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.
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So after reading Leslie's account and experiencing my own issues and other swimmer friends' issues with swims not counting, my biggest concern (and the recurring theme) :dedhorse::dedhorse::dedhorse: as a masters swimmer is swimmers' times being thrown out b/c officials, referees, and meet directors don't know the rules.
Do people want to spend upwards of $1K to $2K+ to do a travel meet where USMS swims may or may not count? And whether or not the swims count will be determined in the future by the USMS Top 10 committee in which I as a swimmer will not be notified if the times do not count.
How big a problem is this? When the 2006 Auburn meet results were thrown out in 2006, it appears that about 1,000 swims were discounted due to the pool not being measured. 1,000 swims seems like quite a few swims in just one meet . . .
So after reading Leslie's account and experiencing my own issues and other swimmer friends' issues with swims not counting, my biggest concern (and the recurring theme) :dedhorse::dedhorse::dedhorse: as a masters swimmer is swimmers' times being thrown out b/c officials, referees, and meet directors don't know the rules.
Do people want to spend upwards of $1K to $2K+ to do a travel meet where USMS swims may or may not count? And whether or not the swims count will be determined in the future by the USMS Top 10 committee in which I as a swimmer will not be notified if the times do not count.
How big a problem is this? When the 2006 Auburn meet results were thrown out in 2006, it appears that about 1,000 swims were discounted due to the pool not being measured. 1,000 swims seems like quite a few swims in just one meet . . .
