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One Hour Postal

knelson
So if FINA and USMS decide to impose new swimsuit guidelines in January how will this affect the One Hour Postal?
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  • I suspect it won't apply because despite rules (I think) stating an official should be there, I suspect many attempts (including all of mine) are done solo with a family member counting/timing. Nope... the rules just say that you need an independent observer/verifier there who is an adult. I.e., the person who is counting laps and recording splits. This person does not need to be a certified official. Over-arching USMS rules indicate that the rules for a competition are whatever rules are in effect on the first day of the meet. It's the second sentence in Part 1 of the USMS rule book. So the 2010 USMS rules, as of January 1, 2010, should be in effect for the entire One Hour Swim. I also notice (not sure if this is a change this year, but at least recently)... that splits only need to be recorded to the nearest second, not 1/10 second. That's a nice change. I can't imagine I'm the only person who counted for people in the OHS and would, occasionally, estimate the tenths part of a split time for the swimmer. -Rick
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  • I suspect it won't apply because despite rules (I think) stating an official should be there, I suspect many attempts (including all of mine) are done solo with a family member counting/timing. Nope... the rules just say that you need an independent observer/verifier there who is an adult. I.e., the person who is counting laps and recording splits. This person does not need to be a certified official. Over-arching USMS rules indicate that the rules for a competition are whatever rules are in effect on the first day of the meet. It's the second sentence in Part 1 of the USMS rule book. So the 2010 USMS rules, as of January 1, 2010, should be in effect for the entire One Hour Swim. I also notice (not sure if this is a change this year, but at least recently)... that splits only need to be recorded to the nearest second, not 1/10 second. That's a nice change. I can't imagine I'm the only person who counted for people in the OHS and would, occasionally, estimate the tenths part of a split time for the swimmer. -Rick
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