FINA issued Ruled,www.usms.org/.../showpost.php
Soon the USMS rules committee will issue their ruling.
SCM & LCM seems to be a done deal, the 2010 seasons started on Jan 1, 2010 & the rule began on Jan 1, 2010.
SCY is an American thing. The 2009 - 2010 SCY season began on June 1st 2009 and ends on May 31st 2010.
Will the new suit rules take effect immediately or at the end of this season?
I've heard rumours we might be able to wear full body suits at 2010 SCY Nats.
Look forward to finding out what the USMS ruling will be for SCY.
1/15/10 FINA BUREAU CONSIDERS SWIMWEAR RULES FOR MASTERS
The FINA Bureau has considered Masters swimwear rules. The USMS Rules Committee will learn the results shortly and then will immediately reconsider the USMS swimwear rules in cooperation with the USMS Executive Committee. All USMS members will be notified of any changes to USMS swimwear rules and the effective date. Regardless of any changes to the USMS swimwear rules, the June 1, 2009 USMS swimwear interpretations will apply for the duration of the One Hour Postal Swim being conducted in January 2010.
from www.usms.org/.../20100115swimsuits.pdf
you'll find the update at http://www.usms.org/rules/
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I'm not Fort but I agree with you!
Word. And I'm thinking of taking it even one step further than AquaGnad and wearing the suit post 6/1 on occasion. In my mind if I'm seeded next to ex-NCAA Div 1 6 foot 2 man, I wear the suit and that evens things up a bit. Ha! And this is now causing me to mourn the loss of my suit even more - what great races I had in some of the distance events with those ex-collegiate swimmer men. We all knew I had a cheat suit and they were in briefs, but the races were still verrrrrrrrrry exciting. Right. . . but I should just train more, eat less, and heck, grow a penis.
I'm not Fort but I agree with you!
Word. And I'm thinking of taking it even one step further than AquaGnad and wearing the suit post 6/1 on occasion. In my mind if I'm seeded next to ex-NCAA Div 1 6 foot 2 man, I wear the suit and that evens things up a bit. Ha! And this is now causing me to mourn the loss of my suit even more - what great races I had in some of the distance events with those ex-collegiate swimmer men. We all knew I had a cheat suit and they were in briefs, but the races were still verrrrrrrrrry exciting. Right. . . but I should just train more, eat less, and heck, grow a penis.
