Time to take advantage of our diverse on-line community....
A few alums from my college are considering starting an annual alumni swim meet that is used as a fund-raiser for the current swim team. The college is in the process of sticking shovels into the ground for a new pool, and we'd like to contribute a new scoreboard, touch pads, etc.
I am just starting to brainstorm and would love to hear from anyone that has participated in a college alumni meet....keep in mind that this is a DIII school, successful but not insanely serious about our training when we were there, much less now that we're all out of school. This is designed to be lighthearted and to poke fun at ourselves, not for anything to brag about. It's a close alumni group, with a web site and a lot of contact with the college.
Two questions:
* Anyone ever experience a meet that has any type of "age" or "weight" (tee hee!) adjustments for an event? Example, age adjusting a 50 free to slant it towards the money-giving alumni?
* Any ideas for a t-shirt slogan that pokes fun at being old and slow alumni?
Thanks in advance,
Laura Smith
Garden State Masters
LauraAswim@aol.com
Laura,
I’ve always liked “Age, Deceit, Cunning, and Treachery can Defeat Youth and Skill” as an appropriate slogan for t-shirts.
As for handicapping the race, I would suggest something like 0.2 seconds per 50 per year out of school. So someone who graduated 10 years ago would get 4 seconds deducted from her time in the 100 Free. Also, as a fund raiser, alums could buy additional time deductions. In that case the slogan could be “Age, Deceit, Cunning, Treachery, and Money can Defeat Youth and Skill”.
Laura,
I’ve always liked “Age, Deceit, Cunning, and Treachery can Defeat Youth and Skill” as an appropriate slogan for t-shirts.
As for handicapping the race, I would suggest something like 0.2 seconds per 50 per year out of school. So someone who graduated 10 years ago would get 4 seconds deducted from her time in the 100 Free. Also, as a fund raiser, alums could buy additional time deductions. In that case the slogan could be “Age, Deceit, Cunning, Treachery, and Money can Defeat Youth and Skill”.
