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.:)
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I don't get it. Why would you not enter with your best time? And "it's my choice" isn't what I'm going for. If you are entering with the times you think you will swim that's one thing, but I can't understand why you'd choose to enter with times you know are slower than you'll swim.
my best times each age group are European records!:afraid:
I do a average of 2 meetings per month , do you think I will do ER each time I swim?:bolt:
please, try to understand ,in my choice going to meetings is not to do best but to see people! going to swim is going to a social event where rarely I am in a mood to go fast! The motives to be Master are different from each … my social life is participate at Master swimming as I live at an isolated farm I the middle of nowhere in Portugal (nest city 44kms, nest village 15kms, next house with people 3kms):D
I don't get it. Why would you not enter with your best time? And "it's my choice" isn't what I'm going for. If you are entering with the times you think you will swim that's one thing, but I can't understand why you'd choose to enter with times you know are slower than you'll swim.
my best times each age group are European records!:afraid:
I do a average of 2 meetings per month , do you think I will do ER each time I swim?:bolt:
please, try to understand ,in my choice going to meetings is not to do best but to see people! going to swim is going to a social event where rarely I am in a mood to go fast! The motives to be Master are different from each … my social life is participate at Master swimming as I live at an isolated farm I the middle of nowhere in Portugal (nest city 44kms, nest village 15kms, next house with people 3kms):D
