The FINA rules say no but not considering the rulebook, should Libby Lenton's 52.99 go in the record books. There has been alot of debate on this in the other thread. What do you think?
I was at a YMCA district meeting Saturday. In the room was a mix of coaches, officials, parent volunteers, many of whom have been with Y swimming for a long, long time. I read the rules for meets really carefully because I set up all of ours, and help the coach get entries out. I read the by-laws of the differenting sanctioning entities as well.
There was a blanket statement made about how the age groups at champs should be set up by one of the long time coaches. Others all murmured their agreements. 3 people in the room spoke up that they were wrong, myself, the coach who has hosted the district champs, and the district chair. These people all argued that we were wrong until the district chair pulled the by-laws up and showed them.
I point this out because there were officials who worked our championship meets in there that did not know the rules. So I can believe there were officials on the deck here that did not know the FINA rules. Should they, heck yes, but in case they don't you better hope the meet ref and admin ref do.
I was at a YMCA district meeting Saturday. In the room was a mix of coaches, officials, parent volunteers, many of whom have been with Y swimming for a long, long time. I read the rules for meets really carefully because I set up all of ours, and help the coach get entries out. I read the by-laws of the differenting sanctioning entities as well.
There was a blanket statement made about how the age groups at champs should be set up by one of the long time coaches. Others all murmured their agreements. 3 people in the room spoke up that they were wrong, myself, the coach who has hosted the district champs, and the district chair. These people all argued that we were wrong until the district chair pulled the by-laws up and showed them.
I point this out because there were officials who worked our championship meets in there that did not know the rules. So I can believe there were officials on the deck here that did not know the FINA rules. Should they, heck yes, but in case they don't you better hope the meet ref and admin ref do.
