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.
Guys and gals, we're never going to understand all the rules completely, and like most rules/laws, they are subject to interpretation. There's a lot of mumbo jumbo in there - and in what is being questioned here, there are a lot of references to a lot of other rules. You miss one article bullet point, misread a word or leave out a word, and things change quickly!
Fort swam what in my interpretation of the situation and rules amounts to an exhibition swim. For every rules-based argument I can come up with for officializing the swim, I can also come up with one against. I've said before, I'd love to see her get the full credit for it, and again, it is unfortunate what she has to go through, so that future generations of time trial-ers will not have to do the same.
What is most unfortunate is this could all have been avoided by Fort actually swimming the 100 fly on Sunday... and getting her 50 split like she had originally intended.
Guys and gals, we're never going to understand all the rules completely, and like most rules/laws, they are subject to interpretation. There's a lot of mumbo jumbo in there - and in what is being questioned here, there are a lot of references to a lot of other rules. You miss one article bullet point, misread a word or leave out a word, and things change quickly!
Fort swam what in my interpretation of the situation and rules amounts to an exhibition swim. For every rules-based argument I can come up with for officializing the swim, I can also come up with one against. I've said before, I'd love to see her get the full credit for it, and again, it is unfortunate what she has to go through, so that future generations of time trial-ers will not have to do the same.
What is most unfortunate is this could all have been avoided by Fort actually swimming the 100 fly on Sunday... and getting her 50 split like she had originally intended.
