I don't have a rulebook handy, but my guess is that the rule awarding preferred lane assignments to the fastest/highest placing qualifiers applies only to races run entirely in lanes (and possibly the 4 x 400). The kinds of factors that motivate the rule (radius of turn, desirability of placing the top competitors in adjacent lanes) may have some relevance in an 800, but probably not much.
John Babington Charles Wandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sunday, August 07, 2005 at 3:48 PM -0500 wrote: >can some explain the lane seedings from semis to final. > >seems odd that Hazwl Clark being a heat winner gets lane 8 > >Charles F. Wandler office phone: (360) 650-2831 >WWU, MS9150, Chemistry Dept. office fax: (360) 650-2826 >516 High Street pager: (360) 758-6157 >Bellingham, WA 98225-9150 > >Organic Chemistry Laboratory Coordinator >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
