Swimmimg World names top master swimmers for 2006 they are:
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Jane Asher Great Britain 75, Laura Val USA 55, Susan Van Der Lippe USA 41, Willy Van Rysel 90 Great Britain, Betty Ann Barnett USA 60 Hitomi Matsuda Japan 29 Graham Johnston USA 75, Jim McConica USA 56, Robert Strand USA 61, Marcus Mattoli 46 Brazil, Alexcander Mills 55 Norway Goro Kobayashi 91 Japan- What do you think??? Based only on 2006 performances
Everyone on that list is extremely deserving,but I think their selection criteria are flawed.They use world records as the main criterion. I think they should base their selection on how one does relative to the other swimmers in one's age group.Lets say last year you set a gazzilion world records. Now lets say this yearyou didn't age up and you are ranked number one in every event in your age group,most by huge margins,but in no event are you quite as fast as last year. By their criteria you won't make the first cut.That doesn't seem right to me.:dunno:
Everyone on that list is extremely deserving,but I think their selection criteria are flawed.They use world records as the main criterion. I think they should base their selection on how one does relative to the other swimmers in one's age group.Lets say last year you set a gazzilion world records. Now lets say this yearyou didn't age up and you are ranked number one in every event in your age group,most by huge margins,but in no event are you quite as fast as last year. By their criteria you won't make the first cut.That doesn't seem right to me.:dunno:
