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VOL XI, Number 4 “Si dubium, fidem athletam” April, 2019 WHEN GIRLS HAD ONE AND BOYS DIDN’T

UNITED STATES - In 1926, the American Public until the late 20’s) became elaborate affairs with Health Association published the first guide for English men being required to wear waistcoats. swimming pool management. Much of this In 1907, the swimmer Annette Kellerman document continues to be the standard by which invented the one-piece tank suit and was today’s pool operations are governed with the promptly arrested for wearing it on a Boston exception of two notable guidelines. The first is beach for . Her suit inspired the depth of water required for a given height of the women’s of the 1912 Olympics, a diving board; this necessitated by improved and it is the design basis for the modern materials that increased the spring rate of a kneeskin. It was unfortunate that the material board over the traditional laminated wood. used in 1912 became translucent when wet with The second was the use of suits. the United States calling swim events “obscene” The requirement that men swim naked and and refusing to send a women’s team until 1920. women shall wear suits of the “simplest type” was de rigueur and not removed from the recommendation until 1962. The requirement went on to say that suits worn by women should be laundered and stored at the pool facility and “cared for by the management”. The practice appeared for the first time forty years earlier at the Brooklyn YMCA in 1885 when the United States had its first indoor pool. With wool being the predominant fabric of swim suits at the time, the fibers would clog the filters necessitating extensive shut-downs and, submerged wool was a breeding ground for cholera and typhus. With the YMCA solely a men’s organization in the late 19th century, the requirement for swimming seemed to Anette Kellerman modeling her , circa 1908. bother few although one person commented, Requiring men to swim naked wasn’t limited “back dives were especially revealing.” to the YMCA. With the APHA guidelines, many Although one may think that was public and private schools implemented the “no the primary reason for women to have a swim suit” policy. Prior to 1926, the 1909 New York suit while men did not, the real reason was that Times published an article about a city-wide naked women swimmers could not be swimming competition where boys swam nude accommodated during their monthly cycle. with public spectators. The article went on to Women swam nude until about 1670 at claim that “of less moment to the spectators…the which point a canvas drape was invented that enthusiasm of the youngster, who discovered wouldn’t cling to the form thus revealing any their swimming trunks impeded them and that particulars. Passing into the 18th century, bathing they could swim faster nude. Thereafter the rule suits (they were not referred to as “swim suits” about trunks went into discard…” (Please see SUIT, page 2) 2 ʅ April, 2019 PVS Official’s News Magazine CONTINUUM

Suit enough factual evidence exists to state that (Continued from previous) indeed, mixed gender observation of nude, male swimmers of all ages did occur and was not In 1940, the Sheboygan Press published an isolated to a few rare accounts. article on swim classes that occupied nearly one quarter of the entire daily edition with full-scale photographs clearly showing nude boys in their swim class. They went as far as to publish the names of the boys and their addresses. Even Dear Abby (aka Abigail VanBuren) in 1968 published a response to a mother who had written her about her son’s discomfort with nude swimming said in part, “your average 14-year-old lad had better overcome his shyness about in the presence of other boys.”

Unknown public swim meet, 1962. Using today’s cultural standards, it is hard to imagine that as late as 1974 there were pools that required men to swim nude.

Back By Popular Demand by Barb Ship

As many of you know, your PVS Officials’ Committee developed a PVS apparel line. Initially demand was low and the vendor considered discontinuing this service. The educational boards of many major cities However, due to a big uptick in demand at all endorsed the “no swim suit” rule with the the start of the season, the customized apparel Menasha High School of Menasha Wisconsin line continues. There are a wide range of options, rejecting the appeal of parents in 1961 to allow including white polo shirts, blue championship boys to wear swimsuits. button-down shirts, sweatshirts, caps, bags and In 1960, Walt Disney studios produced the G- outerwear. The apparel includes the PVS logo, rated film “Polyanna”, whose opening scene is and for a small additional fee, you can have the that of boys swimming nude. This piece of items customized with your name. cultural trivia tells us that watching naked boys Please feel free to provide feedback to either swimming was deemed acceptable, regardless of Barb Ship ([email protected]) or the vendor, Vicki the age or gender watching. Townsend (317-986-6070). And for those who The age level of the boys when it was have utilized this service, thanks for your considered inappropriate is uncertain, but participation! PVS Official’s News Magazine April, 2019 ʃ 3 CONTINUUM

Have You Ever Operated a Recall Rope? By Izumi Horikawa

PVS Officials with 50+ Sessions at PVS Meets in 2018 While the USA Swimming Rulebook 102.10.5B lists a Recall Rope Operator as one of Tom Allison (TIBU) the required officials for USA Swimming Steven Lutz (RMSC) Championships, we may rarely find such a device Mike Rubin (SDS) at local swim meets. Ellen Colket (MACH) I would like to share with you a small episode Tukkie McMillan (SNOW) I had with Steed Edwards during a morning Barbara Ship (RMSC) preliminary session of the 2008 Eastern Zone Nathan Dean (FISH) Long Course Championships in Rockville. Kim McMillen (NCAP) Assigned as a side stroke judge and, just Roy Soller (OCCS) several minutes before the session started, I Jim Garner (RMSC) found a yellow rope hung across the width of the Rich McMillen (NCAP) pool. I assumed it was the so-called “recall rope,” Linda Tucker (MSSC) but not being sure and having no idea how it Tim Husson (UN) operated, off I was to a Chief Judge. Steed Jack Neill (UN) happened to be the closest in that session and I Jan van Nimwegen (SNOW) asked him about it. Courtney Johnston (MACH) He kindly instructed me how to pull the Spencer Quinn (NCAP) stopper to drop the rope onto the water surface. Scott Witkin (RMSC) Finding it interesting and now focusing on the Steve Kaiser (RMSC) task at hand, I thought no more about until it was Eric Ramey (SNOW) needed that session. Jorge Zamora (OCCS) A race was being re-called and being nearest John Kost (PM) to it, I was able to promptly operate the recall Kelly Rowell (UN) KT Zamora (OCCS) rope with confidence and calmness. It Carolyn Kotarski (YORK) successfully brought all unaware swimmers to a stop and they didn’t have to waste extra energy. Since then, I have never operated it by myself Tales From The Dry or seen it operated by other. I am fortunate for the experience to learn the importance of not Side leaving an ambiguity or hesitating to ask. Thanks By Chris Bowman again Steed! It’s already more than 10 years ago…. The dry side is often briskly passed by those working the deck, but those staffing it are among the first to arrive and among the last to leave. And just what is “dry side”? Most officials and swimmers know us as “the table.” The table consists of the timing operator, computer operator, the Administrative Official, and Meet Referee. These officials do more than print heat sheets. (Please see DRY, page 5) 4 ʅ April, 2019 PVS Official’s News Magazine

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35 Years of Service to PVS JANUARY: Al Betts (NCAP) 5 Years of Service to PVS - 2018 November (con): 30 Years of Service to PVS Beth Emanuel (FISH) Steven Franklin (NCAP) JANUARY: Jack Schaeffer (UN) Jen Harrington (SNOW) 20 Years of Service to PVS Kimberly Harter (NCAP) Marcy Hemminger (FISH) JANUARY: Jack Neill (UN) Amy Hutcherson (NCAP) Matt James (RMSC) 15 Years of Service to PVS - 2018 Courtney Johnston (MACH) October: Bob Vincent (NCAP) Steve Kaiser (RMSC) December: Steven Green (HACC) Nicholas Kwari (OCCS) Tom Lang (RMSC) 15 Years of Service to PVS - 2019 Mami Martin (FISH) February: John Fraser (BWST) Paul Misener (NCAP) Mel Quinn (NCAP) 10 Years of Service to PVS - 2018 Bill Redman (FISH) Kim Smith (RMSC) October: Rob Ellett (RMSC) Eugene Soh (CSC) November: Rod Fillinger (NCAP) Troy Stovall (NCAP) December: Lori Cuomo (MAKO) Pete Toman (AAC) Ron Hong (MSSC) Mira Valko (FISH) Mila Mladenovic (AAC) Bob Windus (NCAP) Karl Vilbig (RMSC) Anna Zelinsky (MACH) 10 Years of Service to PVS - 2019 December: Dmitriy Bityutskiy (RMSC) Chris Caponiti (RMSC) January: Randy Bowman (FAST) Lucy Fitch (NCAP) Stewart Gordon (MACH) Debra Kathman (MAKO) February: Vycke Horback (NCAP) Cynthia Kopac (NCAP) Chris Krug (NCAP) 5 Years of Service to PVS - 2018 Brad Mason (MAKO) June: George Casimates (RMSC) Keith Tucker (MACH) Randy Nunes (NCAP) 5 Years of Service to PVS - 2019 July: Bill Romine (OCCS) August: Akin Harrison (NCAP) January: David Costanza (RIPS) October: Xiaoping Bai (NCAP) Phyllis Cuttino (AAC) Betsy Geddes (MAKO Charles Kaczor (RMSC) Stephanie Green (UN) Peter Nachod (RMSC) Jonalyn Greene (MACH) Alvin Ong (JFD) Karyn McCannon (UN) Elsa Ong (JFD) Paul Prevost (PM) Missy Park (AAC) Jim Smith (RMSC) February: Trish Buswell (NCAP) Dean Webb (PAC) David Hofmann (ASA) November: George Casimates (RMSC) Carolyn Kotarski (YORK) Randy Nunes (NCAP) Tukkie McMillan (SNOW) Kevin Anderson (YORK) Mel Thomas (NCAP) Pierre-Alain Auroux (TOLL)

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issues. Information is then brought to the Meet Dry Referee who is responsible for the overall (Continued from Page ONE) correctness of the meet. One of the last people to be considered dry- The news magazine has granted me column side is the Head Timer and nothing causes a inches to start a new series featuring interesting Domino effect across the table more than a bad items from officials that work “the table” and, in head timer. Interview any timing operator and this first installment, I’d like to introduce the they will tell you it is easy to see who has worked “ready for dry time” players. the position before. Those that do it well tend to Dry-side officials interact with almost stick with it meet after meet and it’s saddening to everyone on deck; from providing officials with see those outstanding individuals leave when the necessary paperwork, to ensuring the their child ages out. So, if you happen to see the electronics are functioning, to the swimmers who Head Timer or any dry-side official, be cognizant think scratches and DFS are as easy to do as they of the effort they provide to a swim meet and are to say. thank them as well when you leave the deck. The timing official has the best seat on deck.

They are located on the start side of the pool, typically along lane eight, so they can watch Thoughts From the Chair everything. From empty lanes, missed pad touches, timers hitting the buttons accidentally, Normally, words of wisdom are illustriously to insufficient number of laps swam in a lane; written in this column. In this month’s edition, we they see it all. Best of all, they are privy to the show you, through the miracle of modern final swim times simply by the nature of their job. publishing, exactly how this process operates. I like to call this the best seat in the house. Swimmers times are recorded by the timing system and then passed to the computer operator electronically. The computer operator, typically sitting to the timing operator’s left, has the job of putting recorded swim times with the correct swimmer. This can involve a lot of paperwork if a swimmer switches lanes or heats. This computer operator is also responsible for printing all that paper. The next time you wonder why heat sheets are delayed, it’s most likely because the computer operator received a raft of last minute changes and is scrambling to Official…chair…thoughts... accurately enter them into the system. The Administrative Official (AO) validates the times from the timing system, order of finish, and the lane timer sheets. The AO has the responsibility for overseeing the other two Official… (off to positions at the table and gives direction to them the side) chair based on changes to the meet sheets. The AO is …thoughts... also responsible for resolving discrepancies and providing solutions when timing systems or other procedures come up short. To do this, the AO coordinates with the starter and deck referee for reseeds, DQs, event closeouts and timing system 6 ʅ October, 2018 PVS Official’s News Magazine

