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'll say it again...I would really hope that at some point USMS & USA Swimming can work towards finding more common ground. I'd love to see more meets that are coordinated and promoted (in both directions) from the two organizations. Just as we have USMS swimmers who don't always have free time when meets are run I have to believe there are USA teams that would like an occasional oppurtunity to have their "senior" (18+) athletes get an addtional meet in...but we have to streamline the rules and find a way to better integrate the data...
We talk often about growth on this forum and to take a quote from the buisness world "the best customer's are the ones you already have". In other words we already have a system in place that age group/high school/college swimmers "understand" and could fit easilly into...if we can do a better job of letting them know who we are.
I'll say it again...I would really hope that at some point USMS & USA Swimming can work towards finding more common ground. I'd love to see more meets that are coordinated and promoted (in both directions) from the two organizations. Just as we have USMS swimmers who don't always have free time when meets are run I have to believe there are USA teams that would like an occasional oppurtunity to have their "senior" (18+) athletes get an addtional meet in...but we have to streamline the rules and find a way to better integrate the data...
We talk often about growth on this forum and to take a quote from the buisness world "the best customer's are the ones you already have". In other words we already have a system in place that age group/high school/college swimmers "understand" and could fit easilly into...if we can do a better job of letting them know who we are.
