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)
Former Member
1. # years of masters swimming - 12.3 years
2. age started masters swimming - 30.3
3. # years of age group experience, if applicable, 11 years + 2.5 year college
Note: I was surprised a few years ago when I discovered I had done master longer then age-group.
4. age started age group swimming, if applicable, 10
5. best masters event - 200 ***, closely followed by 200 Fly & 400 IM
6. favorite masters event - like swimming most of the event, for variety.
7. most hated masters event - I like them all 50yd to 5K, not much for open water swimming (done several lake swims and one ocean swim, which was rough/wavy), but too far from the ocean to regularly do them anyway.
Interesting survey and posting for ALL !
1. 6
2. 27
3. 2 years of high school
4. 16
5. 400 free, maybe a 200 free
6. 200/400 free and if I'm in shape a 200 fly
7. I can't stand the 50 back, or most sprints.
1. # years of masters swimming - 15 years
2. age started masters swimming - Started when I was 25 (not any experience before)
3. # years of age group experience - N/A
4. age started age group swimming, N/A
5. best masters event - 100 back (8th place in Latin American master event) behind 1 Cuban, 3 Brazilians, 1 Venezuelian, 1 Argentinian and 1 other Mexican.
6. favorite masters event -100 free, 200 IM SC
7. most hated masters event - None
Since this is my first post on your venerable forum I thought it was as good a place to start as any:
1. 8 year
2. 21 years old
3. 10 years experience - on and off
4. 7 years old (but I'm not sure if 'age group swimming' means the same on this side of the pond - that's when I joined my first club and competed)
5. 50m free / 50m back
6. 25m free / 25m back
7. Anything over 100m and / or anything involving breaststroke.
Sweetgirl- so glad you brought this back!!! Here are my answers...
8 years of masters swimming
22 age started masters swimming
11 years of age group (7-18) then 4 years of college
7 age started age group (year round) swimming
100/200 back- Best masters event
400 IM- favorite masters event
Anything breaststroke- most hated masters event
I hope no one minds if I pull up an old thread. There are so many of us newbies and lurkers, I though some might want to answer.
1. 6 years
2. 27
3. 8
4. 10
5. 200 ***/100 back
6. 100 ***
7. 200 fly
1. 19, started in 1988 USMS Nats in Austin
2. 24 or 25 depends which day in may it was
3. 37, still compete in age group meets now and then
4. 6 but it was off and on till I was 12 also took a 8 month break in 1977 when I was 13 / 14
5. 25 fly, otherwise it's a toss up 50 bk, 100 bk, 50 fly, and unfortunately the 200 IM,
6. 25 fly, otherwise it's a toss up 50 bk, 100 bk, 50 fly, and unfortunately the 200 IM,
7. 1650 / 1500 / 1000 / 800 / 500 / 400 / 200 fly
