Old national caliber swimmers that never come back
Former Member
Interesting and unfortunate that the vast majority of ex swimmers that made finals at NCAAs or Nationals when they were younger (or even just cuts) do not now participate in Masters Swimming. Only a small handful of these people come to Masters Nationals each year within each age group.
What a good opportunity USMS presents to see old faces and have a good time. I think USMS would benefit tremendously from their knowledge of the sport.
John Smith
Mr Goodsmith:
I made an error about the Olympic years of some of those divers. Christian Styen was a member of the 1992 Olympic team not the 1984 team representing Norway. The other guy, Jon Vegard was on both the 1980 and 1984 teams for Norway so he was probably long gone before you swam there. I don't think either of these guys contributed major points like Scoggins and Dumas did at the NCAA Championships.
Mr Goodsmith:
I made an error about the Olympic years of some of those divers. Christian Styen was a member of the 1992 Olympic team not the 1984 team representing Norway. The other guy, Jon Vegard was on both the 1980 and 1984 teams for Norway so he was probably long gone before you swam there. I don't think either of these guys contributed major points like Scoggins and Dumas did at the NCAA Championships.
