Even our friend Aquageek gets a mention!
www.wsj.com/.../in-u-s-masters-swimming-training-is-more-important-than-the-race-1438622826
I think the article is fine as far as it goes, but it would be nice if they at least mentioned that competition IS a big facet of masters swimming for lots of us. Sure lots of USMS members do not compete, but how many other adult sports can boast of having an annual national championship event where ~2,000 athletes compete?
From the article:
...says Clay Evans, an Olympic silver medalist who is head coach at Southern California Aquatics, the nation’s largest Masters group.
Here is the current SCAQ roster of registered USMS swimmers (119 at the time of this post):
www.usms.org/.../club.php
There is a club in my LMSC with 841 registered swimmers. I think SCAQ has its own insurance and doesn't require USMS membership. Therefore we don't really know how big the program is to compare to others. But it certainly isn't the largest USMS club in the country.
Jeff
From the article:
...says Clay Evans, an Olympic silver medalist who is head coach at Southern California Aquatics, the nation’s largest Masters group.
Here is the current SCAQ roster of registered USMS swimmers (119 at the time of this post):
www.usms.org/.../club.php
There is a club in my LMSC with 841 registered swimmers. I think SCAQ has its own insurance and doesn't require USMS membership. Therefore we don't really know how big the program is to compare to others. But it certainly isn't the largest USMS club in the country.
Jeff
