I noticed that in track, the USATF is holding masters exhibitions at the trials. In this case a men's 3K and a women's 200m. (Remember in track Masters is over 40) I also remember them having Masters events at US Championships. I think a few year's ago Willie Gault ran less than a second off the 100m high hurdles WR at like 44 years old.
Why doesn't swimming have something similar? Invite the 8 fastest from Nationals for say a few exhibition 50's and 100's in the 40+ and 50+ catagories? I feel this would create a buzz for swimming and show just how close some can get to making trials. How cool would it be for the fans and for promoting the sport. Does USMS have a strong affiliation with USA swimming to do this? Just a thought.
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Two years ago a group of us approached USS to "challenge" a group of USS women's swimmers to go head to head in a dual meet against a group of 40+ male masters swimmers as a fund raiser for USS, possibly coinciding with the Golden Goggles event...several further attempts have been made and still never responded two...guessing they ended up on Shuberts desk.
I read something recently with a quote something along the lines of "that would look great on your resume, not so good on mine" in explaining why someone wouldn't engage in debates on some topic. I expect that something similar applies here, what would they stand to gain?
Two years ago a group of us approached USS to "challenge" a group of USS women's swimmers to go head to head in a dual meet against a group of 40+ male masters swimmers as a fund raiser for USS, possibly coinciding with the Golden Goggles event...several further attempts have been made and still never responded two...guessing they ended up on Shuberts desk.
I read something recently with a quote something along the lines of "that would look great on your resume, not so good on mine" in explaining why someone wouldn't engage in debates on some topic. I expect that something similar applies here, what would they stand to gain?
