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.
Okay, super simple solution to this- how about just not accepting swims that come from pools with no measurement on file (for fixed wall pools) or not accompanied by pool length certification forms (for bulkheaded pools)? That doesn't require Jim M. to have to add anything to the E2EEM system, but I do admit it would add paperwork for meet directors and the TTR. Any meet director worth his or her salt using a bulkheaded pool would already have the form filled out, so all they'd have to do would be scan and send the form. And yes, before you say anything, I know that meet directors are already busy- I'm married to one!
Okay, super simple solution to this- how about just not accepting swims that come from pools with no measurement on file (for fixed wall pools) or not accompanied by pool length certification forms (for bulkheaded pools)? That doesn't require Jim M. to have to add anything to the E2EEM system, but I do admit it would add paperwork for meet directors and the TTR. Any meet director worth his or her salt using a bulkheaded pool would already have the form filled out, so all they'd have to do would be scan and send the form. And yes, before you say anything, I know that meet directors are already busy- I'm married to one!
