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 ...
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Except that the event is 'freestyle' so it would not count for anything other than freestlye no matter what stroke you swam. Someone swimming a record 400 IM in a 400 Free event will not get official credit as the event was a Freestyle event.
The only way to get a 50 Fly split recognized is for it to be swam during a Fly only event (or during the Fly leg of an IM).
I thought 'freestyle' meant exactly that. In other words you are free to do any style you want. Front crawl is the fastest so everyone uses it, but they could equally choose to use any of the other three strokes should they want to. Am I wrong?:confused:
Except that the event is 'freestyle' so it would not count for anything other than freestlye no matter what stroke you swam. Someone swimming a record 400 IM in a 400 Free event will not get official credit as the event was a Freestyle event.
The only way to get a 50 Fly split recognized is for it to be swam during a Fly only event (or during the Fly leg of an IM).
I thought 'freestyle' meant exactly that. In other words you are free to do any style you want. Front crawl is the fastest so everyone uses it, but they could equally choose to use any of the other three strokes should they want to. Am I wrong?:confused:
