Beginning swimming later in lifehttps://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/2025/beginning-swimming-later-in-lifeFrom: Garyhall Jr&#39;s Race Club Website: Michelle Engelsman, 2001 Austalian National Champion in the 50 free: &quot;It’s never too late to start. I didn’t start training seriously until I was 19!&quot; www.theraceclub.net/.../competitionteam_michelleengelsmanen-USTelligent Community 12RE: Beginning swimming later in lifehttps://community.usms.org/thread/11001?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 09 Jan 2004 08:02:07 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1b7ad6d5-fdad-46d5-8d6c-990916217d91Former MemberThis will be interesting Fritz. Please update when they respond.<div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Beginning swimming later in lifehttps://community.usms.org/thread/10974?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 09 Jan 2004 06:14:49 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:7286fbaa-6bdf-4aa6-a305-f6ef5388edadFormer MemberIt also says you are pre-approved to be a member of the &quot;Circle of Champions &quot; if you are ranked in the top 20 by Fina or top 3 in your country. Doesn&#39;t say masters are excluded so I sent them an email telling them I was pre-approved. I&#39;m not sure what it buys you to be in the &quot;Circle of Champions&quot; but I thought it would be fun to ask and see what they say.<div style="clear:both;"></div>