LASA 'County'
Swimming Records

5. RULES FOR LEICESTERSHIRE SWIMMING RECORDS

5.1. A swimmer claiming a record must:

5.1.1. At the time of the swim be a member of Swim England and a member of a base Club affiliated to the Association.

5.1.2. A swimmer is only entitled to claim a record if they have swum in the name of an affiliated club, or a team encompassing the counties of Leicestershire and or Rutland, or a team competing in the International Swimming League (ISL) or any equivalent competition, or their nationalised country.

5.1.3. Completed the relevant portion of the County Records Claim form.

5.1.4. The County Records Claim form (online or otherwise) must be received by the Records Officer within twenty-eight (28) calendar days of the swim taking place.

5.2. Records may only be made in Swim England competitions licensed at levels 1-4, the ISL or any equivalent competition, Aquatics GB and WA sanctioned international competitions in and outside of the United Kingdom.

5.3. The first swimmer in a relay event may claim a record over the distance of that leg provided the time is recorded electronically at an event described in rule 5.2 above. Such performance shall be nullified by the disqualification of the team.

5.4. All records will be recognised for open/male and female swimmers, for long and short course, for open and junior age classification. The open classification will have no age limits; in the junior classification, the swimmer must be under sixteen (16) years of age on the day of the swim.

5.5. All records shall, if meeting all the above criteria, be ratified during an Executive meeting, the decision of the Executive meeting shall be final.