For all of you who know Leslie the Fortress Livingston, this should help you know her better.
For all of you who don't know Leslie the Fortress Livingston, prepare for the thrill ride get-to-know-Leslie event of the year.
A little background: Leslie is the 4th woman in history in the 45-49 year age group to beat 30 seconds in the 50 SCM butterfly.
She did this at age 47, and it is possible that she is actually the FIRST woman in history this old to break 30 at the age (assuming the previous 3 were 45 or 46.)
www.youtube.com/watch
This small film will help you understand all that goes into becoming an extraordinary human being/swimmer. Oh, and there's a little about Leslie in this, too.
Just joking. It's all about Leslie. With some guest appearances by Paul Wolf, Julie "Mulie" Oplinger, Jeff "the Barbarian" Roddin, and Jim Thornton as "the narrator."
Please enjoy before Leslie forces Jim Matysek to take this down.
I just learned that this swim was disallowed.:censor::censor::censor:It wasn't allowed because it was a "time trial."Since it was agreed upon by the meet director and head referee,this seems nonsensical and unfair.
In 2003 at the SCM meet at ASU they measured the pool after the Sat. events and found the bulkhead had slipped so that some lanes were up to 1-2 cm short.As all those times would not count for TT they allowed the affected swimmers to swim time trials.For me at least a time trial is not the same as racing against someone and I swam .4 sec slower.The Sat. time would have been a ZR,but at least the time trial time counted for TT.Several swimmers at that meet also swam time trials.USA-S swimmers are routinely given time trials to make cuts.Several WRs have been set at time trials.Write your congressperson,sic Geek or Thorton on them.This wrong must be righted!!!!!
I just learned that this swim was disallowed.:censor::censor::censor:It wasn't allowed because it was a "time trial."Since it was agreed upon by the meet director and head referee,this seems nonsensical and unfair.
In 2003 at the SCM meet at ASU they measured the pool after the Sat. events and found the bulkhead had slipped so that some lanes were up to 1-2 cm short.As all those times would not count for TT they allowed the affected swimmers to swim time trials.For me at least a time trial is not the same as racing against someone and I swam .4 sec slower.The Sat. time would have been a ZR,but at least the time trial time counted for TT.Several swimmers at that meet also swam time trials.USA-S swimmers are routinely given time trials to make cuts.Several WRs have been set at time trials.Write your congressperson,sic Geek or Thorton on them.This wrong must be righted!!!!!
