Many of the forum regulars seem to be going to Stanford, alas, others of us will not be there. Some of you that are going will access the internet while there, however briefly- why not share?
I have created this thread so you can report on the sights, sounds, swims, sunburns, socials etc. It matters not whether you be 'elite', 'newbie' or whatever, your impressions would be interesting to read. You could comment on great swims, technique, facilities, judging, the announcer, outrageous behavior of other forum participants, complaints, kudos- whatever. If you do, I at least would be grateful and if the thread garners much in the way of postings it could be a valuable archive for people to check for future Worlds. I lay down the guantlet...
The hard part about DQing for relay out of order is how fair is it. Some teams have very well known people and it is obvious, but other teams may not be as well known and go out of order and never get caught. That is why I dislike this DQ. It takes the judge knowing the names and people well enough to know they went out of order. I guess it is easy if a woman swims in a mans place, or vice versa on mixed relays, so maybe that is the call here.
The hard part about DQing for relay out of order is how fair is it. Some teams have very well known people and it is obvious, but other teams may not be as well known and go out of order and never get caught. That is why I dislike this DQ. It takes the judge knowing the names and people well enough to know they went out of order. I guess it is easy if a woman swims in a mans place, or vice versa on mixed relays, so maybe that is the call here.
