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 ...
People are doing this already. I heard quite a college teams had their swimmers don two suits. I also heard none of these times will be allowed, though.
As far as swimming multiple events and requesting splits in all of them I don't really see the problem. If someone has to swim the same event 20 times, but finally sets a WR or something in the 20th swim it seems just as valid to me as if they did it the first time.
Yeah, I get that it's legal. I'm just not crazy about it. But I guess it's a way to work the order of events if you don't like it, without being called a dirty sandbagger. Although it seems just as "selfish" to the people in your heat, perhaps, as some say sandbaggers are ... Plus, it seems to disadvantage flyers and breaststrokers somewhat. Freestylers can just get more splits in more events.
The multi-B70 time won't count, Kirk, even though technically it's still legal?
People are doing this already. I heard quite a college teams had their swimmers don two suits. I also heard none of these times will be allowed, though.
As far as swimming multiple events and requesting splits in all of them I don't really see the problem. If someone has to swim the same event 20 times, but finally sets a WR or something in the 20th swim it seems just as valid to me as if they did it the first time.
Yeah, I get that it's legal. I'm just not crazy about it. But I guess it's a way to work the order of events if you don't like it, without being called a dirty sandbagger. Although it seems just as "selfish" to the people in your heat, perhaps, as some say sandbaggers are ... Plus, it seems to disadvantage flyers and breaststrokers somewhat. Freestylers can just get more splits in more events.
The multi-B70 time won't count, Kirk, even though technically it's still legal?
