Im canceling my subscription to Swimming World.
Yes all of the swimmers picked were VERY worthy and nothing against any of them or their accomplishments.
But your going to tell me that the panel who choose these 6 men and 6 women (and 8 runner ups) didn't deem Susan Von der Lippe worthy of this honor:
I guess something like a total of almost 30 Top 10 times in all 3 courses didn't count? nor did the tally of #1 times on those lists? And simply breaking 5 SCM world records over 2 days is...as we all know...a joke.
And I know this is a reach now...stay with me on this...but being the oldest female swimmer and the first over 40 to make Olympic Trials cuts all while working a job, raising kids/a family, training only 3x a week....yeah, yeah I know thats pushing it...so I won't even mention she made her second trials cuts a month ago since that was done over at an evil USS meet and SW is probably correct in their belief it "doesn't count" in the masters world.
Susan...nice try in 2007...but you'll need to step up a bit more in 2008 if you want to be considered.
I agree with Paul. There should be some quality over quantity involved. All the swimmers on the list are, of course, excellent. But I just don't see how SVDL is left off that list given that she's swimming two events at the Olympic Trials and she's got a boatload of #1 rankings. Moreover, in her events, the difference between #1 and #2 is sometimes vast!
I agree with Paul. There should be some quality over quantity involved. All the swimmers on the list are, of course, excellent. But I just don't see how SVDL is left off that list given that she's swimming two events at the Olympic Trials and she's got a boatload of #1 rankings. Moreover, in her events, the difference between #1 and #2 is sometimes vast!
