I like the article in swim Magazine about Rita Egan and Sylvia powell. These women are not your typical slim young swimmers that are elite swimmers but like the rest of us ordinary. Actually, given my previous background in swimming I'm also won of these average jills. As a youth I swam the 100 meter *** at 1:30 and as a 46 at 1:43.31. So, many of us do it for enjoyment and some exercise knowing that we will never be at the top of the pack. I think we should have more of these stories?. And Ion believe me you are not that bad. You did a 2:31 200 meter freestyle. I recently swam a 3:15. So don't feel bad and their is alot more competition in the men than in the women in 45 to 49. Not saying that their are not good swimmers in the women.
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I was saying that single people are sometimes busy too. Oraph Windrey who never married or had children is very busy with her TV production and is the wealthest black person in the United States. In Ion case maybe he should have other interests besides the swimming. Believe me as a teenager the swimming almost crush my spirit and maybe this its doing the same to Ion as an adult since he has to swim against many guys that swam either age group or college swimming when they were younger. The women have less of that problem because college programs for them were not as a able in the 1970's as they were for the guy swimmers. I'm glad Ion came to the US legally. The state of California has too many people that immirgated illegality and I'm not just talking about Mexicans.
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I was saying that single people are sometimes busy too. Oraph Windrey who never married or had children is very busy with her TV production and is the wealthest black person in the United States. In Ion case maybe he should have other interests besides the swimming. Believe me as a teenager the swimming almost crush my spirit and maybe this its doing the same to Ion as an adult since he has to swim against many guys that swam either age group or college swimming when they were younger. The women have less of that problem because college programs for them were not as a able in the 1970's as they were for the guy swimmers. I'm glad Ion came to the US legally. The state of California has too many people that immirgated illegality and I'm not just talking about Mexicans.
