A non-scientific survey on masters swimming experience(s). If you would like to participate, please answer the following: :)
1. # years of masters swimming
2. age started masters swimming
3. # years of age group experience, if applicable
4. age started age group swimming, if applicable
5. best masters event
6. favorite masters event
7. most hated masters event
I guess I'll go first:
1. 1 year
2. 44 years old
3. 9 years experience, including some collegiate/abrupt halt due to rotator cuff
4. 11 years old (year round stuff)
5. 50 back
6. 50 fly/100 IM
7. 1500/distance free (I hate it even more than breaststroke)
1. +26 years--joined in 1980. Guess I'm an old-timer!
2. Started USMS at age 28
3. AAU swimming 10 years, college 4 yrs.
4. started AAU age 9
5. best events: 1000 free LC, relays , fly
6. favorite event 100 free--I'm a "chaser" not the jack rabit. I love to watch the early quick starters fade and then here I come!
7 most hated event--tie 200 fly and 400 IM --both in LC
1. +26 years--joined in 1980. Guess I'm an old-timer!
2. Started USMS at age 28
3. AAU swimming 10 years, college 4 yrs.
4. started AAU age 9
5. best events: 1000 free LC, relays , fly
6. favorite event 100 free--I'm a "chaser" not the jack rabit. I love to watch the early quick starters fade and then here I come!
7 most hated event--tie 200 fly and 400 IM --both in LC