... I compared the #1 and #10 swims in the 2016 SCY USMS Top Ten listing with the American Record for the event in 1981 (when someone who was 55 in 2016 would have been 20). For the women the #1 time was 24% slower than the 1981 record and the #10 time was 32% slower. For men, #1 was 14% slower, and #10 was 25% slower.
The 1981 American records were 52.93 by Steve Lundquist and 1:01.13 by Tracy Caulkins, by the way.
I wonder how fast Lundquist and Caulkins could swim 100 SCY *** today if they took say 12-18 months to train. I'd bet they would crush the USMS records.
I have sometimes thought about what swimmers I would like to see do masters, Mary T. would be very high on my list.
... I compared the #1 and #10 swims in the 2016 SCY USMS Top Ten listing with the American Record for the event in 1981 (when someone who was 55 in 2016 would have been 20). For the women the #1 time was 24% slower than the 1981 record and the #10 time was 32% slower. For men, #1 was 14% slower, and #10 was 25% slower.
The 1981 American records were 52.93 by Steve Lundquist and 1:01.13 by Tracy Caulkins, by the way.
I wonder how fast Lundquist and Caulkins could swim 100 SCY *** today if they took say 12-18 months to train. I'd bet they would crush the USMS records.
I have sometimes thought about what swimmers I would like to see do masters, Mary T. would be very high on my list.
