I never competed, so I really do not know anything about what levels of competition there are out there.I see a lot of posts about different meets.What different kinds are there?How do you qualify for them and who gets excepted?And ... what times do you want to have(freestyle, say) not to look stupid?
Sorry about my ignorance, but the swimming world is something I am learning litlle by little.
Thanks.
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This is great.
O.K. The last meet I competed in was in college: I'm now 46. I hope to work up to the point where I can swim a 100 fly and just finish. The coach where i work out says I'm pretty ambitious (wow! thanks alot!).
Now I have two questions
based on the USMS web site, the nearest masters team is in the next county. If I want to compete, do I join that team even though I don't know them and will probably never meet them?
Or, is it better to go unattached.
In an event, like the 100 fly, how many entries are there, average? Is it co-ed. and what are ranges of times. In the first reply, the writer quoted a very low time for the 100 fly of like 35 seconds.
As you can see, this is my first try at this discussion board.
This is great.
O.K. The last meet I competed in was in college: I'm now 46. I hope to work up to the point where I can swim a 100 fly and just finish. The coach where i work out says I'm pretty ambitious (wow! thanks alot!).
Now I have two questions
based on the USMS web site, the nearest masters team is in the next county. If I want to compete, do I join that team even though I don't know them and will probably never meet them?
Or, is it better to go unattached.
In an event, like the 100 fly, how many entries are there, average? Is it co-ed. and what are ranges of times. In the first reply, the writer quoted a very low time for the 100 fly of like 35 seconds.
As you can see, this is my first try at this discussion board.
