This may have been covered before; I'm new here, so I apologize in advance.
I've been cycling rather than swimming for the past 10 years, and I recently got back in the pool as end-of-season cross training. Which of course got me curious about masters programs. I checked out the Masters Nationals psyche sheets and I was really surprised at the lack of depth of the competition.
So heres the question: why do so few swimmers choose to compete after college? In comparison to cycling, or running, it seems there are hardly any swimmers competing at a high level over the age of 22 or so. For example, the mens 30-34 100 m free nationals psyche sheet shows 10 people, ranging from :56 to 1:03! 10 people? Is that because most people don't pre-register? Or are there really only a handful of 30-34 men out there who can go under a minute in the 100m free??
Muppet,I'm sorry.I know how important .36 sec is. I didn't know if you wanted me to reference you or not. Also I think that time is damn fast.:notworthy:
Allen - no worries for outing me! It was a great swim (PB). I've never broken the :60 barrier, and I thought that .04 up there was the funniest thing - brought a huge smile to my face.
Back to topic, thanks for bringing up these results. The 100 free is a great illustration of the depth of masters swimming, even at young ages. I like to think that of all the 80 some guys who swam the 100 in my age group at worlds, I was the only one w/o USAS/NCAA (or equiv) experience. Just goes to show what a little hard work can do (and what a lot of hard work can do too)!
Muppet,I'm sorry.I know how important .36 sec is. I didn't know if you wanted me to reference you or not. Also I think that time is damn fast.:notworthy:
Allen - no worries for outing me! It was a great swim (PB). I've never broken the :60 barrier, and I thought that .04 up there was the funniest thing - brought a huge smile to my face.
Back to topic, thanks for bringing up these results. The 100 free is a great illustration of the depth of masters swimming, even at young ages. I like to think that of all the 80 some guys who swam the 100 in my age group at worlds, I was the only one w/o USAS/NCAA (or equiv) experience. Just goes to show what a little hard work can do (and what a lot of hard work can do too)!
