During the preliminary heats, the last 3 heats are the seeded heats and are entered in a circle seeded fashion. Follow the pattern ahead and you should be able to see why they are referred to as circle seeded heats. Lane 4 of an 8 lane pool is right in the middle and is considered the fastest lane. This pattern keeps going, moving from the center lanes to the outside lanes, until the fastest 24 entries fill out the lanes of the last three heats in the event. Once again, we need to address one of the misconceptions about me.
Entries are only for the purpose of having a fair and organized race setting.
Remember that racing in a seeded heat can produce a finish with people way ahead and behind others because the times in a circle seeded heat may differ quite a bit. Always race your very best. You always have a chance to achieve a good time, and the actual finish within a heat can be very misleading relative to one s overall finish in the event. Remember that we have only taken care of 24 of the 48 entered swimmers so far. The remaining swimmers are entered fastest to slowest, the same as in a timed final event.