Has the Championship Committee, or other entity within USMS ever discussed having a more strict policy of enforcement in regards to the NQT's?
Why do we state that you must have 3 cuts, in order to swim more events? Why not require a swimmer to have 6 cuts in order to swim 6 events?
Just like to understand more from a historical point of view. I have read post that asked, or suggested how to control the size and length of the National meets. Would not having a stricter enforcement of this policy help? Or would it cause swimmers to shy away from these meets?
Just a curious thought.
Thank you.
Ion, I think a few people started 20 plus and made the olympics, the last was in 1956, a pre-modern period. But like I said before if starting as an adult prevents you from beating people that swam as a kid, how is it that someone older than me and who didn't start on a masters team until 50 was able to beat me the one time I swam a 50 meter butterfly. I realized that I can beat the same person several seconds in the breastroke. Maybe, the same woman that beat me in the 50 meter fly could have donet a sub-30 second fly if she was on a team as a kid and swam on masters teams earlier when she was 50 years old. As for Jeff, I think that during high school he competitive in water polo. I know that's not the same as swimming everyday but polo does keep people in shape for swimming. At my high school, the guys were a lot better swimmers than the girls because they did water polo during the school session and summertime and swam in the spring while the girls only swam in the spring.
Ion, I think a few people started 20 plus and made the olympics, the last was in 1956, a pre-modern period. But like I said before if starting as an adult prevents you from beating people that swam as a kid, how is it that someone older than me and who didn't start on a masters team until 50 was able to beat me the one time I swam a 50 meter butterfly. I realized that I can beat the same person several seconds in the breastroke. Maybe, the same woman that beat me in the 50 meter fly could have donet a sub-30 second fly if she was on a team as a kid and swam on masters teams earlier when she was 50 years old. As for Jeff, I think that during high school he competitive in water polo. I know that's not the same as swimming everyday but polo does keep people in shape for swimming. At my high school, the guys were a lot better swimmers than the girls because they did water polo during the school session and summertime and swam in the spring while the girls only swam in the spring.
