For all of you who know Leslie the Fortress Livingston, this should help you know her better.
For all of you who don't know Leslie the Fortress Livingston, prepare for the thrill ride get-to-know-Leslie event of the year.
A little background: Leslie is the 4th woman in history in the 45-49 year age group to beat 30 seconds in the 50 SCM butterfly.
She did this at age 47, and it is possible that she is actually the FIRST woman in history this old to break 30 at the age (assuming the previous 3 were 45 or 46.)
www.youtube.com/watch
This small film will help you understand all that goes into becoming an extraordinary human being/swimmer. Oh, and there's a little about Leslie in this, too.
Just joking. It's all about Leslie. With some guest appearances by Paul Wolf, Julie "Mulie" Oplinger, Jeff "the Barbarian" Roddin, and Jim Thornton as "the narrator."
Please enjoy before Leslie forces Jim Matysek to take this down.
The article in Swimming World said that KPN set a record in the 400 IM during the a time trials section of the meet. That was perfectly legal because it was part of the sanction process that is stated here:
www.teamunify.com/.../__...08MeetInfo.pdf
Notice the sanction # on the entry form for the approved and sanctioned time trial. This does not exist in the Colony Zone entry form and there is nothing mentioned about a sanctioned time trial after the meet. That is the difference and that is one of the reasons why the time was denied from the meet results and for top ten rankings.
The other is that, again, until someone proves otherwise, FINA does not allow time trials for any masters competitions and explicitly states that in FINA Rule MSW 3.4 and USMS follows that rule in there rulebook under 102.10.1 A
Time Finals are defined in the Glossary of the USMS Rule Books as follows - competition in which only heats are swum and final placings are determined by times achieved in the heats.
December 24th, 2008 05:05 PM
FINA does not recognize ANY times at a USA-S meet, time trials or otherwise. (Unless dual sanctioned, I imagine, since then it is a USMS-sanctioned meet.)
USMS does recognize such times, however, which is why Guthrie and KPN could set national records. As Frank mentioned, the time trials were announced/approved beforehand.
The article in Swimming World said that KPN set a record in the 400 IM during the a time trials section of the meet. That was perfectly legal because it was part of the sanction process that is stated here:
www.teamunify.com/.../__...08MeetInfo.pdf
Notice the sanction # on the entry form for the approved and sanctioned time trial. This does not exist in the Colony Zone entry form and there is nothing mentioned about a sanctioned time trial after the meet. That is the difference and that is one of the reasons why the time was denied from the meet results and for top ten rankings.
The other is that, again, until someone proves otherwise, FINA does not allow time trials for any masters competitions and explicitly states that in FINA Rule MSW 3.4 and USMS follows that rule in there rulebook under 102.10.1 A
Time Finals are defined in the Glossary of the USMS Rule Books as follows - competition in which only heats are swum and final placings are determined by times achieved in the heats.
December 24th, 2008 05:05 PM
FINA does not recognize ANY times at a USA-S meet, time trials or otherwise. (Unless dual sanctioned, I imagine, since then it is a USMS-sanctioned meet.)
USMS does recognize such times, however, which is why Guthrie and KPN could set national records. As Frank mentioned, the time trials were announced/approved beforehand.
