I will start with breastroke- Gary Marshall(25-29) 1:02 high in the hundred 2:16 in the 200, David Guthrie(45-49) 1:07 in the 100 2:27 in the 200 Robert
Strand(60-64) 33.41 50 *** 1:15 100 ***. Between them 6 world records Marshall 1, Guthrie 2 and Strand 3. There are plenty more so add to the thread!!!!!
My son always gets DQ'd in butterfly but he is young and can be expected to learn. A guy that is 82 and repetitively gets deaked maybe should pick another stroke, petition for a rule change (an arm is an arm not a chunk of your wrist), or continue on the path to futility.
Granted I didn't see the exact moment of the DQ, but I watched a lot of his swim and he looked to me to be really close to not getting his wrists out of the water.In butterfly “Both arms must be brought forward over the water and pulled back simultaneously.” Brought forward over the water has for many years been interpreted as the elbows need to recover over the water. Doug has been disqualified for this same infraction at nationals for years. The problem is that at many local meets, the stroke judges don’t make the call; which can lead to confusion.
Best performance in on-mike insults again goes to Mark Gill; The mouth of Masters Swimming. Only Mark would throw insults at a swimmer, as the swimmer is being wheeled off to the ambulance!
:lolup: Man, I was in the warmup pool and totally missed this.
Does anyone know if you can hear the commentary on the the nationals DVDs being sold? That might tip the scales...!
You know you've been had when you hear Mark announce after you finish, "Don't believe anything they tell you I said during your race."
I just wish Graham Johnston had beaten Mark in the 2-mile cable swim this summer, so I could ridicule him for it...it was close, and I think Graham would have done it if he hadn't swum the 1-mile race an hour earlier. Still, Mark had to wear a B70 to get the win.
I will content myself that my wife and I won the mythical "couples" award for best cumulative time, handily crushing youngsters Mark & Jill, and Jeff R & Julie O (in their defense, I'm pretty sure they were all still hung over).
You know you've been had when you hear Mark announce after you finish, "Don't believe anything they tell you I said during your race."
I told some people near me that at least I don't ever have to hear the disappointing words as I finish of "finishing just outside the world/national record time".
From the USA Rulebook: "Both arms must be brought forward over
the water and pulled back simultaneously".
Of course, in all things, you must read the rule and enforce what the rule states. Note: it does not specify what portion of the arm must be above the water. Nor does it say exactly how far above the water it must be. So the only way to interpret this rule, AS WRITTEN, is that if any portion of each arm breaks the surface of the water, then it is a legal recovery.
That would imply that you could do breaststroke during a butterfly race, if you had the over-the-water lunge. (The master's legacy rule takes care of the kicking.)
Chris Stevenson wrote:
I will content myself that my wife and I won the mythical "couples" award for best cumulative time, handily crushing youngsters Mark & Jill, and Jeff R & Julie O (in their defense, I'm pretty sure they were all still hung over).
Julie is going to have to step it up a notch next time or I'm going to have to find another girlfriend! :lmao: Like maybe Jill! :joker:
Paul Smith..... 22.6..... 50yd fly..... 48 years old. That betters the age group record below him.
My only consolation is that I am much better looking.
John Smith
Does anyone know if you can hear the commentary on the the nationals DVDs being sold? That might tip the scales...!
You can most definately hear Mark's witty repartee. While the video quality is average at best and depending on what lane you are in you may or may not have much screen time.
I'm tempted to buy the 200 Free CD just to hear the commentary.
