The anti-sandbag law:
"if a swimmer enters an event with a time significantly slower or faster than that swimmer's recorded time in the past two years, the meet director may, after a discussion with the swimmer, change the seeded time to a realistic time" (104.5.5.A(10)).
Concerning my Auburn nationals entry, I confess, when faced with a 7 hour 2 stop flight and 3:45 nonstop at an earlier time, I did what any warm-blooded middle-aged American swimmer with low self-esteem would do--sandbag my entry so I could catch the earlier flight, thus diminishing the possible time spent sitting next to a 400 pound Alabama slammer with sleep apnea wearing nothing but overalls and body odor. Of course, I was caught in my bold fabrication and my time was "fixed."
USMS seems to have an identity problem. Are we hard core with rigid qualifying times? It would seem not as 2 of my not-so-speedy family members were allowed to swim four events last year in Puerto Rico. If we are not hard core, why does anybody care that I sandbag? More to the point, why can one person enter a crappy time and another cannot? Just wondering.:)
:Lurking: OK, I was lurking until now; I'll admit it! But, I didn't want Fort to be stuck being the only woman on the thread, so I thought I would jump in.
I try to provide seed times as accurately as possible, but I must have had delusions of grandeur thinking I would beat my PB's (used as my seed times) in Mesa. :frustrated: Those conditions and my medical issues didn't mix and I knew that when I signed up, but I did not want to miss out on Nationals. It must have been fun for all of the others who seeded at 38.something in my 50 breaststroke heat, when I came in panting with jello arms and legs at 42.whatever-it-was-I-don't-want-to-remember. :blush:
:Lurking: OK, I was lurking until now; I'll admit it! But, I didn't want Fort to be stuck being the only woman on the thread, so I thought I would jump in.
I try to provide seed times as accurately as possible, but I must have had delusions of grandeur thinking I would beat my PB's (used as my seed times) in Mesa. :frustrated: Those conditions and my medical issues didn't mix and I knew that when I signed up, but I did not want to miss out on Nationals. It must have been fun for all of the others who seeded at 38.something in my 50 breaststroke heat, when I came in panting with jello arms and legs at 42.whatever-it-was-I-don't-want-to-remember. :blush:
