Greensboro Nats - Who's In?

I also don't quite understand the need to measure a pool set up walls if that pool has hosted sanctioned meets in the past. In the case of Greensboro there will have been a zillion sanctioned meets prior to Nationals. The document Rob provided says that pools with fixed walls do NOT need to be remeasured. Once the pool is measured initially that measurement stays valid. It's only pools with moveable bulkheads that cause problems. And you're right that it doesn't involve a huge effort. You do have to measure both outside lanes and an a middle lane, though, so it's going to take a little longer than six seconds AND you need someone there with the proper equipment before the meet starts to do the measuring. If a pool is set up walls it can be done via the blueprints No way. How do you know the pool was built exactly to the blueprint dimensions? Keep in mind the pool cannot be under the nominal length. There is no negative tolerance allowed. If you put the pads in and the pool is 1 mm too short, then the pool--by the letter of the law--is not legal and you better pull the pads and have three manual timers per lane.

I also don't quite understand the need to measure a pool set up walls if that pool has hosted sanctioned meets in the past. In the case of Greensboro there will have been a zillion sanctioned meets prior to Nationals. The document Rob provided says that pools with fixed walls do NOT need to be remeasured. Once the pool is measured initially that measurement stays valid. It's only pools with moveable bulkheads that cause problems. And you're right that it doesn't involve a huge effort. You do have to measure both outside lanes and an a middle lane, though, so it's going to take a little longer than six seconds AND you need someone there with the proper equipment before the meet starts to do the measuring. If a pool is set up walls it can be done via the blueprints No way. How do you know the pool was built exactly to the blueprint dimensions? Keep in mind the pool cannot be under the nominal length. There is no negative tolerance allowed. If you put the pads in and the pool is 1 mm too short, then the pool--by the letter of the law--is not legal and you better pull the pads and have three manual timers per lane.