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.
No, you're not. But the NT heat is typically very slow except when sandbaggers NT. If you have an idea of the approximate time you might go, based on practice or other factors, you should probably use that approximate time. Most meet directors discourage the use of NTs, especially at big meets where they want the heats to run quickly.
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.
No, you're not. But the NT heat is typically very slow except when sandbaggers NT. If you have an idea of the approximate time you might go, based on practice or other factors, you should probably use that approximate time. Most meet directors discourage the use of NTs, especially at big meets where they want the heats to run quickly.
