I swam AAU/USS as a kid but I swam USS again from age 30-37 and I swam USMS also. Now I am a full time USMS coach and I have two young masters swimmers (mid-late 20's) who are swimming with the my masters team. As teenagers both swimmers raced against me and told me they referred to me as the old guy who swam fast. They also said they got nervous about racing and losting to an old guy.
I swam AAU/USS as a kid but I swam USS again from age 30-37 and I swam USMS also. Now I am a full time USMS coach and I have two young masters swimmers (mid-late 20's) who are swimming with the my masters team. As teenagers both swimmers raced against me and told me they referred to me as the old guy who swam fast. They also said they got nervous about racing and losting to an old guy.