The next Canadian Masters Swimming Championships will be held 5/20/2011 to 5/23/2011 in Montreal. I believe it will be SCM.
Unfortunately the Masters Swimming Canada site has very little information on the meet as yet. I would like to correspond with someone who knows more details, including venue, which events are on which dates, event order, etc.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Assuming they agree to measure the pool. What if they don't?
And do you now if FINA requires measurements? I had heard they did not.
I suppose you have to use your considerable charm and powers of persuasion to get them to do it. :) I think they'll do it; even USA-S officials have been very accommodating when I ask for this.
Require for what, Top Ten or records? I don't know FINA's requirements, but I know that our record application form serves for both, USMS and FINA records.
Do measurements still matter in a fixed, non-bulkheaded pool? For example, swimming in a long course pool outside the US? I'm toying with swimming a meet in Canada long course at some point this year so I don't have to try to race in the brutal Arizona summer!
Pools must be certified once by measuring in every lane; they don't need to be re-certified unless there is some sort of structural modification. This is all described on the pool measurement document that Fortress linked to earlier, so just print that out -- both sides! -- and give that to the facilities manager or meet director and you should be okay.
If a pool has a movable bulkhead, its placement is verified by measuring in the end lanes and one middle lane. Those measurements do not have to be sent to Walt unless a record was broken; the Top Ten recorder keeps them on file in case there is some question.
Is there a searchable list to see what's verified and what's not verified?
Sort of; here is a link to an Excel document that has all the certified DOMESTIC pools. Note that there are three worksheets, one for each type of pool (SCY, SCM, LCM).
www.usms.org/.../poollengthdb.xls
It was last updated Dec 17, so it is pretty current. We have plans to put this in a database and make it filterable/searchable, but it hasn't happened yet.
These are the measurements that Walt knows about, generally for record validation. Top Ten Recorders of LMSCs are tasked with keeping measurements on file for all their pools. They may have measurements on file that they haven't (yet) sent to Walt, so if you don't see a pool on the list, check with the host LMSC's Top Ten recorder.
For international pools I just send an email to Walt. Maybe if he gets tired of answering he'll send me a similar file for those pools and I'll upload it too... :)
Assuming they agree to measure the pool. What if they don't?
And do you now if FINA requires measurements? I had heard they did not.
I suppose you have to use your considerable charm and powers of persuasion to get them to do it. :) I think they'll do it; even USA-S officials have been very accommodating when I ask for this.
Require for what, Top Ten or records? I don't know FINA's requirements, but I know that our record application form serves for both, USMS and FINA records.
Do measurements still matter in a fixed, non-bulkheaded pool? For example, swimming in a long course pool outside the US? I'm toying with swimming a meet in Canada long course at some point this year so I don't have to try to race in the brutal Arizona summer!
Pools must be certified once by measuring in every lane; they don't need to be re-certified unless there is some sort of structural modification. This is all described on the pool measurement document that Fortress linked to earlier, so just print that out -- both sides! -- and give that to the facilities manager or meet director and you should be okay.
If a pool has a movable bulkhead, its placement is verified by measuring in the end lanes and one middle lane. Those measurements do not have to be sent to Walt unless a record was broken; the Top Ten recorder keeps them on file in case there is some question.
Is there a searchable list to see what's verified and what's not verified?
Sort of; here is a link to an Excel document that has all the certified DOMESTIC pools. Note that there are three worksheets, one for each type of pool (SCY, SCM, LCM).
www.usms.org/.../poollengthdb.xls
It was last updated Dec 17, so it is pretty current. We have plans to put this in a database and make it filterable/searchable, but it hasn't happened yet.
These are the measurements that Walt knows about, generally for record validation. Top Ten Recorders of LMSCs are tasked with keeping measurements on file for all their pools. They may have measurements on file that they haven't (yet) sent to Walt, so if you don't see a pool on the list, check with the host LMSC's Top Ten recorder.
For international pools I just send an email to Walt. Maybe if he gets tired of answering he'll send me a similar file for those pools and I'll upload it too... :)
