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.
Chris,
Rich Abrahams mentioned the problem of submitting split requests. As a meet director, I need a system to keep track of split requests and instructions on how to show them in the results. When sometone hands me a split request and I am dealing with other issues and trying to swim in the meet, I have a great fear of forgetting to follow through. Also, without your help on how to include splits requests in the results, I would have been lost when I prepared the final results for submission.
At nationals, Walt Reid was checking all lead-off splits. I was wary when I made a request and he said not to worry. The split never showed up in the Meet Results Data Base, but did show up the final Top10, as promised.
Chris,
Rich Abrahams mentioned the problem of submitting split requests. As a meet director, I need a system to keep track of split requests and instructions on how to show them in the results. When sometone hands me a split request and I am dealing with other issues and trying to swim in the meet, I have a great fear of forgetting to follow through. Also, without your help on how to include splits requests in the results, I would have been lost when I prepared the final results for submission.
At nationals, Walt Reid was checking all lead-off splits. I was wary when I made a request and he said not to worry. The split never showed up in the Meet Results Data Base, but did show up the final Top10, as promised.
