Maybe i just over looked the answer but here goes. We are planning an open water long distance(35 miles) 6 person relay. What if one of our members becomes sick and cannot continue. Do the remaining five complete the swim or can we bring in another swimmer?
Thanks
Danny Arnold
This is not a sanctioned event but a challenge for our Masters Team and fundraiser. It is a 35-mile open water(Lake Swim) and will follow sanction rules with observers etc. I looked for specific rules on this issue but found nothing. I plan on not allowing a new swimmer be inserted but the remaining 5 completing the swim. Thanks for the input.
It depends.
Is this as part of an event or is it just 6 swimmers getting together for a swim? If it is part of an event then the event information should state how this is handled, if not in the event information then the event referee should make the call.
If this is just 6 swimmers getting together, then you do what you do.
Probably a question better asked to the true open water swimmers (forums.usms.org/forumdisplay.php. But personally I'd say that the remaining swimmers pick up the slack of the one that dropped out.
Dan
This is not a sanctioned event but a challenge for our Masters Team and fundraiser. It is a 35-mile open water(Lake Swim) and will follow sanction rules with observers etc. I looked for specific rules on this issue but found nothing. I plan on not allowing a new swimmer be inserted but the remaining 5 completing the swim. Thanks for the input.
It’s not a sanctioned event, but you’re following sanction rules... Whose rules? I will be bold and say that the Marathon Swimmers Federation (MSF) is your best bet if the body of water you’re crossing doesn’t have its own sanctioning body.
MSF rules state that relays proceed in the same order with no substitutions.
marathonswimmers.org/.../
