It appears that Swimming World came out with the first Top 12 World Masters Swimmers.
Seems a little strange that there are only 2 people under the age of 50 on this list. Is there an age requirement here that we don't know about?
Where is the Evil Paul Smith's name on this list? He sets at least one National or World Record almost every year.
John Smith
Originally posted by TheGoodSmith
It's totally inaccurate to leave out USMS or short course yards in any evaluation of the best Masters Swimmers. It must be both Short Course and Long Course. Any selection that includes swimmers from the USA should have to include short course. USMS Nationals and records are as challenging if not more than world bests for Long Course meters.
John Smith
(short course and turn dependent)
I would also describe myself as short course and turn dependent! And I agree with you that we're ignoring most of the Masters swimming that takes place in this country if we leave out SCY. I assume Swimming World's methodology was trying to compare apples to apples, and that's why they excluded our SCY records.
My motivation for my original posting was to make clear who selected these swimmers, and not to criticize the methodology. But of course any methodology is debatable, especially one that has any subjective criteria.
Meg
Originally posted by TheGoodSmith
It's totally inaccurate to leave out USMS or short course yards in any evaluation of the best Masters Swimmers. It must be both Short Course and Long Course. Any selection that includes swimmers from the USA should have to include short course. USMS Nationals and records are as challenging if not more than world bests for Long Course meters.
John Smith
(short course and turn dependent)
I would also describe myself as short course and turn dependent! And I agree with you that we're ignoring most of the Masters swimming that takes place in this country if we leave out SCY. I assume Swimming World's methodology was trying to compare apples to apples, and that's why they excluded our SCY records.
My motivation for my original posting was to make clear who selected these swimmers, and not to criticize the methodology. But of course any methodology is debatable, especially one that has any subjective criteria.
Meg
