have had surgery (as i'm about too) since their last swim in that event? do you limit it do just events over 500? (ie 800m/1000y/1500m/1650) or do you include the 400ims and 400m/500y as well? why not the 50? putting in a time 1/2secs slower is pretty significant as well! what if i have never swam the 1650 (and i havent as a masters)? what is a sandbag time for me? do you take into account that i've been national champ in the 1000 or not? if so, how are you extrapolating my 1650 time? in my talks with Rob Butcher when he was down here with the LA issue, we discussed this very topic because of the early entry time requirements for nationals (which were closed a week plus before the zones meet he was attending) and he said that they do look for sandbagger times and somehow adjust them. neither of us seemed to know the specifics on how thats done. steve

wow and it's not Kurt Dickson (jab jab as i know he is not going, and neither am i). hmmmm. cant be pwb, he's not going either. and there is no rule (ie in the book nor championship) that says you cant sandbag. so, bob, exactly how would you write such an anti-sandbagging rule? would it be required to put in their best time for the last 2 years? best time this year? best masters time in that age group? what if they have had surgery (as i'm about too) since their last swim in that event? do you limit it do just events over 500? (ie 800m/1000y/1500m/1650) or do you include the 400ims and 400m/500y as well? why not the 50? putting in a time 1/2secs slower is pretty significant as well! what if i have never swam the 1650 (and i havent as a masters)? what is a sandbag time for me? do you take into account that i've been national champ in the 1000 or not? if so, how are you extrapolating my 1650 time? in my talks with Rob Butcher when he was down here with the LA issue, we discussed this very topic because of the early entry time requirements for nationals (which were closed a week plus before the zones meet he was attending) and he said that they do look for sandbagger times and somehow adjust them. neither of us seemed to know the specifics on how thats done. steve