Corrections and Changes

Corrections and Changes

by Jay Unver

(Lehrton, Mississippi) Dr. Nomann and I were going through the Big ASS record book last week. This is a constant since Zane Hodge is setting world records almost every single week. We found something amiss. Noting nefarious, but in our numbering of the Zane Hodge/Randy Beets Virtual Swim Meets, the numbering sequence somehow went astray. The meet held October 25th was never numbered. It should have been number 3, but the next week's meet was given that number. 

Not only that, but Nomann decided to renumber the entire series anyway since the initial race between the two champions was designated a match race instead of a meet. Thus, what follows here is a lay out of all the meets, the results, and their new numbers. What was match race will now be officially designated Virtual Meet I (There is another upgrade, the numberings will now use Roman instead of Arabic numerals). The skipped meet will be included, and this list will form the official record from here on.

Meet                     Event[s]         Times                        Winner
                                                                  Hodge       Beets  

Virtual Meet I         500 yards         7:16          7:19           Hodge

Virtual Meet II        200                  2:47          2:40          Draw (points meet)  
                             50                   36.76         31
                             100                 1:22           1:09
                             500                 8:23           DNF

Virtual Meet III      300                  4:26           4:14           Beets
                            100                  1:20           1:10
                            600                  9:16           9:09

Virtual Meet IV       250                  3:38           3:33           Beets
                            100                  1:19.91       1:12
                            650                  10:15          10:01

Virtual Meet V        500                  7:30            7:37          Hodge
                            500                  7:30            7:33
                            500                  7:28            7:28

Virtual Meet VI      700                   10:34          10:40         Beets
                           100                    1:18            1:08
                           300                    4:26            4:28

Virtual Meet VII    200                    2:52            2:45          Hodge
                           600                    9:01            9:18
                           200                    2:51            2:47

Virtual Meet VIII   1,000                 15:28.38      15:35        Hodge

At present, Hodge leads the series 4 - 3 - 1. Periodic updates of the official record will be published in The Lehrton Gazette, which is always serialized here.