How long is a meet?

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There is a Master's meet in Atlanta this Sunday which starts at 10 AM. I haven't been to one before so I was wondering how long they last and is there a certain order to the events.
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    No worries, Fort - As I mentioned earlier, I've done that myself a time or two. I don't have a problem with that. I won't hold your feet to the coals - except perhaps for some 50 fly redemption. :duel: I think Rick has some good ideas here, and I think this tangent got started b/c I mentioned that I can think of a specific example of someone who does get their jollies out of beating people by 30 seconds (I see they're doing it at Nationals again). Ok- there's NO excuse for doing something like that a Nationals! That is just sad. At a big meet like zones or Nats, one should really enter something very close to a best time (at least best for this period in life). Isn't that why they have QTs? I will admit to putting a bit of pad in my 1500 time--only because I haven't done it in a LCM meet (only SCM) and I've found that the conversion tables tend to exagerate my speed. I want to be competitive in my heat and swim with the appropriate swimmers--not blow someone away or look like a drowning 10-year-old. What kind of twisted ego needs to go to a national meet and blow people out of the water by using bogus seed times? If you're fast, swim against the best & prove it. If your not, swim against the best and work hard to keep up. (For the record, I'm in the later grouping.)
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  • Former Member
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    No worries, Fort - As I mentioned earlier, I've done that myself a time or two. I don't have a problem with that. I won't hold your feet to the coals - except perhaps for some 50 fly redemption. :duel: I think Rick has some good ideas here, and I think this tangent got started b/c I mentioned that I can think of a specific example of someone who does get their jollies out of beating people by 30 seconds (I see they're doing it at Nationals again). Ok- there's NO excuse for doing something like that a Nationals! That is just sad. At a big meet like zones or Nats, one should really enter something very close to a best time (at least best for this period in life). Isn't that why they have QTs? I will admit to putting a bit of pad in my 1500 time--only because I haven't done it in a LCM meet (only SCM) and I've found that the conversion tables tend to exagerate my speed. I want to be competitive in my heat and swim with the appropriate swimmers--not blow someone away or look like a drowning 10-year-old. What kind of twisted ego needs to go to a national meet and blow people out of the water by using bogus seed times? If you're fast, swim against the best & prove it. If your not, swim against the best and work hard to keep up. (For the record, I'm in the later grouping.)
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