I am interested if anyone could shed some light on citizenship/resident requirements in relation to National/USMS relay records. Is it possible for a record setting relay with one or more members of that relay, not being a US citizen(s) or even a resident(s), to be recognized as such?
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I know that there have been a number of foreign athletes that have been registered USMS members and have broken USMS records. While I was the records chair in Arizona, we had a number that I can think of set records:
Atilla Czene (Hungary)
Memo diaz de Leon (Mexico)
Clare Hedenskog (somewhere in Europe)
Simon Percy (New Zealand)
Riley Mants (Canada)
Beata Kaszuba (Poland)
Camilla Johansson (Sweden)
Francisco Sanchez (Venezuela)
Not all of these athletes still hold the records, but I did file record applications for each of them. With the greater number of foreign swimmers attending college in the US and staying afterwards, I suspect this trend will continue.
However, I wonder if there are enough to warrent having separate Open Records. If we did, what would we gain?
I know that there have been a number of foreign athletes that have been registered USMS members and have broken USMS records. While I was the records chair in Arizona, we had a number that I can think of set records:
Atilla Czene (Hungary)
Memo diaz de Leon (Mexico)
Clare Hedenskog (somewhere in Europe)
Simon Percy (New Zealand)
Riley Mants (Canada)
Beata Kaszuba (Poland)
Camilla Johansson (Sweden)
Francisco Sanchez (Venezuela)
Not all of these athletes still hold the records, but I did file record applications for each of them. With the greater number of foreign swimmers attending college in the US and staying afterwards, I suspect this trend will continue.
However, I wonder if there are enough to warrent having separate Open Records. If we did, what would we gain?
