i know the age up date for meters is 12/31 of the given year.
has it always been that way?
(mostly i need to know if in 1997 the age up date would have been 12/31/97 or the date of the meet...)
thanks!
Jayhawk,
I like your example. It makes it all very clear. The way you explain it, I am not sure that that scenario is a bad thing. Is it confusing to have a world record but not a USMS record? Yes. But it already is confusing when I swim a LCM meet in June when my BD is in July and for FINA purposes I am in the next age group. Of course that is only a problem once every five years.
Also, in SCY for people whose BD's are say in March, they sometimes have Top Ten times in two age groups at the same time in the same event. That doesn't seem to be a problem for the tabulators.
I guess I am wondering if there is any scenario that seemingly makes it fairer for everyone.
Jayhawk,
I like your example. It makes it all very clear. The way you explain it, I am not sure that that scenario is a bad thing. Is it confusing to have a world record but not a USMS record? Yes. But it already is confusing when I swim a LCM meet in June when my BD is in July and for FINA purposes I am in the next age group. Of course that is only a problem once every five years.
Also, in SCY for people whose BD's are say in March, they sometimes have Top Ten times in two age groups at the same time in the same event. That doesn't seem to be a problem for the tabulators.
I guess I am wondering if there is any scenario that seemingly makes it fairer for everyone.
