In the thread on retirement communities with masters clubs, @pwb mentioned Saddlebrooke. While looking at their site, something wacky occurred to me. I thought I would throw it out there before reason got the better of me.
Maybe USMS should give an annual award to the club with the greatest average age of the swimmers who competed during the year. I think you could easily compute the average age by (for each club/workout group/LMSC, whatever) summing the swimmers' ages for each splash, then dividing by the total number of splashes by that club. If you wanted to get all fancy about it, you could probably factor in the distance of the swims as well, so that (for example) a 1650 swum by an 89yo would count more than a 200 by a 45yo. You could also include Postal Swims in consideration of the award, not just regular swim meets.
That is one of the most selfish posts I have ever read. Advanced age is no reason to discourage competition at any distance.
Well, that may be your opinion. There was a great number of upset people after somebody coded at an Arizona State Meet a few years ago. While I have no problem running the code, some might say it's selfish to try to perform things you are possibly too old to accomplish. People also seemed to be grateful that my expertise as an ER physician was on hand. Interesting you would accuse somebody who has devoted his life to helping people of being selfish but if I listened to people like you...well I would be you.
That is one of the most selfish posts I have ever read. Advanced age is no reason to discourage competition at any distance.
Well, that may be your opinion. There was a great number of upset people after somebody coded at an Arizona State Meet a few years ago. While I have no problem running the code, some might say it's selfish to try to perform things you are possibly too old to accomplish. People also seemed to be grateful that my expertise as an ER physician was on hand. Interesting you would accuse somebody who has devoted his life to helping people of being selfish but if I listened to people like you...well I would be you.
