Yes, I'm the announcer, timing operator, online facilitator, and meet director.
(When watching 13 lanes swimming 1650s... sometimes we lose track of lengths. Especially with later faster heats, where pad misses are much more rare... if there's a discrepancy, we usually advise the swimmer to swim an extra 50, just in case. We've had many cases where a counter mis-counted, and the swimmer stopped early and got out, resulting in a DQ. So we would much rather err by having someone swim an extra 50. We then double-check the splits after the swim and determine which finish was the correct finish. In this case, the counter was right... there was a missed pad with about 200 yards to go.)
-Rick
Yes, I'm the announcer, timing operator, online facilitator, and meet director.
(When watching 13 lanes swimming 1650s... sometimes we lose track of lengths. Especially with later faster heats, where pad misses are much more rare... if there's a discrepancy, we usually advise the swimmer to swim an extra 50, just in case. We've had many cases where a counter mis-counted, and the swimmer stopped early and got out, resulting in a DQ. So we would much rather err by having someone swim an extra 50. We then double-check the splits after the swim and determine which finish was the correct finish. In this case, the counter was right... there was a missed pad with about 200 yards to go.)
-Rick
