Who is the swimmer on the USMS Swimmer Magazine cover? It was taken at Austin (SCY Nats).
I'm also curious about the speed suit that the person is wearing - it looks like a chinese speed suit (yingfa??). Is this suit sold in the USA?
TIA,
Philipp
I thought it was odd she wasn't identified either.
Not so impressed with the article on Nats. Way over the top with the odes to the Olympians. I'm just not interested in Olympians who scratch 5 out of 6 events of another who only swims one event because he's not in shape to swim the 50 free or wants to golf. I would rather have read about real masters swimmers with a passion for swimming or those grabbing their first national championship like Kirk or Smith by Marriage.
www.usmsswimmer.com/.../chidester.pdf (thank you for the link).
We all should read this article. Very simply, it is a tribute to deep personal courage. I don't know why I missed seeing it in the magazine. Perhaps it was because I just scanned the magazine and glossed over the "olympic golfer story" - or maybe it didn't make the print version.
The swimmer is Vicky Chidester. It is her first nationals and she is battling terminal cancer. The article is a great interview and I really wish that I had known she was at Austin. I swam with her as an age grouper (Quaker Oats Junior Olympics - anyone?) and still swim with her older brother at New Mexico State Natatorium on occasion. I haven't seen him in months.
I don't know how much longer she will live, but if some one could send me a personal note with her email, I would like to contact her.
Finally, I agree with your post. After you read the article, you may feel as I did - that this should have been one of the highlights of Austin.
P
I thought it was odd she wasn't identified either.
Not so impressed with the article on Nats. Way over the top with the odes to the Olympians. I'm just not interested in Olympians who scratch 5 out of 6 events of another who only swims one event because he's not in shape to swim the 50 free or wants to golf. I would rather have read about real masters swimmers with a passion for swimming or those grabbing their first national championship like Kirk or Smith by Marriage.
www.usmsswimmer.com/.../chidester.pdf (thank you for the link).
We all should read this article. Very simply, it is a tribute to deep personal courage. I don't know why I missed seeing it in the magazine. Perhaps it was because I just scanned the magazine and glossed over the "olympic golfer story" - or maybe it didn't make the print version.
The swimmer is Vicky Chidester. It is her first nationals and she is battling terminal cancer. The article is a great interview and I really wish that I had known she was at Austin. I swam with her as an age grouper (Quaker Oats Junior Olympics - anyone?) and still swim with her older brother at New Mexico State Natatorium on occasion. I haven't seen him in months.
I don't know how much longer she will live, but if some one could send me a personal note with her email, I would like to contact her.
Finally, I agree with your post. After you read the article, you may feel as I did - that this should have been one of the highlights of Austin.
P
