2010 NCAAs

Controversy at womens NCAAs Controversy Kelsey Amundsen, who was invited to the meet by way of the 400 free relay for Texas, drew a meet misconduct penalty by not showing up for the 100 free. from swimming world I watched some of the prelims over the internet link (thanks Al Gore) and it seems like there were 2 or 3 empty lanes in the later heats of the 100 free. I wonder if there were other disqualifications? I am glad they don't have that rule a USMS meets. In my age group, there seems to be a lot of people who think better of a 200 fly or 200 im or even a 100 fly on the later days of a meet.

Massive under-achievement by the Texas women. I didn't check every time, but I believe not one season best time. Only Kathleen Hersey made an A final - 200 IM and 200 fly. Not one relay finished top 8. Something very wrong in their preparation for NCAAs. A&M beat them in the Big12s and whipped them at NCAAs. Great race though between the top 6 teams. Without suits most times were slower - but not all. Annie Chandler beat Rebecca Soni's NCAA 100 *** record.

How do you miss your event at NCAAs? I'd like to hear what happened. According to Brackin - they intended to scratch Amundsen via a declared false start. But they didn't for some reason (staff screwup). So Amundsen "missed" her race - which is a meet misconduct penalty. And Texas didn't get to swim the 400 free relay. Amundsen was REQUIRED to swim the 400 free relay because that is how she qualified for NCAAs. Finally Amundsen's earlier swim in a relay was disqualified because she was no longer eligible. As badly as Texas swam though - it might have been a relief.

Are the finals times available?

yes at: 2010 Womens Div 1 NCAA RESULTS Are the finals times available?

At NCAA's, it seems to mean "scratched." It may be similar to what is (at least locally) referred to as "refusing the blocks" in a USA-S meet. Say you have a deadline to scratch a particular event; there will be a penalty if you fail to scratch and then don't show up. But let's say you don't want to swim a particular event because you are tired, or resting for something else. If you missed the scratch deadline, you could just show up and false start on purpose, or just swim the event very slowly. Either way would delay the meet, so officials give you the option of "refusing the blocks." Essentially it means you show up and declare you don't want to swim. You get DQ'd and the DQ reads false start, but you are not penalized for a no-show. (Note: I've done this once, and they didn't require me to actually show up to the blocks...I just informed them about 15 min before the race that I intended to "refuse the blocks" and they said okay.) Anyway, I bet that's what this is at NCAAs.

I just saw on Swimming World that swimmers from Texas,Stanford,and Arizona were all sick with GI problems,some requiring hospitalization, with Arizona evidently being the worst hit.That could wreck havoc on the meet.

I just saw on Swimming World that swimmers from Texas,Stanford,and Arizona were all sick with GI problems,some requiring hospitalization, with Arizona evidently being the worst hit.That could wreck havoc on the meet. Link here: www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../23859.aspUpdated%20with%20Statement%20from%20Ohio%20State%20University%20Media%20Relations

I think the USC error ocurrs alot more often that people know but does not typically get discovered. You have to understand the rules and remember how each swimmer qualified for the meet to catch it. Just a hunch, but someone probably turned USC in and the coaches were unaware of the infraction up until the point of the DQ.

Showing my ignorance of pool swimming here: What is a "declared false start?" Thanks. -LBJ At NCAA's, it seems to mean "scratched."