Thanks to everyone involved in the Ft. Lauderdale Nationals. I had a great time and met some exceptional people. I especially want to thank Doug Malcolm for the competition in the adjacent lane. It looks like (from USMS data) you have not competed for quite a while and had a great meet! I had not competed for over 20 years when I entered the 2001 Nat's at Santa Clara and have done pretty well for the past few years. Doug exemplifies what our sport should be all about; a true competitor who brings out the best in someone like me who may not have accomplished the standards acheived in Ft. Lauderdale without someone like him next to me. I never got a chance to thank you so I am doing so now. Keep up the good work!
I would also like to congradulate John Blank for being the first male competitor over 45 to break one minute in the 100 yard breaststroke; a great accomplishment! I have never broken a minute in that event and am full of envy.
Lee Rider
Sorry to say that life ain't fair..............and we're trying to make this far to complicated. I guess we should look to the Olympics and change thir current format so that large countries like the US & China can't always win the most medals?! Or the current USS system, maybe we should "fix" the number of people that attend JO's or nationals so that we can level the playing field.........can you say "socialism"?
Jim's point about size being in your own hands is correct and Colorado is an example of that.......a small group of people busted their butts getting people on board, organizing hotels, relays, etc. and we managed to get over 80 of them all the way across the country. Everyone that atended got to swim on relays regardless of points scored or not.
Sorry to say that life ain't fair..............and we're trying to make this far to complicated. I guess we should look to the Olympics and change thir current format so that large countries like the US & China can't always win the most medals?! Or the current USS system, maybe we should "fix" the number of people that attend JO's or nationals so that we can level the playing field.........can you say "socialism"?
Jim's point about size being in your own hands is correct and Colorado is an example of that.......a small group of people busted their butts getting people on board, organizing hotels, relays, etc. and we managed to get over 80 of them all the way across the country. Everyone that atended got to swim on relays regardless of points scored or not.
