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.:)
Parents
Former Member
"Have had affiliation as a Master in England, Germany, Portugal, Spain, never accepted coaches, organizations or anyone to decide which entry time would be signed."
How did you convince your German coach to willfully enter a sandbagged time--especially when his valued reputation (trust me on this) is on the line?
Coach?! never had a coach and think never will; have been a Masters for 17 years training alone.
Did not had to convince anyone, while doing my registrations always put which time I want to enter, if by any change the organization decides to put a time given by the informatics system I ask polity to change , no participation if the organization refuses.
As my nationality rarely is the same as the affiliation seldom had problems (people think as a foreigner……), but sporadically I miss a few competitions because federations assume what time I am going to do :blah:
"Have had affiliation as a Master in England, Germany, Portugal, Spain, never accepted coaches, organizations or anyone to decide which entry time would be signed."
How did you convince your German coach to willfully enter a sandbagged time--especially when his valued reputation (trust me on this) is on the line?
Coach?! never had a coach and think never will; have been a Masters for 17 years training alone.
Did not had to convince anyone, while doing my registrations always put which time I want to enter, if by any change the organization decides to put a time given by the informatics system I ask polity to change , no participation if the organization refuses.
As my nationality rarely is the same as the affiliation seldom had problems (people think as a foreigner……), but sporadically I miss a few competitions because federations assume what time I am going to do :blah:
