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.
Several posters have expressed disappointment that USMS does not accept Time Trials (contrasted with rumors where other Time Trials whose times were accepted). I’ve already gone over this with Fort, but I’m writing to clarify for others (I tried to post on a blog but my post mysteriously disappeared...). Time Trials (TTs) are indeed permitted – as long as they are sanctioned. The problem at Rutgers, unfortunately, was the TT was not sanctioned nor was it part of the meet. Fort was given bad advice from the referee and meet director when she requested the TT. They granted her request not realizing the time would not be eligible for USMS Top Ten/records. Without a sanction, her swim was basically no different in the eyes of USMS than a swim in practice where your coach gets your time. Similarly, if Paul Smith steps on the blocks in practice with 3 timers and breaks a John Smith record (or vice versa), the time cannot be submitted for a record. It’s a shame what happened at Rutgers for Fort because she did nothing wrong , but I thought I’d clear the air that USMS did not deny her time simply because it was a TT – they denied it because the swim was not sanctioned (nor was it part of the meet – the entry form needed to include the option to do a time trial in order for it to be included with the meet).
I hope her appeal is successful but there you have the background for when TTs “count” and when they don’t. Lastly, I’m not on the USMS Rules Committee (thankfully!) so this is just my own personal interpretation of the relevant sections of the rulebook.
:dedhorse::dedhorse::dedhorse:
Jeff
Several posters have expressed disappointment that USMS does not accept Time Trials (contrasted with rumors where other Time Trials whose times were accepted). I’ve already gone over this with Fort, but I’m writing to clarify for others (I tried to post on a blog but my post mysteriously disappeared...). Time Trials (TTs) are indeed permitted – as long as they are sanctioned. The problem at Rutgers, unfortunately, was the TT was not sanctioned nor was it part of the meet. Fort was given bad advice from the referee and meet director when she requested the TT. They granted her request not realizing the time would not be eligible for USMS Top Ten/records. Without a sanction, her swim was basically no different in the eyes of USMS than a swim in practice where your coach gets your time. Similarly, if Paul Smith steps on the blocks in practice with 3 timers and breaks a John Smith record (or vice versa), the time cannot be submitted for a record. It’s a shame what happened at Rutgers for Fort because she did nothing wrong , but I thought I’d clear the air that USMS did not deny her time simply because it was a TT – they denied it because the swim was not sanctioned (nor was it part of the meet – the entry form needed to include the option to do a time trial in order for it to be included with the meet).
I hope her appeal is successful but there you have the background for when TTs “count” and when they don’t. Lastly, I’m not on the USMS Rules Committee (thankfully!) so this is just my own personal interpretation of the relevant sections of the rulebook.
:dedhorse::dedhorse::dedhorse:
Jeff
