I disagree. There are some facilities that switch between long course and short course all the time--perhaps even daily. And who knows how they are placing the bulkhead? Perhaps they just eyeball it to some kind of marking. That's good enough for practice but not good enough for meets.
I think Montreal and the facility know how to set their bulkhead. It was their National Championship meet, which was well run. I assume that they complied with their measurement rules and I believe that the times are valid.
As you know, State's pool has a bulkhead. They moved it for the divers or for "LC" training. I don't remember it ever being out of position when replaced. We never remeasured it, because it wasn't required. We swam dual meets there, got Q times for Nationals there, held the Big Tens there. If the bulkhead looked wrong someone would have noticed and it would have been fixed. It stopped in the right place automatically.
BTW, UM just took it on the chin from Ohio U and State won by 22.
I disagree. There are some facilities that switch between long course and short course all the time--perhaps even daily. And who knows how they are placing the bulkhead? Perhaps they just eyeball it to some kind of marking. That's good enough for practice but not good enough for meets.
I think Montreal and the facility know how to set their bulkhead. It was their National Championship meet, which was well run. I assume that they complied with their measurement rules and I believe that the times are valid.
As you know, State's pool has a bulkhead. They moved it for the divers or for "LC" training. I don't remember it ever being out of position when replaced. We never remeasured it, because it wasn't required. We swam dual meets there, got Q times for Nationals there, held the Big Tens there. If the bulkhead looked wrong someone would have noticed and it would have been fixed. It stopped in the right place automatically.
BTW, UM just took it on the chin from Ohio U and State won by 22.
