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.
If it is legal at the time of the swim, how can it be disallowed later? Did the officials make note of who swam with multiple suits? How would they even have known?
I bet that multiple suits will be disallowed in the future, sure, but I don't see what they can do about it retroactively.
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.
If it is legal at the time of the swim, how can it be disallowed later? Did the officials make note of who swam with multiple suits? How would they even have known?
I bet that multiple suits will be disallowed in the future, sure, but I don't see what they can do about it retroactively.
