I read Jenny Thompson conparing herself to other famous swimmers and track people. She forgot to include Shirley Babashoff, another swimmer who won 8 medals in two olympics, Probably to many swimmers today Babashoff and most swimmers prior to 1980 are not known to them. I guess that most of the 1950's swimmers and some of the early 1960's swimmers are not known to me either. But she did mention Mary T Meagher and Tracey Caulkins that came in the generation after Shirley. Oh,well. Maybe, many of us in masters might look up information on the olympics in swimming prior to 1968. And the master swimmers that are younger need to learn about those those olympic swimmers prior to 1984.
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Charles Daniels was tall for his era. Probably, the average male american of europeian stock was only around 5'7" in the early part of the 20th century. I do know that both american presidents Washington and Lincoln were tall and also over 6 foot. In my state of Arizona, I know of two ex-olympians doing masters. C Taylor a breastroker from 1948 and Jane Swagerty Hill, a backstroker from 1968. In C taylor's day, a women from the Netherlands won the 200 meter breastroke at 2:57.2. In today's world, some 9 or 10 year old girl probably holds the american record for 9-10 year olds at a faster time. How girls at that age that are small are able to beat several teenagers and adults I don't understand. I did meet Lance Larson when I was on a team in Hunington Beach years ago and he was in the Rome olympics.
Charles Daniels was tall for his era. Probably, the average male american of europeian stock was only around 5'7" in the early part of the 20th century. I do know that both american presidents Washington and Lincoln were tall and also over 6 foot. In my state of Arizona, I know of two ex-olympians doing masters. C Taylor a breastroker from 1948 and Jane Swagerty Hill, a backstroker from 1968. In C taylor's day, a women from the Netherlands won the 200 meter breastroke at 2:57.2. In today's world, some 9 or 10 year old girl probably holds the american record for 9-10 year olds at a faster time. How girls at that age that are small are able to beat several teenagers and adults I don't understand. I did meet Lance Larson when I was on a team in Hunington Beach years ago and he was in the Rome olympics.
