I was very surprised to see that David Davies only came third in the 400m free at the European Junior Championships, after he did so well in coming fourth in the 1500m free at the World Championships.
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Just go and enter, you will have fun. There is no qualifying standard time. You will find that you are faster than some swimmers and slower than others.
The heats are worked so that you swim with others of similar times to you. So you could be competitive in your heat. Later the times are posted to show how you did in your age group.
It is great fun and by watching the better swimmers you may learn a lot about effective stroke technique.
Barnet Copthall have 3 masters meets this fall. A sprint meet, a middle distance and a 1500m meet. They should be good.
Enter the meets now, gain experience so thet you are more relaxed when you feel competitive. I put off entering meets for 3 years as i thought that I was too slow and quickly realised that I should have been there competing earlier.
Just go and enter, you will have fun. There is no qualifying standard time. You will find that you are faster than some swimmers and slower than others.
The heats are worked so that you swim with others of similar times to you. So you could be competitive in your heat. Later the times are posted to show how you did in your age group.
It is great fun and by watching the better swimmers you may learn a lot about effective stroke technique.
Barnet Copthall have 3 masters meets this fall. A sprint meet, a middle distance and a 1500m meet. They should be good.
Enter the meets now, gain experience so thet you are more relaxed when you feel competitive. I put off entering meets for 3 years as i thought that I was too slow and quickly realised that I should have been there competing earlier.
