I was just wondering if anyone out there knows of masters swimmers who don’t compete and that have achieved Top Ten Times, American Records, World Records, etc. in practice. I know that stories have circulated around about swimmers like Mark Spitz who have done this (although I think he did compete :)). I was just wondering if there are similar stories in the masters ranks. It seems to me that it would be highly probable in masters swimming because so many of its members do not actually swim at meets. Therefore, I would think there are people out there who achieve these (unofficial) times during a practice session and are relatively unknown. If you’ve got a story to share, please do.
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I compete mostly in USS meets and my times there would have ranked me in top 10 and would have set a few Ohio records. However, I do not really know the process of getting times approved from USS meets to be recognized in the masters listing. My guess is there would be forms to fill out and all that and probably to much of a hassel to do. If it was as simple as sending hytek meet results to them, then I could do that.
greg
I compete mostly in USS meets and my times there would have ranked me in top 10 and would have set a few Ohio records. However, I do not really know the process of getting times approved from USS meets to be recognized in the masters listing. My guess is there would be forms to fill out and all that and probably to much of a hassel to do. If it was as simple as sending hytek meet results to them, then I could do that.
greg
