Why is it that Masters level swimmers who participate in USS sanctioned meets under a separate USS registration can't have their times automatically qualify for USMS rankings and USMS National records? What is the reason for this separation? The rules with USMS and USS seem parallel enough to allow USS swims to qualify under USMS ranking and records. Do we care if elite older swimmers in their 30's (say Gary Hall Jr.) effectively end up owning the USMS national record by default? Is USMS afraid of merging to closely with USS? Why wouldn't USMS want to recognize the true best performance by and old man/women in the pool regardless of whether their card said USS or USMS on it?
John Smith
Parents
Former Member
It seems odd that the pool measurements were sufficient for the FINA (non-masters) world records that were set at the Pan Pacs to be recognized but not for USMS records. Would they have measured the bulkhead for the sessions where world records were set but not other sessions? Actually, is there a bulkhead at that pool?
It seems odd that the pool measurements were sufficient for the FINA (non-masters) world records that were set at the Pan Pacs to be recognized but not for USMS records. Would they have measured the bulkhead for the sessions where world records were set but not other sessions? Actually, is there a bulkhead at that pool?
