I'm not sure I understand. Non-qualifiers can enter with realistic times now. You don't need to enter with a time under the cut (as long as you're only doing this for three or fewer events).
They are still seeded with their age-groups so theoretically you would have slower swimmers in each age-group. Again theoretically if you grouped slower swimmers together regardless of age then you wouldn't have one or two swimmers slowing entire heats (probably more of a factor with 400 IM, 800 Free, and 1500).
Here in AZ, many enter no time so they can be in the first heat which forces the slower swimmers into heat one and heat two (rather than just heat one)--thereby spreading out the pain--particularly pleasant when it is 110 degrees out.
I'm not sure I understand. Non-qualifiers can enter with realistic times now. You don't need to enter with a time under the cut (as long as you're only doing this for three or fewer events).
They are still seeded with their age-groups so theoretically you would have slower swimmers in each age-group. Again theoretically if you grouped slower swimmers together regardless of age then you wouldn't have one or two swimmers slowing entire heats (probably more of a factor with 400 IM, 800 Free, and 1500).
Here in AZ, many enter no time so they can be in the first heat which forces the slower swimmers into heat one and heat two (rather than just heat one)--thereby spreading out the pain--particularly pleasant when it is 110 degrees out.
