the unofficial USMS Masters 25 yard race Championships

Ande, As you stated at the top of your tread UNOFFICIAL 25 yard race. Go for it. Any event to encourage participation is great. Kudos to you!! Sorry I do not swim 25's, too short for me, I am so far behind at the start, and I do not like sprints. Illinois hosts a meet in January that has 25's. Most of the time it is to encourage swimmers that are learning to swim to participate. Good Luck send me the information on the postal event. Nadine

Why wait till Austin? Run it as a "virtual" championship like the Race Club does and post the videos on YouTube? The winners can be "crowned" in Austin Sunday night somewhere down on 6th Ave!

I think it would be fun, but difficult to get official times. You'd really need electronic timing and officials to make sure the starts were legal. Relying on coaches' stopwatches wouldn't work. Coaches are notorious for helping their swimmers out a little with manual times.

Great idea from the new world record holder in the 50 M Free 50 M Fly. More free beer for Paul. :dedhorse: Sammy...my 50's sucked and to set the record striaght I didn't get the 50 free record....I would never contend in a 25 race unless it was kicking only! Stud...I need no pushing to throw back a great Top Sail from the brewery in LB...sadly we didn't realize they had pitchers till Sunday night!

why not 25's they would be fun and exciting maybe it will resurface ande There was a proposal to include 25 Yard and 25 Meter events for USMS Records and USMS Top Ten but it was restricted to the age groups 75 and above. This was presented at the 2006 Convention. It was easily defeated. I have provided a link to a past discussion on this subject. forums.usms.org/showthread.php

Excellent idea I do favor electronic timing to eliminate timer error btw there is no 6th ave, it's 6th street robert kileen might throw a party sunday night ande Why wait till Austin? Run it as a "virtual" championship like the Race Club does and post the videos on YouTube? The winners can be "crowned" in Austin Sunday night somewhere down on 6th Ave!

Why wait till Austin? Run it as a "virtual" championship like the Race Club does and post the videos on YouTube? The winners can be "crowned" in Austin Sunday night somewhere down on 6th Ave! Great idea from the new world record holder in the 50 M Free 50 M Fly. More free beer for Paul. :dedhorse:

Great idea from the new world record holder in the 50 M Free 50 M Fly. More free beer for Paul. :dedhorse: Just keep plying him with beer until I can beat him then :D :rofl:

Just FYI: The Texas Swim Center has the capability to install touchpads at the turn wall for accurate times. The recent meet there had 25 splits for every race 200 and under. As I mentioned in another thread, I'm outta Austin early Monday, but I support this idea, Ande. Of course, the rules have to be followed, which means no one gets more than one dolphin kick on breaststroke and must surface at 15 meters.

So we have to get him looking like one of the MacKenzie brothers??? Paul You haven't seen Paul Smith have you? He already does look like a MacKenzie brother, you have to guess which one. :mooning: