Who would be opposed to drug testing in Masters Swimming? What would be the cost to implement such a program to test winners at US Masters Nationals? and finally, What drugs do you think would potentially be found?..... HGH?.... Testosterone?..... THG?....... IGF-1?..... designer steroids?
I don't think I would be surprised to find some Masters "cheating". And it may very well be the ones profiting from their swimming success...
However, I know that most of the people ranking Top 10 World Times, World Records, etc. have an impressive swimming history. Many swam in USS Nationals as kids, made their Olympic Trials cuts, were American Record holders, won NCAA's, etc.
I think many of these people would voluntarily test if they were asked, as long as they didn't have to pay for it!
An amazing example of speed that I can think of is Clay Britt. There are many expletives I can think of to describe his swimming! Many Masters may not know he won 3 NCAA's in a row, until his senior year, when some upstart named Rick Carey came along! Clay is just a powerful, strong sprinter. He has immense talent. I believe he had at least one American Record- I'll check with my hubby on that one. For someone to imply that someone like Clay was cheating, would show their lack of knowledge of history.
How many other Master's swimmers do you know with similar backgrounds to Clay's? Probably more than you think. I can think of at least 10 off the top of my head.
Let's not confuse cheating with talent and hard work.
I don't think I would be surprised to find some Masters "cheating". And it may very well be the ones profiting from their swimming success...
However, I know that most of the people ranking Top 10 World Times, World Records, etc. have an impressive swimming history. Many swam in USS Nationals as kids, made their Olympic Trials cuts, were American Record holders, won NCAA's, etc.
I think many of these people would voluntarily test if they were asked, as long as they didn't have to pay for it!
An amazing example of speed that I can think of is Clay Britt. There are many expletives I can think of to describe his swimming! Many Masters may not know he won 3 NCAA's in a row, until his senior year, when some upstart named Rick Carey came along! Clay is just a powerful, strong sprinter. He has immense talent. I believe he had at least one American Record- I'll check with my hubby on that one. For someone to imply that someone like Clay was cheating, would show their lack of knowledge of history.
How many other Master's swimmers do you know with similar backgrounds to Clay's? Probably more than you think. I can think of at least 10 off the top of my head.
Let's not confuse cheating with talent and hard work.
