How long and how often have you participated in Masters?

You might want to extend the particpation number of years. I started officially swimming masters with a team (the St. Paul Skyway YMCA masters) in 1984, swam with them for 11 years, moved to Pittsburgh, and have been swimming the Sewickley Y and Pitt Masters since 1995. Yikes! That's almost a quarter of a century! Before that, I swam on my own in a much more hit or miss fashion. I suspect there are many, many swimmers who post on this forum who have been swimming much longer than 5 years. By making this the end point of your poll, I think you may be missing some pretty interesting data!

You might want to extend the particpation number of years. I started officially swimming masters with a team (the St. Paul Skyway YMCA masters) in 1984, swam with them for 11 years, moved to Pittsburgh, and have been swimming the Sewickley Y and Pitt Masters since 1995. Yikes! That's almost a quarter of a century! Before that, I swam on my own in a much more hit or miss fashion. I suspect there are many, many swimmers who post on this forum who have been swimming much longer than 5 years. By making this the end point of your poll, I think you may be missing some pretty interesting data!