Looks like it is to gain 20 minutes of rest before doing the 400 IM.
What do you folks think? Fair play or not?
I say anyone attempting the 1650 and 400 IM back to back deserves some slack.
As long as such a hypothetical individual does not finish last in his/her heat, it is better for the meet to enter a slower heat than do a split in a faster heat, slowly complete the rest of the swim and delay the following heat.
Not necessarily. If you enter an artificially slow time, it's likely that someone who did belong in the heat you entered got bumped into a faster heat. This wouldn't be much of an issue in shorter events, but for a 1650, that person might be well behind the rest of the heat.
As long as such a hypothetical individual does not finish last in his/her heat, it is better for the meet to enter a slower heat than do a split in a faster heat, slowly complete the rest of the swim and delay the following heat.
Not necessarily. If you enter an artificially slow time, it's likely that someone who did belong in the heat you entered got bumped into a faster heat. This wouldn't be much of an issue in shorter events, but for a 1650, that person might be well behind the rest of the heat.
