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Whats the difference between timed finals meets and trials and finals meets?

April 26, 2017difference finals timed trials

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Whats the difference between timed finals meets and trials and finals meets?

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Most swim meets in Pacific are timed finals. In a meet of this type, only heats are swum, and the final placing in an event is determined by the times achieved in these heats. Some meets, usually at a higher level of competition, are trials and finals. In these meets, trials are swum early in the day, and the fastest swimmers in trials qualify for finals, swum later in the day, in which the final placing for an event is determined. (Follow this link to Pacific Swimming’s Rules and Regulations, Section 3.B.5.b.(3), for scratch rules for trials and finals meets.

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Most swim meets in Pacific are timed finals. In a meet of this type, only heats are swum, and the final placing in an event is determined by the times achieved in these heats. Some meets, usually at a higher level of competition, are trials and finals. In these meets, trials are swum early in the day, and the fastest swimmers in trials qualify for finals, swum later in the day, in which the final placing for an event is determined.