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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You may also see a standardized drop in the number of timers.  Right now you need three timers per lane, plus the Head Timer plus 2 stroke and turn judges at each end of the pool.  That's a LOT of adults.  Might drop it to 1 or 2 timers to ease congestion right there.  Possibly require adults on deck to be masked.

I think we'll see competitions but with restrictions.[/quote]

1 timer per lane is part of the discussion, yes.[/quote]

I hope that three can still be in the cards, but who knows.[/quote]

Why? One is fine. It's not the Olympics.[/quote]

Not the PP, but I'll answer-- if someone misses a finish and you're only running one watch and there's no touchpads as a backup then there's just no time.  Even a swimmer who clearly won the race couldn't be just given a time and named the winner.

Also, with only one timer, the super over-invested and out there teams/parents can cheat.[/quote]

Yep, this.  Believe it or not in the DC area we have certain parents that are quick on the timer.  Our team is not the competitive but one year we had a team that was crazy competitive (parents even boo'd) but there was one lane in particular that they were doing some early clicks on the timer - so much so that it was obvious the kids were not touching the wall first but the timers' times put them first.  It was truly awful.  Even the little kids were asking how that was possible.

And sometimes a timer messes up a stopwatch.. That is sad.[/quote]

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