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.
Don't lose sight of the issue here, was Jim's time in fact the fastest 100 free time in his age group last year. In other words did Jim swim 100M (w/i) a reasonable margin of error, faster than any other US male 60-64. The answer is yes. Although the pool may have been 1 or 2 inches short Jim's time was over a second faster than the 2nd fastest time. So as a result of the unduly strict Top 10 pool measurement rules, a valid time (the fastest in the US) is being stricken.
This is an unfortunate and unintended result of a very badly thought out rule and a poorly considered approach to applying the rule. USMS says that they are aware of the problem and will try to fix it. But, that doesn't help Jim.
Don't lose sight of the issue here, was Jim's time in fact the fastest 100 free time in his age group last year. In other words did Jim swim 100M (w/i) a reasonable margin of error, faster than any other US male 60-64. The answer is yes. Although the pool may have been 1 or 2 inches short Jim's time was over a second faster than the 2nd fastest time. So as a result of the unduly strict Top 10 pool measurement rules, a valid time (the fastest in the US) is being stricken.
This is an unfortunate and unintended result of a very badly thought out rule and a poorly considered approach to applying the rule. USMS says that they are aware of the problem and will try to fix it. But, that doesn't help Jim.
