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
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Former Member
Interesting that Rob Peel's swim is continually referenced in this discussion because that was swam at a US meet, not USMS meet; Specifically at the 1996 Olympic trials. Rob was doing 50 yard sprints before finals at my conference meet that February (1996), I think he went a 20.9 +/- .1 three times in about 10 minutes.
Interesting that Rob Peel's swim is continually referenced in this discussion because that was swam at a US meet, not USMS meet; Specifically at the 1996 Olympic trials. Rob was doing 50 yard sprints before finals at my conference meet that February (1996), I think he went a 20.9 +/- .1 three times in about 10 minutes.
