Perhaps Chris could compile a list of the Top 10 Bugaboos that can keep your times from counting for USMS.
My own little list includes:
Make sure that the meet is either recognized or sanctioned
Make sure that whoever is in charge of submitting your results does this
If you go to a meet that is recognized or sanctioned, do not rely on the meet director necessarily knowing the rules of USMS. One particularly counter-intuitive item I encountered last summer was swimming in an Open event. In age group swimming when I was a kid, this simply meant that anybody of any age could swim it. As a meet last summer, they had the 200 free on one day, and the 200 Open the next day. I opted to swim my 200 free during the 200 Open because of how other events were scheduled. I asked the meet director if this was okay, and he said it was fine. Only much later did I learn that "Open" events in USMS do not count for TT consideration.
If you want to do a split request, or a lead off during a relay, or a time trial and have it count for TT consideration as an individual swim, ask Leslie what to do. The intricacies here are well beyond what most of us can begin to fathom.
So far these are the ways I have gotten times not to count, but I am still relatively young, and I am sure I will discover dozens more!
Feel free to add to this list.
You can add:
5. Make sure the pool will be/is measured. lol
6. Don't do time trials at USMS meets
7. USA-S meets won't be measured. Make sure it is a fixed wall pool with measurements on file.
8. Pick meets with trusted meet directors. (We have stellar ones in PV.)
9. Just to annoy Geek, I have to note that the Dixie Zone has in the past been suspect when it comes to measuring and timely reporting of both meet results and split requests.
Perhaps Chris could compile a list of the Top 10 Bugaboos that can keep your times from counting for USMS.
My own little list includes:
Make sure that the meet is either recognized or sanctioned
Make sure that whoever is in charge of submitting your results does this
If you go to a meet that is recognized or sanctioned, do not rely on the meet director necessarily knowing the rules of USMS. One particularly counter-intuitive item I encountered last summer was swimming in an Open event. In age group swimming when I was a kid, this simply meant that anybody of any age could swim it. As a meet last summer, they had the 200 free on one day, and the 200 Open the next day. I opted to swim my 200 free during the 200 Open because of how other events were scheduled. I asked the meet director if this was okay, and he said it was fine. Only much later did I learn that "Open" events in USMS do not count for TT consideration.
If you want to do a split request, or a lead off during a relay, or a time trial and have it count for TT consideration as an individual swim, ask Leslie what to do. The intricacies here are well beyond what most of us can begin to fathom.
So far these are the ways I have gotten times not to count, but I am still relatively young, and I am sure I will discover dozens more!
Feel free to add to this list.
You can add:
5. Make sure the pool will be/is measured. lol
6. Don't do time trials at USMS meets
7. USA-S meets won't be measured. Make sure it is a fixed wall pool with measurements on file.
8. Pick meets with trusted meet directors. (We have stellar ones in PV.)
9. Just to annoy Geek, I have to note that the Dixie Zone has in the past been suspect when it comes to measuring and timely reporting of both meet results and split requests.
