Jim, How did you swim in the Albatross Meet? Are the results up yet? And BTW, what is your opinion on all THIS ISSUE going foward, because what's done is done and I know you also lost some swims because of this issue. I am not sure USMS wants to get into the pool measuring business and I don't think the answer is to buy cheap lasers and have untrained swimmers measure pools. I think we would achieve similarly accurate results by having Madam Marie, the gypsy from the boardwalk, eyeball the pool and guess it's length. The woman has a great eye. She can guess anyone's weight within 2 lbs just by looking at them and she's never wrong. I bet she could do the same thing with pools. Are you with me?:worms:
Jim swam very very well.
He already said what he thought above: He wishes that R&T had voted to propose an exemption for Canadian Nationals, and believes the USMS rule is unduly demanding and persnickety.
He has not had any times thrown out for failure to measure. He has lost some times when meets were de-recognized or when meets advertised to be recognized were not. And he lost times swimming in an "open" event in an Ohio meet when the referee mistakenly told him the times would count for TT.
The person who was really penalized by the failure to measure was Diane Uustal who lost a slew of USMS records as a result. I believe Kelly Parker Palace in my age group also lost some AA times.
Jim, How did you swim in the Albatross Meet? Are the results up yet? And BTW, what is your opinion on all THIS ISSUE going foward, because what's done is done and I know you also lost some swims because of this issue. I am not sure USMS wants to get into the pool measuring business and I don't think the answer is to buy cheap lasers and have untrained swimmers measure pools. I think we would achieve similarly accurate results by having Madam Marie, the gypsy from the boardwalk, eyeball the pool and guess it's length. The woman has a great eye. She can guess anyone's weight within 2 lbs just by looking at them and she's never wrong. I bet she could do the same thing with pools. Are you with me?:worms:
Jim swam very very well.
He already said what he thought above: He wishes that R&T had voted to propose an exemption for Canadian Nationals, and believes the USMS rule is unduly demanding and persnickety.
He has not had any times thrown out for failure to measure. He has lost some times when meets were de-recognized or when meets advertised to be recognized were not. And he lost times swimming in an "open" event in an Ohio meet when the referee mistakenly told him the times would count for TT.
The person who was really penalized by the failure to measure was Diane Uustal who lost a slew of USMS records as a result. I believe Kelly Parker Palace in my age group also lost some AA times.
