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.
chris,
i think the 500y/400m and 400im should be gender/age time seeded. if at all possible. and by that i mean this is 2013. it takes a computer less than the 0.09 you beat me in the 100 fly in italy to seed the entire meet. let-alone just 1 event. if this was the 1970s and we still used the cards (ie re-printed computer punch cards btw) it would be different. the seeding can be shown to the meet director the very morning after entries are no longer accepted. how much more time is taken by gender/age time seeding would be known weeks in advance. weeks!!!
but not the 800/1000/1500/1650. in those races there is simply too big a gap in placings to allow it. there was over 6min 40secs of difference in our own age group 1500 1st to last. however most of those were pretty darn accurate on their entry time.
chris,
i think the 500y/400m and 400im should be gender/age time seeded. if at all possible. and by that i mean this is 2013. it takes a computer less than the 0.09 you beat me in the 100 fly in italy to seed the entire meet. let-alone just 1 event. if this was the 1970s and we still used the cards (ie re-printed computer punch cards btw) it would be different. the seeding can be shown to the meet director the very morning after entries are no longer accepted. how much more time is taken by gender/age time seeding would be known weeks in advance. weeks!!!
but not the 800/1000/1500/1650. in those races there is simply too big a gap in placings to allow it. there was over 6min 40secs of difference in our own age group 1500 1st to last. however most of those were pretty darn accurate on their entry time.
