By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
In February of last season, at an NCAA Division III Last Chance qualifying meet held on the campus of Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Kentucky, multiple relay false starts went uncalled, some of them by the host team. Despite clear infractions, no disqualifications were dealt.
In a report first published by Swimming World, two teams, William & Lee and Mary Washington, appeared to take advantage of the lack of officiating at the meet.
The stream replay of the meet shows blatant missed calls on swimmers diving in early on relay exchanges, with the crowd even reacting audibly to the early takeoffs at different times. Some relays have multiple timestamps as they were swum multiple times.
The following teams violations can be seen in the video stream:
Washington & Lee women’s 200 Free Relay (12:50) Washington & Lee men’s 200 Medley Relay (15:25, 1:35:00) Mary Washington women’s 200 Medley Relay (18:30, 1:53:20, 2:22:00)The meet replay can be watched here.
Rule 4-12-5 of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Rule Book, states, “When only side takeoff judges are used, a disqualification will result only if there is a dual confirmation of an infraction of the takeoff rule by two side takeoff judges.” On each occasion when a rules infraction occurred, neither official signaled that a violation had occurred, nor was there any moment afterward when the officials reconvened to discuss.
Here are some screenshots of three uncalled violations.
Washington & Lee’s Women’s 200 Free Relay (2nd to 3rd Legs)
Washington & Lee’s Men’s 200 Medley Relay (Fly to Free Legs)
Mary Washington’s Women’s 200 Medley Relay (Fly to Free Leg)
In that report by Swimming World, sources had indicated that the officials that were present for this meet, also were also related to a staff member of Washington & Lee. The concern was further raised when all three relays that had used the lack of officiating to their advantage qualified for the NCAA Division III National Championship meet.
The National Championship meet had more officials and an automatic timing system for reaction times and relay exchanges, two things that were absent in Lexington.
All three relays also would end up swimming slower at those championships than they did at the last chance meet.
Time Comparisons
Team (Race) 2025 NCAA DIII Championships Qualifying Time Last Chance Time NCAA DIII Championships Final Time Washington & Lee (W 200 Free) 1:35.10 1:34.02 1:36.47 Washington & Lee (M 200 Medley) 1:29.60 1:28.31 1:30.14 Mary Washington (W 200 Medley) 1:44.61 1:43.88 1:45.74SwimSwam has reached out to representatives from both Washington & Lee University and the NCAA for comments regarding these officiating concerns, but has not received responses at the time of publication.
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