I know this is not the national forum spacebar, I want to thank everyone that work & timed & ran the 4 day meet. If you have never been to a National meet, you are missing something from your swimming life!
I swam 6 individual events & 2 relays that taught me how to accept my age & speed both going up!
The comradeship of my fellow swimmers raised my expectations of my dropping self esteem to help me.
Many of the swimmers i did not know but, they cheered me on anyhow!
I missed this year, but glad everyone got the full Arizona oven experience ;)
Here's my list.
USMS SC Nats
2001 Santa Clara
2002 Hawaii (my ALL-TIME favorite)
2003 Tempe
... gap while work took over life ...
2008 Austin
2009 Clovis
2010 Atlanta
2011 Mesa
2012 Greensboro
... gap while my ailing shoulder took over life ...
2014 Santa Clara
2015 San Antonio
2016 Greensboro
... that pesky work again ...
2018 Indy
... traded heat for cold and moved to Canada ...
USMS Long Course Nats
2003 Rutgers
2012 Omaha
FINA Worlds
2006 Stanford
Here's my list:
Short Course -
1989 Boca Raton
1990 Los Angeles USC
1991 Nashville
1992 Chapel Hill, NC
1994 Tempe, AZ
1996 Cupertino, CA
1997 Federal Way, WA
1998 Indianapolis, IN
1999 Santa Clara, CA
2001 Santa Clara, CA
2006 Coral Springs, FL
2012 Greensboro, NC
2015 San Antonio, TX
Long Course,
2000 - Baltimore U of MD
2013 - Mission Viejo, CA
2014 - College Park, MD
2012 Greensboro
Site of the best USMS race I have ever seen. That Men's 45-49 500 FR. You, Chris Stevenson, and who else? It was like a heavy weight boxing match battle royale. You and 3 (or 4?) other guys trading body blows for 450 yards, and then someone just hauled ass the last 50 and won it, but I can't remember who. I just remember the overall race was absolutely crazy!
Since you asked, I was curious so I had to look it up.
2000 - Indy
2002 - Cleveland
2004 - Indy
2005 - Ft. Lauderdale (YMCA Nationals)
2009 - Indy
2010 - Atlanta
2012 - Omaha
2013 - Indy
2014 - Windsor (Canadian Nationals)
2015 - Geneva
2016 - Greensboro
2017 - Minneapolis
2018 - Indy
And hoping for many more.
Site of the best USMS race I have ever seen. That Men's 45-49 500 FR. You, Chris Stevenson, and who else? It was like a heavy weight boxing match battle royale. You and 3 (or 4?) other guys trading body blows for 450 yards, and then someone just hauled ass the last 50 and won it, but I can't remember who. I just remember the overall race was absolutely crazy!It was a great one. Keith Switzer blasted for the win, but Steve Unruh, Mike Shaffer, and Jeff Erwin were all in the mix in addition to Chris Stevenson. This was back when I was blogging regularly - forums.usms.org/entry.php.
It was a great one. Keith Switzer blasted for the win, but Steve Unruh, Mike Shaffer, and Jeff Erwin were all in the mix in addition to Chris Stevenson. This was back when I was blogging regularly - forums.usms.org/entry.php.
Yeah the dead heat between 5 swimmers going into the last 50 was crazy. Like I said, I don't think I could find enough superlatives to describe that race. I am just glad I was right there pool side to see it!
Site of the best USMS race I have ever seen. That Men's 45-49 500 FR. You, Chris Stevenson, and who else? It was like a heavy weight boxing match battle royale. You and 3 (or 4?) other guys trading body blows for 450 yards, and then someone just hauled ass the last 50 and won it, but I can't remember who. I just remember the overall race was absolutely crazy!
OMG I saw that on live stream. It was a battle royal!
My very short list:
2017 Riverside, CA
2019 Mesa, AZ
In Mesa I only got to swim 2 events on Friday. Saturday and Sunday were wiped out due to a back spasm. All I did Thursday was count laps for a teammate and stayed cool as a result. I did hit my entered times so I can't complain. I plan on swimming at the National Senior Games in Albuquerque, NM in June and in Mission Viejo in August. So far I have only gone to meets that I can drive to. Unlike some people I like the hot weather swim meets. It did get hot in Mesa so we went to our car to relax and cool off between events.
