2013 Pan American Masters Swimming Championships
Selby Aquatic Center, Sarasota, Florida
June 5 - 13, 2013
MEET INFO
Wed June 5
800 freestyle
Thu June 6
400 IM
50 freestyle
Fri June 7
200 backstroke
100 freestyle
Sat June 8
100 backstroke
50 butterfly
200 freestyle
Sun June 9
200 freestyle relay (men’s, women’s, mixed)
200 medley relay (men’s, women’s, mixed)
Pan Am 2013 Social at Ringling Museum
Mon June 10
200 breaststroke
100 butterfly
50 backstroke
Tue June 11
200 IM
50 breaststroke
200 butterfly
Wed June 12
100 breaststroke
400 freestyle
Thu June 13
3K and 1K open water swims
Swimsuit Regulations
FINA rules as modified for Masters competition and as printed in the latest edition of the FINA Handbook will govern all aquatic disciplines at the V UANA Pan American Masters Championships. It is the responsibility of each competitor to be familiar with these rules. FINA rules and regulations may be found at fina.org.
FINA SWIMWEAR RULES
FINA Approved Tech Suits
LIST: FINA Approved Swimwear
Sometimes the official will accidently put the wrong event, heat, lane or swimmer name on a DQ slip. And sometimes the Hy-Tek operator will check the DQ on the wrong swimmer. This is part of why the referee or designated official makes “every reasonable effort to seek out the swimmer or the swimmer’s coach and inform one or both as to the reason for the disqualification”
If you are not notified of a DQ it is okay to:
1) Accept the DQ, knowing you swam the swim and got the time you got
2) Approach the meet or admin referee then respectfully let them know you were DQ’ed without notification and that you would like to see the DQ slip to understand why.
I think the officials were a little short-handed and somewhat rookie at our state meet. I didn't want to come on too strong and give master's swimming a bad reputation around here; it's hard enough to find officials to work master's as it is so that's why I just dropped it. I agree that I should have pushed it since they didn't notify me when I climbed out of the pool. If I would have been a coach of a child at that meet I would have fought and had the call overturned but for me and my lousy 50 I chose to "let it be."
Sometimes the official will accidently put the wrong event, heat, lane or swimmer name on a DQ slip. And sometimes the Hy-Tek operator will check the DQ on the wrong swimmer. This is part of why the referee or designated official makes “every reasonable effort to seek out the swimmer or the swimmer’s coach and inform one or both as to the reason for the disqualification”
If you are not notified of a DQ it is okay to:
1) Accept the DQ, knowing you swam the swim and got the time you got
2) Approach the meet or admin referee then respectfully let them know you were DQ’ed without notification and that you would like to see the DQ slip to understand why.
I think the officials were a little short-handed and somewhat rookie at our state meet. I didn't want to come on too strong and give master's swimming a bad reputation around here; it's hard enough to find officials to work master's as it is so that's why I just dropped it. I agree that I should have pushed it since they didn't notify me when I climbed out of the pool. If I would have been a coach of a child at that meet I would have fought and had the call overturned but for me and my lousy 50 I chose to "let it be."
