Today I heard that a swimming pool "back east" had been recently measured and found to be too short. Further, the rumor continues, any records set in that facility are alleged to be dis-allowed. True? False? Who knows the real skinny on this ?
Bert
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That can happen many places since short course meters is held in pools that usually use bulkheads. Anyway, I found out that a very old pool I swam in 1969 in California which measured 33 1/3 is still use for competition in the winter time today. It has a bulkhead to cut it down to 25 yards but a pool like that can also have trouble if the bulkhead is wrong. It could be either to short or too long since many pools today rarely are at the 33 1/3 length. And someone could make a mistake when measuring 25 yard length.
That can happen many places since short course meters is held in pools that usually use bulkheads. Anyway, I found out that a very old pool I swam in 1969 in California which measured 33 1/3 is still use for competition in the winter time today. It has a bulkhead to cut it down to 25 yards but a pool like that can also have trouble if the bulkhead is wrong. It could be either to short or too long since many pools today rarely are at the 33 1/3 length. And someone could make a mistake when measuring 25 yard length.
