Originally posted by Peter Cruise
And check out Dennis Baker in 200 fly at Santa Clara...not all teenagers!
Also Mike Ross, a member of New England Masters Swim Club , competed as a member of the NE Barracudas. Mike is 37 years old and swim at night in both individual events and on some of the Cuda relays.
Also looked to me that "most" of the finalist were 18 years or older, meaning that they are good recruits for masters.
Finally, my wife and I occasionally get in one of the lanes when our son is at swim team practice. The "kids" think its absolutely great to see parents in there doing the workout. Too bad, it doesn't happen more often. Its never too early to get kids thinking about swimming long after their "competitive" career is over. In fact, my daughter, who will swim at Kenyon this Fall, and her best swimming friend have vowed to swim masters after college. Their reason??? They get to pick and choose their sets, leave the pool when they want, and race when they want. In other words, they get to swim for the pure love of it. This is something that they learned because we are involved in their swimming and they watch us "strive" in the water for the pure joy of the it all.
Originally posted by Peter Cruise
And check out Dennis Baker in 200 fly at Santa Clara...not all teenagers!
Also Mike Ross, a member of New England Masters Swim Club , competed as a member of the NE Barracudas. Mike is 37 years old and swim at night in both individual events and on some of the Cuda relays.
Also looked to me that "most" of the finalist were 18 years or older, meaning that they are good recruits for masters.
Finally, my wife and I occasionally get in one of the lanes when our son is at swim team practice. The "kids" think its absolutely great to see parents in there doing the workout. Too bad, it doesn't happen more often. Its never too early to get kids thinking about swimming long after their "competitive" career is over. In fact, my daughter, who will swim at Kenyon this Fall, and her best swimming friend have vowed to swim masters after college. Their reason??? They get to pick and choose their sets, leave the pool when they want, and race when they want. In other words, they get to swim for the pure love of it. This is something that they learned because we are involved in their swimming and they watch us "strive" in the water for the pure joy of the it all.
