What seed times do you use when registering for Master's meets?
A) your best time in a master's meet
B) Your most recent time
C) What you think you will swim for this particular meet
D) other
I have been going with 'C', but am curious what other folks do...
But as a general rule I think you should enter your best time of the last year for seeding, as long as you have one.
I think it depends. I can usually predict my times to within a second or two, so I enter what I think I will swim. For an in-season, non-taper meet I know I'm not going to swim close to my best times, so there's really no point in entering with those times. If you're the kind of swimmer who can swim close to personal bests at any time of the season then perhaps that strategy makes sense.
But as a general rule I think you should enter your best time of the last year for seeding, as long as you have one.
I think it depends. I can usually predict my times to within a second or two, so I enter what I think I will swim. For an in-season, non-taper meet I know I'm not going to swim close to my best times, so there's really no point in entering with those times. If you're the kind of swimmer who can swim close to personal bests at any time of the season then perhaps that strategy makes sense.
