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.
I received this from the Officials Chairman, Charlie Cockrell the other day and this might shed some light on this from an Officials perspective.
As a follow-up, I have provided two additional items of interest for officials.
Meet Situation #7
Situation: During a meet, a swimmer approaches the Meet Referee and explains that he is attempting a USMS record in the 200-meter butterfly. During this event earlier in the meet, the swimmer missed the record by only 0.01-seconds. He requests that the Meet Referee add a time trial at the end of the meet so he can make another attempt. Should the Referee grant the request?
Resolution: Rule 102.13.1 states that the “order of events as stated in the meet announcement shall not be changed” and “the announced arrangement of heats shall not be added to or altered except by the authority of the referee to the extent of consolidating heats”). Therefore, adding individual time trials per swimmer requests to the meet program after the sanction has been granted is not permitted. The Referee may not grant the request.
:rofl:
Well, I certainly wasn't asking for a re-do!! Clearly, if a person wants multiple attempts at a single event they must enter appropriately and submit split requests.
I just got an email denying my appeal (as expected) yesterday and that was the rule they cited. Still, I think USMS should draft a rule for time trials in SCY. The rules are less than clear. I would note, moreover, that the Rules Committee did not address my Rule 202.2 argument -- which was the basis for my appeal -- at all. Chickens! They could have just cited Frank! :bow:
I received this from the Officials Chairman, Charlie Cockrell the other day and this might shed some light on this from an Officials perspective.
As a follow-up, I have provided two additional items of interest for officials.
Meet Situation #7
Situation: During a meet, a swimmer approaches the Meet Referee and explains that he is attempting a USMS record in the 200-meter butterfly. During this event earlier in the meet, the swimmer missed the record by only 0.01-seconds. He requests that the Meet Referee add a time trial at the end of the meet so he can make another attempt. Should the Referee grant the request?
Resolution: Rule 102.13.1 states that the “order of events as stated in the meet announcement shall not be changed” and “the announced arrangement of heats shall not be added to or altered except by the authority of the referee to the extent of consolidating heats”). Therefore, adding individual time trials per swimmer requests to the meet program after the sanction has been granted is not permitted. The Referee may not grant the request.
:rofl:
Well, I certainly wasn't asking for a re-do!! Clearly, if a person wants multiple attempts at a single event they must enter appropriately and submit split requests.
I just got an email denying my appeal (as expected) yesterday and that was the rule they cited. Still, I think USMS should draft a rule for time trials in SCY. The rules are less than clear. I would note, moreover, that the Rules Committee did not address my Rule 202.2 argument -- which was the basis for my appeal -- at all. Chickens! They could have just cited Frank! :bow:
