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Maryanne:

Maryanne:

--- Quote from: Maryanne on January 17, 2013, 14:39:49 ---- Women will get their own heat.
- If 30 or more women enter then a second female heat will be created to avoid congestion on the water.
- Heat durations will be adjusted accordingly.

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This wasn't mentioned at Captain and Safeties, maybe it's just part of a copy and pasted set of rules on freestyle.
There will be max 17 colleges at the event, each college would need to have two women on their freestyle team for the minimum 30 women to be present, this is probably unrealistic.

But worth seeking clarification on.

DervM:
I think this is what Conor Bredin was talking about when he mentioned two women- however, I don't know if it's a great tactic for other colleges as I think Emer Farrell is a top class freestyler and the second girl would be getting intensive coaching by Conor, also a top class freestyler.

Nuala:
When it says you will be allowed a maximum of 6 runs on the wave how much time are they giving to get these runs in? The heats are going to be very long to allow everyone at least 4 goes at dropping on from the top eddy - and the paddle on from the eddy beside the wave is very difficult - at most levels I've tried it I can't do it and just walk around each run.

Maryanne:

--- Quote from: Nuala on January 17, 2013, 22:25:54 ---When it says you will be allowed a maximum of 6 runs on the wave how much time are they giving to get these runs in? The heats are going to be very long to allow everyone at least 4 goes at dropping on from the top eddy - and the paddle on from the eddy beside the wave is very difficult - at most levels I've tried it I can't do it and just walk around each run.

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Yeah, that's a good point alright. If there are 20 people in a heat that means there'll probably be 3 heats, I guess they could give each one an hour...
I can ask for clarification on that. I'd say competitors would need to get out and walk around quickly, maybe even jog.
Everyone would need to get 2 runs just to be covered (since they count your best two) and after that try to improve on the the first two.
Since they're awarding points for catching the wave it looks like a run where you miss the wave will count out of the six, worth clarification too.

So far the questions are:
1a When would UL know if there'll be a women's competition in freestyle?
1b Would this require more competitors or run within the framework of 4 per team per college?
(Assuming no)

2 How long will each heat last?

3a Will runs where the competitor does not catch the wave be counted as runs?
(Assuming yes)
3b In a case where a competitor moves fast enough to get in a 7th run could this be used to over write a previous run where they missed the wave?

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