Outstanding Challenge: Men's 45-54 age group 200 Medley Relay
Anyone mens relay team (45-54) who can beat Arizona Men's Masters 200 Medley Relay at Masters Nationals in Austin....... gets a free Dinner at Chuys mexican restaurant.
Good Luck Austin boys..... you'll need it.
John Smith
Funny you mention Robin Leamy. When this thread was first posted I was thinking of what super team could be secretly in training to beat you guys. I came up with Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist, Scott Spann and Robin Leamy. I think all those guys are 45+.
Robins a great guy, I tried to get him to come to worlds at Stanford since he's living in the bay area, but work and 5 kids is keeping him sidelined. I know JS has harassed Spann, Kirchner and others from Texas from that era but its surprising how little interest there is for a lot of these folks to come out and play.
Most of us can track down people we swam with/against growing up, or in high school, college, etc. because of facebook, myspace and alumni organizations, I'd love to see more people "recruiting" these people and turning them on to USMS....then again if they happen to be good swimmers and may add points or break a record you run the risk of alienating some of the people in USMS...oh well.
I'm playing in a masters water polo tournament next weekend with a group registerd as Santa Barbara masters...most of us are alums, but we have some Long Beach guys and a few other colleges on board, 2 ex Olympians....none of us ever practice together because were scattered all over the country....so far I haven't heard any complaints that the team is "recruiting" to be a "super team", or that were not in the "spirit" of masters but I'll have to wait and see!
Funny you mention Robin Leamy. When this thread was first posted I was thinking of what super team could be secretly in training to beat you guys. I came up with Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist, Scott Spann and Robin Leamy. I think all those guys are 45+.
Robins a great guy, I tried to get him to come to worlds at Stanford since he's living in the bay area, but work and 5 kids is keeping him sidelined. I know JS has harassed Spann, Kirchner and others from Texas from that era but its surprising how little interest there is for a lot of these folks to come out and play.
Most of us can track down people we swam with/against growing up, or in high school, college, etc. because of facebook, myspace and alumni organizations, I'd love to see more people "recruiting" these people and turning them on to USMS....then again if they happen to be good swimmers and may add points or break a record you run the risk of alienating some of the people in USMS...oh well.
I'm playing in a masters water polo tournament next weekend with a group registerd as Santa Barbara masters...most of us are alums, but we have some Long Beach guys and a few other colleges on board, 2 ex Olympians....none of us ever practice together because were scattered all over the country....so far I haven't heard any complaints that the team is "recruiting" to be a "super team", or that were not in the "spirit" of masters but I'll have to wait and see!
