I am looking for a list of Olympian Masters and what Olympics and events they particpated in. If you have such a list or know where one is, please let me know. Individual anecdotes are OK too.
Background:
I want to write to "Splash" magazine and ask them to feature some of the people on such a list when they write about great swimmers. I'm tired of reading (and having my kids read) about so-and-so great swimmer, who got to the Olympics, did great, and now swimming is behind them (i.e. they don't swim anymore). On the "mission statement" of Splash, they give lip service to a lifelong involvement with swimming, but they never seem to come up with an example of such a person.
wiredknight
Frank.....thanks for the link but the point I was making is that USMS should look into finding away to both honor and acknowledge those athletes who are now a part of this organization.
Ms. Fox...according to Sam Bill Barrett is alive and swimming with Brophy here in AZ. I've already started trying to hunt him down as he would be an invaluable asset on our 45+ medley relay!
Fort...as usual I'm always the last to know these things! Somehow can't imagine any fireworks not having Geek involved...or one of the many anonymous Ion's that are floating around here!
Paul:
Sometimes its hard to verify names of olympians, alternates, and olympic trial qualifiers. I helped put a list together many years ago with others and the result of that was the list that was up on the USMS History section, that was up about 5 years ago. Gail Roper keeps the updates of this official list for USMS. Sometimes its very hard because of changed names and impostors. Impostors meaning they think they did it and have poor memories of what happened. The USA Swimming list is good because you can see not only who was on the team but who actually swam to qualify for the team in the results of the Olympic Trials. And then you can tell who the impostors are.
You will get a kick out of this because someone would think that you were an impostor because you went by a different name when you swam for Cal-San Barbara. People knew who Bruce Stahl, Tim Glass, Brent Krantz, Rob Werner, and Ken Neff but did not know you. When you told me your changed name then everyone knew who you were and you were eliminated as a impostor suspect. We discussed this once because I said you should recruit Bruce and yourself back to masters swimming when I didn't know about the changed name.
Frank.....thanks for the link but the point I was making is that USMS should look into finding away to both honor and acknowledge those athletes who are now a part of this organization.
Ms. Fox...according to Sam Bill Barrett is alive and swimming with Brophy here in AZ. I've already started trying to hunt him down as he would be an invaluable asset on our 45+ medley relay!
Fort...as usual I'm always the last to know these things! Somehow can't imagine any fireworks not having Geek involved...or one of the many anonymous Ion's that are floating around here!
Paul:
Sometimes its hard to verify names of olympians, alternates, and olympic trial qualifiers. I helped put a list together many years ago with others and the result of that was the list that was up on the USMS History section, that was up about 5 years ago. Gail Roper keeps the updates of this official list for USMS. Sometimes its very hard because of changed names and impostors. Impostors meaning they think they did it and have poor memories of what happened. The USA Swimming list is good because you can see not only who was on the team but who actually swam to qualify for the team in the results of the Olympic Trials. And then you can tell who the impostors are.
You will get a kick out of this because someone would think that you were an impostor because you went by a different name when you swam for Cal-San Barbara. People knew who Bruce Stahl, Tim Glass, Brent Krantz, Rob Werner, and Ken Neff but did not know you. When you told me your changed name then everyone knew who you were and you were eliminated as a impostor suspect. We discussed this once because I said you should recruit Bruce and yourself back to masters swimming when I didn't know about the changed name.
