Major 1650 sandbagging by a forum member

I prefer to swim in heats with other swimmers who have enter legitimate seed times . Craig, What is a "legitimate seed time"? Isn't it the time you expect to complete the race in under the circumstances? I recently swam a decathlon meet where I swam 10 events and there were only about 60 competitors. I put in "legitimate" seed times that were much slower than I could have swum any of the 10 events fully rested. The same goes for split requests. As long as you put in a time that you realistically think will be your final time, that is legitimate. I think split requests are fine and can be used for all kinds of good reasons. The fist time I saw someone doing this was Paul Smith at a nationals in Ft. Lauderdale. He was swimming the 1,000 free and I watched hime take it out in 46, then stop and cruise the rest of the race. When I asked him why he did it, he said that the 100 free was on the last day of the meet and he had to leave before then. That totally made sense to me. I've done it a fair number of times at local meets, mostly when I knew I couldn't do two events back to back and hope to perform well. It was a benefit to me and the race organizers who would not have had that extra entry fee otherwise. I do think it is essential that you let the meet referee and your adjacent competitors know what you're about to do.

I prefer to swim in heats with other swimmers who have enter legitimate seed times . Craig, What is a "legitimate seed time"? Isn't it the time you expect to complete the race in under the circumstances? I recently swam a decathlon meet where I swam 10 events and there were only about 60 competitors. I put in "legitimate" seed times that were much slower than I could have swum any of the 10 events fully rested. The same goes for split requests. As long as you put in a time that you realistically think will be your final time, that is legitimate. I think split requests are fine and can be used for all kinds of good reasons. The fist time I saw someone doing this was Paul Smith at a nationals in Ft. Lauderdale. He was swimming the 1,000 free and I watched hime take it out in 46, then stop and cruise the rest of the race. When I asked him why he did it, he said that the 100 free was on the last day of the meet and he had to leave before then. That totally made sense to me. I've done it a fair number of times at local meets, mostly when I knew I couldn't do two events back to back and hope to perform well. It was a benefit to me and the race organizers who would not have had that extra entry fee otherwise. I do think it is essential that you let the meet referee and your adjacent competitors know what you're about to do.