Interesting article argues Masters records should recognize all sanctioned swims by age-eligible swimmers (e.g., Torres, Lezak, Foster, etc.)
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../21313.asp
Occasionally it happens at a run race that an amateur, starting in a different wave has a faster time than the pros. In that case the amateur does not get the money simply because the pros were racing against each other, not the amateur. There is no way to say how the race would have played out had the amateur started with and ran with the pros.
Yes, but you're talking about event placement rather than records. If that amateur ran the fastest marathon ever would it count as the record? In swimming if you placed ninth in prelims and missed the A finals you could still establish a world record in the B final even though you'd finish in ninth place.
Occasionally it happens at a run race that an amateur, starting in a different wave has a faster time than the pros. In that case the amateur does not get the money simply because the pros were racing against each other, not the amateur. There is no way to say how the race would have played out had the amateur started with and ran with the pros.
Yes, but you're talking about event placement rather than records. If that amateur ran the fastest marathon ever would it count as the record? In swimming if you placed ninth in prelims and missed the A finals you could still establish a world record in the B final even though you'd finish in ninth place.
