why doesn't masters apply the same age rule for short course as it does for long course?
In long course meets a persons age is determined by their age by the end of the year.
so at worlds there were 24, 29 , 34, 39, 44, ... year olds
who competed in the next age group up because they aged up later in the year.
In short course competitions a persons age is determined by their age at either the end or beginning of the competition.
I encourage USMS to be consistent and
consider adopting the same rules for short course competitions
Ande
Parents
Former Member
Originally posted by Peter Cruise
Ande- you are trying to apply logic and common sense to an issue that is very sensitive: we foreigners trying to take away your precious...yards. To change the birthdate would be yet another of the insidious, perhaps even invidious steps along the long slippery slope of sameness that the world wants to impose upon the ruggedly individualistic American swimmer...
Next thing I know, is that you'll want me to buy gas (or petrol as you foreigners refer to it) by the litre and with Euros or some other currency just so I have NO IDEA how much it costs now!
Originally posted by Peter Cruise
Ande- you are trying to apply logic and common sense to an issue that is very sensitive: we foreigners trying to take away your precious...yards. To change the birthdate would be yet another of the insidious, perhaps even invidious steps along the long slippery slope of sameness that the world wants to impose upon the ruggedly individualistic American swimmer...
Next thing I know, is that you'll want me to buy gas (or petrol as you foreigners refer to it) by the litre and with Euros or some other currency just so I have NO IDEA how much it costs now!
