Any estimates on how big Portland Nationals will be??

1) Don't let really old people swim the mile (saves hours). 2) Don't let really old people complete the 400 IM after they got disqualified on the first lap of butterfly (that would have saved 20 minutes from Woodland's nationals).:drown: 3) Let nonqualifiers compete and give legitimate times. Then seed the nonqualifiers into heats (still eligible for top 10). This way you wouldn't have one person in every heat sucking the timeline down. I've never been and had no idea how it worked for those who did not qualify. Your idea #3 seems to make far more sense.

1) Don't let really old people swim the mile (saves hours). 2) Don't let really old people complete the 400 IM after they got disqualified on the first lap of butterfly (that would have saved 20 minutes from Woodland's nationals).:drown: 3) Let nonqualifiers compete and give legitimate times. Then seed the nonqualifiers into heats (still eligible for top 10). This way you wouldn't have one person in every heat sucking the timeline down. I've never been and had no idea how it worked for those who did not qualify. Your idea #3 seems to make far more sense.