olympics and age-ism

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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 Howard Swimmers in the Mastes top 10 that are in the trials. 117 Foschi, Jessica Long Island Aquatic Club MR F 23 138 Gross, Peggy North Coast Aquatics SI F 35 144 Hansen, Erika Germantown Academy Aquatic Cl MA F 34 199 Komisarz, Rachel Lakeside Swim Team KY F 27 289 Price, Keiko California Aquatics PC F 25 292 Radke, Katrina Swimcraft PC F 33 351 Stone, Tammie Longhorn Aquatics ST F 28 352 Stowers, Julia Pilot Aquatic Club - Knoxville SE F 22 27 Busse, Greg Irvine Novaquatics CA M 25 35 Ciarla, Aaron Auburn Aquatics SE M 26 75 Flores, Bayani California Aquatics PC M 25 95 Greenwood, Scott Unattached PC M 26 101 Hall, Gary California Aquatics PC M 29 121 Karnaugh, Ronald Tualatin Hills Swim Club OR M 37 175 Muhammad, Sabir California Aquatics PC M 28 176 Mull, Cameron Santa Cruz County Aquatic PC M 27 198 Plank, Gregory Scottsdale Aquatic Club AZ M 26 226 Schumacher, Bradley Irvine Novaquatics CA M 30 Some good names in there. I've got to send out a "good luck" to my hometown (Lansing, MI) boy Cam Mull! He's young enough that I never really swam with him, but I swam a lot with his older bros (or maybe I should say they swam circles around me a lot!). Another person I'd like to see make the team is Rachel Komisarz. I know nothing about her, other than she's a late bloomer! At 27 she still seems to be improving, and she's very versatile. She must be using VO2 Max shampoo :)
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  • Originally posted by Howard Swimmers in the Mastes top 10 that are in the trials. 117 Foschi, Jessica Long Island Aquatic Club MR F 23 138 Gross, Peggy North Coast Aquatics SI F 35 144 Hansen, Erika Germantown Academy Aquatic Cl MA F 34 199 Komisarz, Rachel Lakeside Swim Team KY F 27 289 Price, Keiko California Aquatics PC F 25 292 Radke, Katrina Swimcraft PC F 33 351 Stone, Tammie Longhorn Aquatics ST F 28 352 Stowers, Julia Pilot Aquatic Club - Knoxville SE F 22 27 Busse, Greg Irvine Novaquatics CA M 25 35 Ciarla, Aaron Auburn Aquatics SE M 26 75 Flores, Bayani California Aquatics PC M 25 95 Greenwood, Scott Unattached PC M 26 101 Hall, Gary California Aquatics PC M 29 121 Karnaugh, Ronald Tualatin Hills Swim Club OR M 37 175 Muhammad, Sabir California Aquatics PC M 28 176 Mull, Cameron Santa Cruz County Aquatic PC M 27 198 Plank, Gregory Scottsdale Aquatic Club AZ M 26 226 Schumacher, Bradley Irvine Novaquatics CA M 30 Some good names in there. I've got to send out a "good luck" to my hometown (Lansing, MI) boy Cam Mull! He's young enough that I never really swam with him, but I swam a lot with his older bros (or maybe I should say they swam circles around me a lot!). Another person I'd like to see make the team is Rachel Komisarz. I know nothing about her, other than she's a late bloomer! At 27 she still seems to be improving, and she's very versatile. She must be using VO2 Max shampoo :)
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