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Edward Kuang (DRAG) Donna Lakso (RMSC) Susana Lee (NCAP) Christopher Lewis (SNOW) Jim Liddy (FBST) Eric Manne (NCAP) Guzel Mardeeva (RMSC) Oluwatoyin Martschenko (MAKO) Paul Mayer (FISH) NEW CERTIFICATIONS Shawn Miller (OCCS) MAY 2018 – FEBRUARY 14, 2019 Kira Mock (RMSC) (Includes Transfers) Ryan Mulholland (PM) David Natsvlishvili (RMSC) Stroke & Turn Judge Jeffrey Newman (AAC) Kathryn Alisbah (NCAP) Barbara Nichols (SNOW) Melissa Arne (NCAP) Scheifele Nolan (YASD) John Avelis (OCCS) Ben Pearson (OCCS) Chris Bajwa (MACH) Sandy Russell (FISH) Megan Bartlett (RIPS) Joshua Russell (RMSC) Ed Boucher (RY) Jeff Schultz (RMSC) Kevin Brandt (PM) Jared Scogna (FISH) John Broome (NCAP) Shana Semler (OCCS) Joshua Bruley (BWST) Craig Shontz (OCCS) Talianna Carlson-Manne (NCAP) Sharmila Shrestha (RMSC) Marye Carter (NCAP) Kirk Stabler (OCCS) Mike Chierico (OCCS) Kate Stowell (RMSC) Deb Cobb (PM) Alex Stubner (RMSC) Mike Copeland (MAKO) Yen Vo (OCCS) Kathy Cordero (DCPR) Guohui Wang (MSSC) Diana Cosman (PGPR) Nathaniel Wentland (NCAP) Laura Darnell (RMSC) Dipper Wettstein (MSSC) Carol Dembicki (FXFX) Tammy White (MAKO) Jessica DeWitt (CSC) McNamara Wicks (PM) Ramy Fayed (ASA) Sari Widjaja (RMSC) John Foley (PAC) Diana Wright (RY) Elizabeth Ford (MACH) Wright Frank (FXFX) Chief Judge Scott Gebel (RY) Stephanie Frank (RMSC) Curt (ASA) Stephanie Green (UN) Jennifer Heilen (OCCS) Lee Harris (OCCS) Churchill Hooff (YASD) Todd Jameson (ASTS) Rory Hoyt (YORK) Steve Maynard (OCCS) Mitch Kanefsky (RIPS) Tom Oliver (OCCS) Jeeyoung Kang (NCAP) Chris Oliver (OCCS) Travis Kern (RMSC) Heather Purk (UN) Rob Klein (RMSC) Dipper Wettstein (MSSC) Paul Zeineddin (RMSC) PVS Official’s News Magazine April, 2019 ʃ 7

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Starter ETS Operator Shaunna Corcoran (OCCS) Aron Ceely (RMSC) Dell Evans (NCAP) Ellen Colket (MACH) Stephanie Green (UN) Patrick Donahue (ASA) David Hofmann (ASA) Randy Nunes (NCAP) Bob Hribar (NCAP) Frank Raines (RMSC) Joe Huffman (OCCS) Joseph Scoresby (NCAP) Bill Marlin (PM) Mark Sommer (MAKO) Brad Mason (MAKO) Marianne Sullivan (NCAP) Bill Redman (FISH) Linda Tucker (MSSC) Dipper Wettstein (MSSC) Dipper Wettstein (MSSC)

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