Swimmers,
this is a continuation of a topic from the 'Top Ten Link' thread I posted earlier. In that thread, there was a discussion about keeping track of ALL swim times, so that everyone could see how he/she was doing. This is an update on that project.
At the start of long-course season, I volunteered to round up as many sanctioned meets for Jim Matysek as I could, to be put into the USMS searchable database, found at:
www.usms.org/.../toptimes.shtml.
I know of 49 meets (as of last weekend) that have had results posted to LMSC or Zone web sites. Of that number 44 are in the database, for a yield of about 90%. I would encourage each of you to usethis tool to see how you like it. It is not completely error-free since I had to manually-convert HTML files and Word documents for about half of all meets. I even hand-entered a couple of PDF files, which are the worst to deal with. Please let me know if you find any errors in what you see.
I think this shows that we CAN archive all the meets with a bit of work. Certainly, it's managable for LCM and SCM courses -- maybe not yet for SCY.
If you find this a valuable service, you can help by encouraging meet directors to submit their meet results to the USMS.
Enjoy!
Mel Dyck
Parents
Former Member
Thanks to Mel and Swim Toad (and all of those other meet directors) for making this database of "all swims." We'll promote in our next NEM News just prior to the meet so that people will have an idea of what kind of swims are in the "bank" before our meet?
Good luck to all SCM competitors this weekend.
Thanks to Mel and Swim Toad (and all of those other meet directors) for making this database of "all swims." We'll promote in our next NEM News just prior to the meet so that people will have an idea of what kind of swims are in the "bank" before our meet?
Good luck to all SCM competitors this weekend.
