Here's a nice writeup on the masters team in Beaufort, SC: www.beaufortgazette.com/.../5955112p-5242196c.html
I imagine Skip Thompson will remember Coach Fetters.
Anyway, I don't see too many write-ups about masters swimming in the paper, or adult sports in general, so this is good to see!
Originally posted by NotVeryFast
Okay, but if we assume the time of 7:45 was LCM, then it's still 37% outside the Masters world record. And it says she is their best swimmer. Calculate the time for your own events and age group by adding 37% to the Masters world record and see how slow the times are. Okay, nothing wrong with people doing those times, but if that is the level of performance of their best swimmer, I just can't see that the team's performance justifies his approach.
It is quite possible the paper got the time totally wrong. That often happens when our paper reports swim times. They have no clue about times, because swimming is not a headline sport, so they don't know that they reported it wrong. To the reader who knows the swimmers and knows times, it is a shake your head and laugh at the reported times.
Originally posted by NotVeryFast
Okay, but if we assume the time of 7:45 was LCM, then it's still 37% outside the Masters world record. And it says she is their best swimmer. Calculate the time for your own events and age group by adding 37% to the Masters world record and see how slow the times are. Okay, nothing wrong with people doing those times, but if that is the level of performance of their best swimmer, I just can't see that the team's performance justifies his approach.
It is quite possible the paper got the time totally wrong. That often happens when our paper reports swim times. They have no clue about times, because swimming is not a headline sport, so they don't know that they reported it wrong. To the reader who knows the swimmers and knows times, it is a shake your head and laugh at the reported times.
