One problem with seeding by time only at Nats is having the top swimmers in an age group in the outside lanes.For instance,at SPMA I was the top seed in the 55-59 age group in the 100 BR and was in lane 8.Another is that the guys I want to swim against,my competition,my very well not be in my heat.Even if we are less than a sec apart at a meet like Nats that can be a lot of swimmers.We could even have the same seed time and one end up in lane 4 in one heat and the other in lane 8 of the next.I am as competitive as the next guy,but if "Joe 25 Yr Old" starts to pull away from me on the last length of the 200 BR I won't have the same visceral response as if it's Jim Clemmons.
One problem with seeding by time only at Nats is having the top swimmers in an age group in the outside lanes.For instance,at SPMA I was the top seed in the 55-59 age group in the 100 BR and was in lane 8.Another is that the guys I want to swim against,my competition,my very well not be in my heat.Even if we are less than a sec apart at a meet like Nats that can be a lot of swimmers.We could even have the same seed time and one end up in lane 4 in one heat and the other in lane 8 of the next.I am as competitive as the next guy,but if "Joe 25 Yr Old" starts to pull away from me on the last length of the 200 BR I won't have the same visceral response as if it's Jim Clemmons.
