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.
My understanding is that USS times do count for FINA if the meet is dual sanctioned. More and more USS long course meets are dual sanctioned now. And SCY meets are obviously irrelevant for FINA purposes.
I simply don't undertand why we need to make things harder than they have to be. How much friggin work would it be...or should I say "checking of ego's" to get USMS & USA Swimming at least a bit more on the same page. Now FINA I can understand...I won't even try and go there but come on folks?
As much as certain folks withing USMS want to claim that we're primarilly a fitness organization the bottom line is we are still hosting meets...I don't see a lot of fitness swimmers spending thousands a year on travel, entries, suits, etc. We still are an organization that has a significant and very active/vocal group of members who are racing and utilizing timers, time standards for TT's, WR's, top 10's, etc...streamline and simplify the process will ya...no excuse for someone entering a meet and doing a swim like this and not being recognized.
My understanding is that USS times do count for FINA if the meet is dual sanctioned. More and more USS long course meets are dual sanctioned now. And SCY meets are obviously irrelevant for FINA purposes.
I simply don't undertand why we need to make things harder than they have to be. How much friggin work would it be...or should I say "checking of ego's" to get USMS & USA Swimming at least a bit more on the same page. Now FINA I can understand...I won't even try and go there but come on folks?
As much as certain folks withing USMS want to claim that we're primarilly a fitness organization the bottom line is we are still hosting meets...I don't see a lot of fitness swimmers spending thousands a year on travel, entries, suits, etc. We still are an organization that has a significant and very active/vocal group of members who are racing and utilizing timers, time standards for TT's, WR's, top 10's, etc...streamline and simplify the process will ya...no excuse for someone entering a meet and doing a swim like this and not being recognized.
