Just curious if anyone has ever disputed their race time with officials. I spoke with an official on deck this morning & she stood firm on her position that what was posted on the results sheet is true & correct. I didn't press it because I really didn't know what questions to ask or what if anything I could look at to see how they arrived at the time.
In my 100 back, my time came up on the reader board somewhat delayed I thought. My friend swimming 2 lanes down saw me come in several seconds after she did which would have made my time about 4 seconds faster than what was displayed & would have approximated how I was seeded. My split time for the 2nd 50 was really slow & just doesn't jive with how I swim this race. (My split times for 100's are historically closely matched & I felt strong thruout this race). I do have issues hitting the pad hard in backstroke, since I can't see where the wall is & don't want to hurt my hand.
My split times by the way: 39.22, 43.84. For me, these splits represent dying on the 2nd 50 after going out too fast; this was definitely not the case.
This was a good meet for me; I bettered 3 out of 4 times & felt strong & prepared.
I am a newby to Masters & if I'm all wet, I'll move on. There are many more races to be swum!
I am thankful for any feedback.
When comparing the times for official results, any time more than a certain amount off (can't recall exactly but my memory tells me 0.6 seconds), that outlier is dropped. The board results are not official. The meet I ran recently had a lot of swimmers who typically don't race and there were a good handful of soft touches. Also a few swimmers who do race were getting soft touches because our gutter system screams "touch me", so they hit the top instead of side of the pad. There's actually a check box right on the timer's sheet printed from Meet Manager to designate a "soft touch", so the people compiling results make sure they give it special attention when they look at the times.
I was part of a relay in December where our third swimmer kicked the wall on the way out of the pool and that incorrect time still showed when results were posted online because they were the timing system report, not the official results. Sometime later that week, official results were posted and it had our correct time from the watch.
I wouldn't stress it unless you super needed that time for something. Then you can see if the meet manager can check the back-up systems to see if the times jive.
When comparing the times for official results, any time more than a certain amount off (can't recall exactly but my memory tells me 0.6 seconds), that outlier is dropped. The board results are not official. The meet I ran recently had a lot of swimmers who typically don't race and there were a good handful of soft touches. Also a few swimmers who do race were getting soft touches because our gutter system screams "touch me", so they hit the top instead of side of the pad. There's actually a check box right on the timer's sheet printed from Meet Manager to designate a "soft touch", so the people compiling results make sure they give it special attention when they look at the times.
I was part of a relay in December where our third swimmer kicked the wall on the way out of the pool and that incorrect time still showed when results were posted online because they were the timing system report, not the official results. Sometime later that week, official results were posted and it had our correct time from the watch.
I wouldn't stress it unless you super needed that time for something. Then you can see if the meet manager can check the back-up systems to see if the times jive.
