I am considering scratching an event at an upcoming meet. Is there a protocol that I should be aware of. For instance, at a USA meet, if you fail to report to the blocks for event A, you are automatically DQ'd for event B. Is this true in USMS as well? I would like to make a "game time" decision, but it's the 2nd event that I'd like to focus on, and would be totally bummed if I screwed up.
At the Lake Washington meet two months ago (6 lane pool), 7 of us were entered in the 200 fly so there were two heats. 2 of 3 from the first heat did not show, so we reseeded into one heat. 1 from the second heat did not show, so 4 of us dove in, and 3 of us finished. No casualties!
Still, pretty high attrition rate. :)
At the Lake Washington meet two months ago (6 lane pool), 7 of us were entered in the 200 fly so there were two heats. 2 of 3 from the first heat did not show, so we reseeded into one heat. 1 from the second heat did not show, so 4 of us dove in, and 3 of us finished. No casualties!
Still, pretty high attrition rate. :)
