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.
The pool should be legal BEFORE the meet is sanctioned !!!!!
That's nice, in theory, but isn't really possible for bulkhead pools. You have to measure them before and after the meet. As Chris pointed out (in different words), our American aversion to the metric system probably contributed to the mistake.
Chris, I looked at the measurement form. I think the boxed notice at the bottom probably belongs at the top if it's meant to be seen and acted on. It could be extended with the English equivalents of the metric distances as well.
The pool should be legal BEFORE the meet is sanctioned !!!!!
That's nice, in theory, but isn't really possible for bulkhead pools. You have to measure them before and after the meet. As Chris pointed out (in different words), our American aversion to the metric system probably contributed to the mistake.
Chris, I looked at the measurement form. I think the boxed notice at the bottom probably belongs at the top if it's meant to be seen and acted on. It could be extended with the English equivalents of the metric distances as well.
