After discussion, the Officials Committee concluded that the current Colorado legs or tripod should continue to be sent out with the starting unit. After consultation with the Meet Manager, the Referee and Starter should use their discretion in placement of the unit based on the pool configuration and needs of the competitors. Competition Committee Meeting John Hirschmann reported on several decisions of the Competition Committee. This was subsequently expanded to include the Spring Junior Championships. These times can be actuals achieved by that relay, or the sum of the best times for the 4 swimmers in the individual events making up the relay.
Times are subject to verification.
Relay swimmers do not have to be entered in individual events in the meet. A new warm up policy is called for in championship meets. At 45 minutes, lane 7 converts to sprint, and lane 1 converts to pace. Some coaches have requested that additional lanes not be converted from general warm ups. For assigned lane warm ups, the usage of each lane will be controlled by the coaches in the lanes.