Swim Rant

ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGG.SPMA SCM Champs are not going well.First,and worst,my wife Strained her hamstring causing her to fall at the airport getting a subpatellar hematoma so that instead of swimming at the meet she is confined to the hotel room with ice on her knee and hamstring for 48 hr.She told me to go swim "for her",so I did.I swam my favorite event today,100M BR.I swam the fastest time in my age group,1:15.30,fast enough to be the AA time,fast enough to finish ahead of Bob Strand(who,granted,wasn't in his best shape) only to be DQd.What is really irksome is that I purportedly took 2 dolphin kicks off the 3rd turn.I KNOW I didn't.I am not someone who pushes the envelope on this.I take my dolphin kick in the middle of the pulldown to avoid any possibility of confusion.My teammate,Ginger Pierson,who is a multiple BR WR holder and knows a lot about BR,said she watched the race closely and I did not do that.No official notified me(aren't they supposed to do so?)A friend told me it showed up on the score board so I tracked the meet referee down,asked what happened,said I was protesting and after some discussion with the turn judge he said"Its a judgement call and I have to back my judges."So again ARRRRRRRRRGGG. :badday: :bighug:

ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGG.SPMA SCM Champs are not going well.First,and worst,my wife Strained her hamstring causing her to fall at the airport getting a subpatellar hematoma so that instead of swimming at the meet she is confined to the hotel room with ice on her knee and hamstring for 48 hr.She told me to go swim "for her",so I did.I swam my favorite event today,100M BR.I swam the fastest time in my age group,1:15.30,fast enough to be the AA time,fast enough to finish ahead of Bob Strand(who,granted,wasn't in his best shape) only to be DQd.What is really irksome is that I purportedly took 2 dolphin kicks off the 3rd turn.I KNOW I didn't.I am not someone who pushes the envelope on this.I take my dolphin kick in the middle of the pulldown to avoid any possibility of confusion.My teammate,Ginger Pierson,who is a multiple BR WR holder and knows a lot about BR,said she watched the race closely and I did not do that.No official notified me(aren't they supposed to do so?)A friend told me it showed up on the score board so I tracked the meet referee down,asked what happened,said I was protesting and after some discussion with the turn judge he said"Its a judgement call and I have to back my judges."So again ARRRRRRRRRGGG. :badday: :bighug: