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.
For nationals, here's the number of USMS members who have entered at least 1 nationals event over the years (2006 includes Worlds):
2002: 1,912
2003: 2,347
2004: 2,328
2005: 2,447
2006: 4,073
2007: 2,122
Nice work, Jim. It would be interesting to know how many individual swimmers have competed at nationals during the five year period 2003-2007. It would be more interesting to note if you broke out how many only competed at worlds and not at any of the nationals. The five year figure is interesting as many swimmers compete in the first year they age up and dont train hard again for five years.
Again, nice work.
michael
For nationals, here's the number of USMS members who have entered at least 1 nationals event over the years (2006 includes Worlds):
2002: 1,912
2003: 2,347
2004: 2,328
2005: 2,447
2006: 4,073
2007: 2,122
Nice work, Jim. It would be interesting to know how many individual swimmers have competed at nationals during the five year period 2003-2007. It would be more interesting to note if you broke out how many only competed at worlds and not at any of the nationals. The five year figure is interesting as many swimmers compete in the first year they age up and dont train hard again for five years.
Again, nice work.
michael
