Why is it that Masters level swimmers who participate in USS sanctioned meets under a separate USS registration can't have their times automatically qualify for USMS rankings and USMS National records? What is the reason for this separation? The rules with USMS and USS seem parallel enough to allow USS swims to qualify under USMS ranking and records. Do we care if elite older swimmers in their 30's (say Gary Hall Jr.) effectively end up owning the USMS national record by default? Is USMS afraid of merging to closely with USS? Why wouldn't USMS want to recognize the true best performance by and old man/women in the pool regardless of whether their card said USS or USMS on it?
John Smith
Parents
Former Member
I'm interested in how different organizations in the running community either recognize or don't recognize times.
Generally speaking, there is no problem between groups as long as the conditions under which a time is done meet certain criteria. For example, if a sprinter breaks the world 100 meter record at an NCAA meet, it will be recognized as long as:
1) The track is certified (distance, no slope, has a curb on the inside lane, etc)
2) A remeasurement of the 100 meter course shows it to be >= 100 meters.
3) There was a wind gauge in use and it read
I'm interested in how different organizations in the running community either recognize or don't recognize times.
Generally speaking, there is no problem between groups as long as the conditions under which a time is done meet certain criteria. For example, if a sprinter breaks the world 100 meter record at an NCAA meet, it will be recognized as long as:
1) The track is certified (distance, no slope, has a curb on the inside lane, etc)
2) A remeasurement of the 100 meter course shows it to be >= 100 meters.
3) There was a wind gauge in use and it read
