I was wondering if I was the only Master's swimmer who didn't know that there was a five event limit on all meets? As an Arizona swimmer, I signed up for the MV LCM meet a couple of weeks ago because there was no event limit on the meet flyer. I like to swim a lot of things (more bang for my buck, so to speak). I entered ten events on-line (not knowing I was being a criminal). Nobody refuted my entry. Imagine my sadness when a week after my swims I was informed that I was retroactively DQ'ed for events 6-10! These were some of my best times ever. I am really down about this. I even asked our LMSC Director the year before (after attending a MV meet and swimming 10 events) why Arizona couldn't allow more events per day and I was told it is up to the Meet Director as to how may events are to be permitted.
What are your thoughts? Am I being a baby or do I have a right to feel ripped off?
I was wondering if I was the only Master's swimmer who didn't know that there was a five event limit on all meets? As an Arizona swimmer, I signed up for the MV LCM meet a couple of weeks ago because there was no event limit on the meet flyer. I like to swim a lot of things (more bang for my buck, so to speak). I entered ten events on-line (not knowing I was being a criminal). Nobody refuted my entry. Imagine my sadness when a week after my swims I was informed that I was retroactively DQ'ed for events 6-10! These were some of my best times ever. I am really down about this. I even asked our LMSC Director the year before (after attending a MV meet and swimming 10 events) why Arizona couldn't allow more events per day and I was told it is up to the Meet Director as to how may events are to be permitted.
What are your thoughts? Am I being a baby or do I have a right to feel ripped off?
A retroactive DQ? Is it even legal to DQ someone on this particular basis retroactively? Don't think so ... they let you swim, it's their problem and you shouldn't be penalized.
Totally stinks, Brigid! The meet director, upon receiving your entries, should have contacted you to inform you of the 5 event SPMA rule --especially since it was not on the meet entry form -- and given you a chance to modify your entries. I would ask that this rule be waived in this instance as you, as an out of state swimmer, were reasonably relying on the meet entry form for guidance and on the meet director to enforce the entry rules. Their fault, not yours.
Also, if worst comes to worst, is it possible that YOU could select the 5 events you'd like to count and not just have 6-10 automatically selected?
Legal swims should not be simply thrown out. I vote that they should count as well.
I was wondering if I was the only Master's swimmer who didn't know that there was a five event limit on all meets? As an Arizona swimmer, I signed up for the MV LCM meet a couple of weeks ago because there was no event limit on the meet flyer. I like to swim a lot of things (more bang for my buck, so to speak). I entered ten events on-line (not knowing I was being a criminal). Nobody refuted my entry. Imagine my sadness when a week after my swims I was informed that I was retroactively DQ'ed for events 6-10! These were some of my best times ever. I am really down about this. I even asked our LMSC Director the year before (after attending a MV meet and swimming 10 events) why Arizona couldn't allow more events per day and I was told it is up to the Meet Director as to how may events are to be permitted.
What are your thoughts? Am I being a baby or do I have a right to feel ripped off?
A retroactive DQ? Is it even legal to DQ someone on this particular basis retroactively? Don't think so ... they let you swim, it's their problem and you shouldn't be penalized.
Totally stinks, Brigid! The meet director, upon receiving your entries, should have contacted you to inform you of the 5 event SPMA rule --especially since it was not on the meet entry form -- and given you a chance to modify your entries. I would ask that this rule be waived in this instance as you, as an out of state swimmer, were reasonably relying on the meet entry form for guidance and on the meet director to enforce the entry rules. Their fault, not yours.
Also, if worst comes to worst, is it possible that YOU could select the 5 events you'd like to count and not just have 6-10 automatically selected?
Legal swims should not be simply thrown out. I vote that they should count as well.
