This thread is in response to Jim Thorton's thread about his AA time being disallowed.I think that if a swimmer swims in a USMS sanctioned meet and that the time gets to the "official" Top Ten list that it should count.Otherwise one could go back and check the length of ,say the Amarillo pool from the first Masters Nationals and if it was 1 cm short disallow the swims.There must be a statute of limitations and I think it should be when the official TT times are posted.
In regard to pool measurement and the sanction. For USMS meets, the sanction should not be issued until the pool measurement has been filed. At least, that is how it is supposed to work.
Unfortunately, USA-S requirements are different. I believe they only require measurement for championship events. I "heard" that is because so many older pools are used an if the measurement was required, there would be very few meets for all those swimmers. (I can't verify that statement, but it makes sense to me).
In regard to pool measurement and the sanction. For USMS meets, the sanction should not be issued until the pool measurement has been filed. At least, that is how it is supposed to work.
Unfortunately, USA-S requirements are different. I believe they only require measurement for championship events. I "heard" that is because so many older pools are used an if the measurement was required, there would be very few meets for all those swimmers. (I can't verify that statement, but it makes sense to me).
