The times that have been posted at the 2018 ISCA Junior Nationals in Lynchburg, Virginia are being questioned after coaches found inconsistencies with the flat start 50’s to the relay splits.
A source close to Swimming World has indicated that they timed the first 50 splits of the races and “they are off by about 0.4 seconds,” which calls into question the legitimacy of the times as the timing system at the meet has malfunctioned.
Plenty of fast swims have happened already at the meet with the Mason Manta Rays setting a 15-16 NAG relay record and Michael Andrew setting a 17-18 NAG record in the 100 breast.
James Foster has posted a number of races from the meet of his kids competing, which you can see for yourself if the first 50 splits are legit or not. (Results are on meet mobile).
If these times are illegitimate, this raises the question of how long the pool at Liberty University has had this issue. They had a last chance meet at the pool last month, where Joelle Vereb swam a 59.58 in the 100 breast. She was a 1:00.49 at ACC’s and a 1:00.14 at NCAA’s.
Liberty swimmer Alicia Finnigan also swam a 1:55.33 200 fly at that last chance meet, where she was a 1:56.34 at CCSA’s and a 1:55.58 at NCAA’s.
If this is true, who knows how long Liberty has had this problem, and if they had illegitimate times at the last chance meet… or if the problem is stemming from an issue with the Daktronics timing system.
Swimming World will provide updates on the situation.
We’ve seen this happen at several pools here in Iowa that have Dak systems. It has altered H.S. State qualifying in some cases as well. Some swimmers are making times to enter a meet and therefore bumping others out.
We’ve seen this happen at several pools here in Iowa that have Dak systems. It has altered H.S. State qualifying in some cases as well. Some swimmers are making times to enter a meet and therefore bumping others out.