hello!! im new to these boards, and was wondering what y'all thought. Most of the time in the Olympics the ages of swimmers seem to be between the early teens to about early 30s. (pardon me if im wrong on this.) Is there some sort of age cap here? it seems that way to me. I am 23, LOVE swimming and still dream about what if i had devoted my time to my olympic dream. what if i started now, would I be at that level. I beleive you are the age u feel u are. its just a number. what do YOU think? :)
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Originally posted by Sam Perry
This is nothing against Dr. Ron, but why is he considered a masters swimmer and Josh Davis, Jenny Thompson, Gary Hall, Sabir Muhammad, Dara Torres, et. al. are never mentioned in the same light. Just because he has swam in masters meets and holds masters records is that the criteria? The way I look at it, he trains much like these individuals do, has the talent and deserves the accolades. These folks are doing/have done even more amazing things than Ron has at adavanced ages. Just a thought...
Gary Hall and Sabir Muhammad ARE "Masters Swimmers." Did they not compete (and is some cases get DSQ's) at Nationals? Isn't the Race Club an official USMS team?
Originally posted by Sam Perry
This is nothing against Dr. Ron, but why is he considered a masters swimmer and Josh Davis, Jenny Thompson, Gary Hall, Sabir Muhammad, Dara Torres, et. al. are never mentioned in the same light. Just because he has swam in masters meets and holds masters records is that the criteria? The way I look at it, he trains much like these individuals do, has the talent and deserves the accolades. These folks are doing/have done even more amazing things than Ron has at adavanced ages. Just a thought...
Gary Hall and Sabir Muhammad ARE "Masters Swimmers." Did they not compete (and is some cases get DSQ's) at Nationals? Isn't the Race Club an official USMS team?
