Please forgive me for this, but my OCD brain needs to know:
When they put that barrier in the 50m pool to make 2x25m pools, how can you be left with 25m if the barrier is at least 1m wide?
(This matters to me, sorry.) :)
To all,
Calvin is correct that a new measurement must take place every time the bulkhead is moved. Additionally, the pool must be measured before the meet and after each session(s) of the meet. Personally, USA-S local meets should be more stringent, but the likelihood of national records is far less in local meets, so they don't go to the trouble. In Masters, you never know who is going to show up.
I see alot of pool measurement forms because my wife approves all national records. Many Meet directors or meet referees just do not understand the rules and assume the pool will be set properly and the paperwork will be completed accurately. They are not. Another example of the swimmers need to ensure the bulkhead pools are legal before the meet.
The reason for before and after sessions is because some pools will measure with the lane lines loose and then crank them tight. if the pool was just legal with lane lines loose, some (or all) lanes can become too short after tightening. It is a game some hosts play. This usually (but not always) benefits the middle lanes more than the outside ones.
Just a little more to the story....
Paul
To all,
Calvin is correct that a new measurement must take place every time the bulkhead is moved. Additionally, the pool must be measured before the meet and after each session(s) of the meet. Personally, USA-S local meets should be more stringent, but the likelihood of national records is far less in local meets, so they don't go to the trouble. In Masters, you never know who is going to show up.
I see alot of pool measurement forms because my wife approves all national records. Many Meet directors or meet referees just do not understand the rules and assume the pool will be set properly and the paperwork will be completed accurately. They are not. Another example of the swimmers need to ensure the bulkhead pools are legal before the meet.
The reason for before and after sessions is because some pools will measure with the lane lines loose and then crank them tight. if the pool was just legal with lane lines loose, some (or all) lanes can become too short after tightening. It is a game some hosts play. This usually (but not always) benefits the middle lanes more than the outside ones.
Just a little more to the story....
Paul
