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.
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In a difficult situation such as this, handling it in some private manner is likely preferable…
It was, and even though there is a lot of commentary here, it still is.
Kirk raises a good point about how one qualifies or qualified in the 1960s to be an "alternate."
I'm just interested in what the story is here…
Here are the results of the final heat of the women's 100-meter backstroke at the 1968 US Olympic Trials:
1) Kaye Hall, TSC 1:06.54
2) Jane Swagerty, SCSC 1:07.42
3) Kendis Moore, ADR 1:08.05
4) Pokey Watson, SCSC 1 :08.21
5) Susie Atwood. LAC 1 :08.49
6) Laura Novak, UN-MICH I :08.76
7) Patricia Bergman, R,v.C 1:08.88
8) Cecilia Dougherty, PH.AC I :09.3
Many documents of elite level swimming in the mid-late 60’s exist, such as national championship events, world rankings, and American and world record progressions.
The recent research was exhaustive, and it was fascinating to delve in to the history of a whole generation of swimming so fully – even if the exercise didn’t produce the one thing we really wanted to see.
I still want to give the benefit of the doubt.
Me too. My approach is to “verify, not disprove”. In the long run, the quality and quantity of the research left very little doubt, if any, in this situation.
One last note: the question at the heart of the provincial comment comparing SWIMMER Magazine with a Honduran newspaper was addressed in the editor’s note in the July/August issue. The additional proofreaders have been doing a super job, and that should be evident in the publication.
...maybe, just maybe this thread can return to its original intent.
I hope so, as well.
In a difficult situation such as this, handling it in some private manner is likely preferable…
It was, and even though there is a lot of commentary here, it still is.
Kirk raises a good point about how one qualifies or qualified in the 1960s to be an "alternate."
I'm just interested in what the story is here…
Here are the results of the final heat of the women's 100-meter backstroke at the 1968 US Olympic Trials:
1) Kaye Hall, TSC 1:06.54
2) Jane Swagerty, SCSC 1:07.42
3) Kendis Moore, ADR 1:08.05
4) Pokey Watson, SCSC 1 :08.21
5) Susie Atwood. LAC 1 :08.49
6) Laura Novak, UN-MICH I :08.76
7) Patricia Bergman, R,v.C 1:08.88
8) Cecilia Dougherty, PH.AC I :09.3
Many documents of elite level swimming in the mid-late 60’s exist, such as national championship events, world rankings, and American and world record progressions.
The recent research was exhaustive, and it was fascinating to delve in to the history of a whole generation of swimming so fully – even if the exercise didn’t produce the one thing we really wanted to see.
I still want to give the benefit of the doubt.
Me too. My approach is to “verify, not disprove”. In the long run, the quality and quantity of the research left very little doubt, if any, in this situation.
One last note: the question at the heart of the provincial comment comparing SWIMMER Magazine with a Honduran newspaper was addressed in the editor’s note in the July/August issue. The additional proofreaders have been doing a super job, and that should be evident in the publication.
...maybe, just maybe this thread can return to its original intent.
I hope so, as well.
