On another thread the question was raised how many people have had swims that did not get reported to Top Ten for what ever reason.Please post here if you have had that experience(venting is allowed.)
I have been swimming Masters since 1974 and my USMS experiences have been overwhelmingly positive and I want to thank all the officials and organizers.None the less accidents happen and I lost top ten swims(one a zone record) at 2 different meets when pool measurements showed the pool was short(once after a remodeling,which lead to the USMS measurement rule,and once when the bulk head slipped.In both cases the pool was 1 cm short.)I had another meet where the results were not reported,but thanks to diligent work from our Top Ten chair(thank you Mary Sweat)the results were recovered.
So who else has lost results.
Is this something new?
No.
The swimmer has to request it, provide proof of times (eg a link to a meet results file), and is responsible for pool measurement verification if that is needed. If the swimmer sets a national record, s/he has to do all that paperwork too (obviously with assistance from the Meet Director). You can't set WRs unless the meet is dual sanctioned.
You shouldn't have to do much work, though it is a pain to create/submit CL2 file because (obviously) most are not masters swimmers.
Here in Virginia, the USA-S backup MM files are now read-only so I can't do any tricks like create a temporary fictional masters team for all USMS members and export the results from that team (then change them back to their real teams). But sometimes they'll email me an editable copy. If it only a few swimmers, it is faster to just create a meet file from scratch.
Is this something new?
No.
The swimmer has to request it, provide proof of times (eg a link to a meet results file), and is responsible for pool measurement verification if that is needed. If the swimmer sets a national record, s/he has to do all that paperwork too (obviously with assistance from the Meet Director). You can't set WRs unless the meet is dual sanctioned.
You shouldn't have to do much work, though it is a pain to create/submit CL2 file because (obviously) most are not masters swimmers.
Here in Virginia, the USA-S backup MM files are now read-only so I can't do any tricks like create a temporary fictional masters team for all USMS members and export the results from that team (then change them back to their real teams). But sometimes they'll email me an editable copy. If it only a few swimmers, it is faster to just create a meet file from scratch.
