I've spent a little time looking over this site
to find out how much I don't know about the
current Masters Swimming scene.
And also, what I might be able to
do to become competitive.
Something quite new seems to be races
that are only one-length of a short-course pool.
25 Yards and 25 Meters.
Where is the organization going with that ?
Will they be considered
for Top-Ten rankings ?
How did it get started ?
Old-N-Slow
If the U.S. abandoned the imperial system like the rest of the world did, this madness wouldn't happen.
In the rest of the world, when we say 100 race it is unambiguously 100 m race, but in the U.S. we need to check the pool used is in yards or meters first!
It's not really unambiguous, because it could be a short course 100m or a long course 100m, and there are definite differences time-wise between the two.
Pretty decent rule of thumb for non-international level swimmers in the US: If a meet is done in the summer, it's in a long course 50m pool. If it's done in the fall/winter/spring, it's in a short course 25y pool. This holds true for at least 90% of domestic meets.
If the U.S. abandoned the imperial system like the rest of the world did, this madness wouldn't happen.
In the rest of the world, when we say 100 race it is unambiguously 100 m race, but in the U.S. we need to check the pool used is in yards or meters first!
It's not really unambiguous, because it could be a short course 100m or a long course 100m, and there are definite differences time-wise between the two.
Pretty decent rule of thumb for non-international level swimmers in the US: If a meet is done in the summer, it's in a long course 50m pool. If it's done in the fall/winter/spring, it's in a short course 25y pool. This holds true for at least 90% of domestic meets.
