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
To those of you who are genuinely trying to find documents to validate my claim, I thank you a lot. To those of you who have sinister reasons, Gail and partners, it’s turned into quite a witchhunt.
Donna, I understand your feeling this is a witch-hunt; however Gail’s intentions are not sinister. Gail’s conversations with USA Swimming, the USOC, the USOA and with member of the 1968 team were and are being done to find facts. I’m sure if any of these sources would confirm your claim, that Gail would be one of the first people to congratulate you.
I had mentioned several times on the forum that my USMS Top Ten records, 7 of them, are missing. Only one is posted. Where did those go? I have those little patches that are sent, so did I purchase them somewhere or sew them myself? Hardly. Please PM me with the year, course, meet, event, and name you swam under for each of your missing USMS Top 10 swims and I will have someone research why your swims are not included. Also please let me know to whom you requested an explanation as to why your swims are not included and if possible please send me any email requests. Mary Beth and Tracy receive a lot of questions on Top 10 times; hopefully your request did not fall through the cracks.
By the way, what happens when you can’t find my records?Hopefully, you are also working with USA Swimming and the USOC to correct their omissions. If it was me, I could care less what USMS says, what would really concern me would be that USA Swimming and the USOC records are inaccurate, and I would be moving heaven and earth to have them fix this. I assume you are moving heaven and earth to get USA Swimming and the USOC to correct this omission. In you PM to me, please also include any contacts and correspondence with these organizations. No guarantees, but I do have some contacts and I may be of assistance.
To those of you who are genuinely trying to find documents to validate my claim, I thank you a lot. To those of you who have sinister reasons, Gail and partners, it’s turned into quite a witchhunt.
Donna, I understand your feeling this is a witch-hunt; however Gail’s intentions are not sinister. Gail’s conversations with USA Swimming, the USOC, the USOA and with member of the 1968 team were and are being done to find facts. I’m sure if any of these sources would confirm your claim, that Gail would be one of the first people to congratulate you.
I had mentioned several times on the forum that my USMS Top Ten records, 7 of them, are missing. Only one is posted. Where did those go? I have those little patches that are sent, so did I purchase them somewhere or sew them myself? Hardly. Please PM me with the year, course, meet, event, and name you swam under for each of your missing USMS Top 10 swims and I will have someone research why your swims are not included. Also please let me know to whom you requested an explanation as to why your swims are not included and if possible please send me any email requests. Mary Beth and Tracy receive a lot of questions on Top 10 times; hopefully your request did not fall through the cracks.
By the way, what happens when you can’t find my records?Hopefully, you are also working with USA Swimming and the USOC to correct their omissions. If it was me, I could care less what USMS says, what would really concern me would be that USA Swimming and the USOC records are inaccurate, and I would be moving heaven and earth to have them fix this. I assume you are moving heaven and earth to get USA Swimming and the USOC to correct this omission. In you PM to me, please also include any contacts and correspondence with these organizations. No guarantees, but I do have some contacts and I may be of assistance.
