Here's a thread for the ladies to discuss anything that relates to women and swimming. For example, feel free to discuss how disgustingly ugly fastskins are, how the "curse" can kill a meet, how suits don't fit, how swimming wrecks your hair, how hormones unhinge you, etc.
So if I sign up for an event that I have never swam before, like the 100 IM, with "NT" I'm automatically a sandbagger? I guess I don't fully understand the concept.
NT is bogus also since you have no doubt, at least swum the distance in practice a few times and could estimate a time if you tried hard enough.
You will probably swim faster in the meet than the time you pull from practice, but at least it will get you in the ball park. (correct heat)
It is perfectly legal to estimate a time. No one is going to ask you for documentation of your entry time.
NT simply forces the race administrator to put the swimmer in the first heat with the slowest entered times.
Around the SPMA where I swim, that means you get to mix it up with our 80 and 90 year olds.
Sandbaggers love that 1st and 2nd heat.
Even though our 80 and 90 year olds break world and national records in almost every meet, they just don't create the turbulance found in heats from the younger age-groups.
Maybe ask those early heat swimmers how they feel about the waves and getting lapped.
This is just masters swimming - not USA - NCAA or the Olympics... doubt we are going to change this practice a whole lot by talking about it here :)
So if I sign up for an event that I have never swam before, like the 100 IM, with "NT" I'm automatically a sandbagger? I guess I don't fully understand the concept.
NT is bogus also since you have no doubt, at least swum the distance in practice a few times and could estimate a time if you tried hard enough.
You will probably swim faster in the meet than the time you pull from practice, but at least it will get you in the ball park. (correct heat)
It is perfectly legal to estimate a time. No one is going to ask you for documentation of your entry time.
NT simply forces the race administrator to put the swimmer in the first heat with the slowest entered times.
Around the SPMA where I swim, that means you get to mix it up with our 80 and 90 year olds.
Sandbaggers love that 1st and 2nd heat.
Even though our 80 and 90 year olds break world and national records in almost every meet, they just don't create the turbulance found in heats from the younger age-groups.
Maybe ask those early heat swimmers how they feel about the waves and getting lapped.
This is just masters swimming - not USA - NCAA or the Olympics... doubt we are going to change this practice a whole lot by talking about it here :)
