No offense to others in my age group, but if they had seeded by age group in Long Beach, the IMs would have not been as fun for me.
I've never raced as a Master in the US, but I don't take offense. I'd rather swim next to someone 5-15 yrs older than me that swims closer to my time than next to you :-) and I mean that in a nice way.
there are 4-30 active swimmers 30-34, in sweden. I say up to 30 because there are 30 people who swim the 50 free this year but not all of those races were at Masters meets. Then only 4 that swim 100 fly, 6 that swam the 200 IM, maybe 5 that swim the 400 free and 800 free. and then around 5-12 for the rest of the 50 and 100 distances.
the time gap between 1 and 2 or 1 and 3 can be seconds. my fastest 100br scm as a Master is 1:14.08, which is nearly 8 seconds slower than the #1 guy, but I am number 3. I don't think that I would swim well next to Jeff or even in the same heat. his times are more than 10 secs faster than mine. I would get stressed and not swim well.
I would much rater be seeded against the guys born in the 60's that have times 1:12-1:14.
or in the 200IM I'd rather swim against Ronny Oltner (1956) than Jeff since we have times within the same second 2:26. I'd be nearly 20 secs after....not much fun for me or Jeff.
No offense to others in my age group, but if they had seeded by age group in Long Beach, the IMs would have not been as fun for me.
I've never raced as a Master in the US, but I don't take offense. I'd rather swim next to someone 5-15 yrs older than me that swims closer to my time than next to you :-) and I mean that in a nice way.
there are 4-30 active swimmers 30-34, in sweden. I say up to 30 because there are 30 people who swim the 50 free this year but not all of those races were at Masters meets. Then only 4 that swim 100 fly, 6 that swam the 200 IM, maybe 5 that swim the 400 free and 800 free. and then around 5-12 for the rest of the 50 and 100 distances.
the time gap between 1 and 2 or 1 and 3 can be seconds. my fastest 100br scm as a Master is 1:14.08, which is nearly 8 seconds slower than the #1 guy, but I am number 3. I don't think that I would swim well next to Jeff or even in the same heat. his times are more than 10 secs faster than mine. I would get stressed and not swim well.
I would much rater be seeded against the guys born in the 60's that have times 1:12-1:14.
or in the 200IM I'd rather swim against Ronny Oltner (1956) than Jeff since we have times within the same second 2:26. I'd be nearly 20 secs after....not much fun for me or Jeff.
