In the Nationals Forum their has been discussion about the decision to swim 200s at Nats by time only and not by age groups. forums.usms.org/showthread.php .Here is your chance to register your opinion for future reference.
So quite a few people are saying that seeding should be within gender/age-group for ALL events, presumably including distance events. That sure sounds nice in theory.
Anyone know what time the mile ended last night, even with mixed gender seeding by time only? I wonder when it would have ended if seeding had been within gender/AG?
I remember counting for a teammate at nationals in Oregon at 10:30pm, which had seeding by time only (mixed gender and AGs). That means that for him, being from the East Coast, he was swimming at 1:30am by his internal clock. And he wasn't even in the last heat. Of course, I would argue that he had plenty of incentive to swim fast, since he didn't want to get "chicked" by Eney Jones in the same heat.:)
Actually, for me a (much) more important issue is adequate space in the warm-up pool than any questions of seeding.
So quite a few people are saying that seeding should be within gender/age-group for ALL events, presumably including distance events. That sure sounds nice in theory.
Anyone know what time the mile ended last night, even with mixed gender seeding by time only? I wonder when it would have ended if seeding had been within gender/AG?
I remember counting for a teammate at nationals in Oregon at 10:30pm, which had seeding by time only (mixed gender and AGs). That means that for him, being from the East Coast, he was swimming at 1:30am by his internal clock. And he wasn't even in the last heat. Of course, I would argue that he had plenty of incentive to swim fast, since he didn't want to get "chicked" by Eney Jones in the same heat.:)
Actually, for me a (much) more important issue is adequate space in the warm-up pool than any questions of seeding.
