Also - I would like to make seed times more accurate - time has to be achieved within the last year (Nationals) .
I would go for the idea of seeding by time only if swimmers were required to enter their best times within a designated time period as well.
I like seeding by time, but I can live with it the way it is now as my two favorite events are already that way (400 IM/500 free) and I'm not in danger of winning my age group in any of the other events (yet!) so I can get a good race when seeded with the old guys my age.
On the quotes above, I agree to a point. I'd extend the time limit to 24 months only because some of us have some "off" years or years where we can't train as much as we'd like to.
I think the real "lobby" against seeding by time are the 20 somethings and 30 somethings (Mr. Commings excluded) who don't want to get whooped by us 40 somethings ... oh, wait a minute, let me rethink that as I'm pretty sure Jim McConica still kicks my butt.:)
Also - I would like to make seed times more accurate - time has to be achieved within the last year (Nationals) .
I would go for the idea of seeding by time only if swimmers were required to enter their best times within a designated time period as well.
I like seeding by time, but I can live with it the way it is now as my two favorite events are already that way (400 IM/500 free) and I'm not in danger of winning my age group in any of the other events (yet!) so I can get a good race when seeded with the old guys my age.
On the quotes above, I agree to a point. I'd extend the time limit to 24 months only because some of us have some "off" years or years where we can't train as much as we'd like to.
I think the real "lobby" against seeding by time are the 20 somethings and 30 somethings (Mr. Commings excluded) who don't want to get whooped by us 40 somethings ... oh, wait a minute, let me rethink that as I'm pretty sure Jim McConica still kicks my butt.:)
