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?
Despite the DQ, I found the disputed times in the USMS results system. Go to the individual listing - the time is reported as a DQ, but click on the heat and you'll find the time, with splits.. In the 200 back, for example, the time at MV was about five seconds faster than the seed time, which was plenty fast. Rules are rules, but I'd be disappointed if I had a DQ after a swim like that ...
