I haven't gotten thru both genders and all the age groups so I'm just speculating based on your statement.
I think a lot of US masters swimmers took the rest of the year off after World's. Some are still out....Our SCY meets were slightly smaller this year than average I believe.
Well, I didn't do a thorough analysis either. I don't know that many people that took the rest of the year off, but I'm sure there must be some non-addicts.
As to the pools, George, that might be an issue. But any 50 meter pool can easily be bulkheaded to 25 meters. Good college pools seem to fit the bill. We definitely don't seem to have as many SCM meets in my area. There are more SCY meets. That's why I was speculating that that might be the cause.
Jeff, you go on those IMs! Who wants to just watch the 50 free? When Ande ages up to Evil and Paul Smith's 45-49 age group, the competition will get really fierce.
It's also a little ridiculous how far ahead of the competition Laura Val is. Impressive!
I haven't gotten thru both genders and all the age groups so I'm just speculating based on your statement.
I think a lot of US masters swimmers took the rest of the year off after World's. Some are still out....Our SCY meets were slightly smaller this year than average I believe.
Well, I didn't do a thorough analysis either. I don't know that many people that took the rest of the year off, but I'm sure there must be some non-addicts.
As to the pools, George, that might be an issue. But any 50 meter pool can easily be bulkheaded to 25 meters. Good college pools seem to fit the bill. We definitely don't seem to have as many SCM meets in my area. There are more SCY meets. That's why I was speculating that that might be the cause.
Jeff, you go on those IMs! Who wants to just watch the 50 free? When Ande ages up to Evil and Paul Smith's 45-49 age group, the competition will get really fierce.
It's also a little ridiculous how far ahead of the competition Laura Val is. Impressive!
