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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]High school swim meets are not conducted under USA swimming rules. In order for swimmers’ times to count, they have to request that a USA swimming lsc observe the meet. The disqualifications are the dq’s noted by the observing lsc under USA swimming rules. No dq’s means there were no dq’s observed. [/quote]

Does anyone know the difference in the DQs?[/quote]

There are a few things that are legal to do in high school but not in USA swimming. The main one is that a backstroke flip turn in high school can be done with kicking and gliding between turning over and flipping, while in USA swim the turning motion has to be continuous. Another difference is that in high school, hands can be stacked on top of each other when touching in fly and breast, and it still counts as a two hand touch. In USA swimming, the hands have to be separated. Those are the major ones that I can remember. So it is possible to swim a race that is legal for the high school meet, but would be a DQ for USA swim, and the USA swim officials observe the meet to make sure those times don’t count for USA swim. [/quote]

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