Swimming World's top 12 master swimmers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Former Member
Let the debate begin. I have no problem with the 12 selected, but, 6 and 6 is pretty tough to pick and I have great respect for the process they use. I do think they should try to maybe add the top swim of the year,but, what they have to do, at present, is pretty overwhelming. Some of the runner-ups are pretty awesome. Pull up the Swimming World and download the magazine.What a great honor for all these great swimmers EOM
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A swimmer had to have set either 2 LCM WRs, any combo of 3 LCM + SCM WRS (w/@least 1 LC), or "a sufficient number of SCM world records during the year to force a common sense inclusion" in order to be included on the final ballot. According to the article, those criteria netted 31 men and 17 women.
Thanks, Mctrusty! One other thing about the list that gets overlooked primarily due to the timing of the article is the competition year. These are the Top 12 Masters as voted by our panel based on the FINA Masters World Record list published for the time period of Nov. 1, 2007 to Oct. 31, 2008. So, oftentimes, there's a bit of a lag based on newer results. The 2009 list will be Nov. 1, 2008 to Oct. 31, 2009. So, anyone that swam in November and December of this year and holds onto that record by the end of the year will be considered.
The ballot was incredibly deep this year compared to last.
Love hearing the commentary on here about the award. It's always interesting.
A swimmer had to have set either 2 LCM WRs, any combo of 3 LCM + SCM WRS (w/@least 1 LC), or "a sufficient number of SCM world records during the year to force a common sense inclusion" in order to be included on the final ballot. According to the article, those criteria netted 31 men and 17 women.
Thanks, Mctrusty! One other thing about the list that gets overlooked primarily due to the timing of the article is the competition year. These are the Top 12 Masters as voted by our panel based on the FINA Masters World Record list published for the time period of Nov. 1, 2007 to Oct. 31, 2008. So, oftentimes, there's a bit of a lag based on newer results. The 2009 list will be Nov. 1, 2008 to Oct. 31, 2009. So, anyone that swam in November and December of this year and holds onto that record by the end of the year will be considered.
The ballot was incredibly deep this year compared to last.
Love hearing the commentary on here about the award. It's always interesting.
