Split requests seem to be all the fashion lately. I know they're perfectly legal, though I haven't read the rule itself. I'm wondering about them though ... It seems oddly unfair, for example, that a person never (or rarely) swimming open 50s could hold world or national records or #1 rankings in those events. (I'm just saying it's odd, while recognizing it could be perfectly legal.) But, aside from that and further, what if someone really played the system. What if, for example, someone was after a 50 free record. They entered a meet in the 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 free and led off free relays and requested split requests in each event to try to set a record. Is this legitimate or legal? Would a meet director be bound to accept split requests for all these events? Is there a limit? Do meet directors have discretion to deny multiple split requests? I can see a situation where multiple attempts at a 50 might result in a better time ...
our meet directors must be very nice in sweden. we don't have to request lead off time splits for relays to count, they automatically get counted in our time database.
at my last meet I swam 50/100/200 ***, 100/200/400 IM , 200 back and 400 free. I was suppose to swim the 1500 but was not 100% so scratched. either way, since I didn't qualify for the 200free but was going to be on our relay I requested the lead off just so I could know myself what I could swim. to my surprise when I looked on line my time was registered.
then I checked back to the begining of the year and my 50 back in the relay was also registered. it was only .02s faster than my individual time, but still faster :-)
our meet directors must be very nice in sweden. we don't have to request lead off time splits for relays to count, they automatically get counted in our time database.
at my last meet I swam 50/100/200 ***, 100/200/400 IM , 200 back and 400 free. I was suppose to swim the 1500 but was not 100% so scratched. either way, since I didn't qualify for the 200free but was going to be on our relay I requested the lead off just so I could know myself what I could swim. to my surprise when I looked on line my time was registered.
then I checked back to the begining of the year and my 50 back in the relay was also registered. it was only .02s faster than my individual time, but still faster :-)
