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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They could be submitted by clubs, regions, zones etc, whatever; in the age of the internet, it would not be too hard to verify them. There could also categories for age-group, college etc. It would also share knowledge of wow swims that escaped initial notice or comment. I would like to think it would be very prestigious if one managed two or more wow swims (I think there would be a natural tendency of a panel not to do that, so if it decided to do that- WOW!)
Might be something we can do web-based for the U.S. My concern is trying to make this a global setup. We really try to keep a global perspective on everything we do here. I could easily see something like this being done with a U.S.-slant because there's so much conversation within the USMS community (heck, that's what this forum is about).
Trying to globalize this concept could be pretty difficult.
They could be submitted by clubs, regions, zones etc, whatever; in the age of the internet, it would not be too hard to verify them. There could also categories for age-group, college etc. It would also share knowledge of wow swims that escaped initial notice or comment. I would like to think it would be very prestigious if one managed two or more wow swims (I think there would be a natural tendency of a panel not to do that, so if it decided to do that- WOW!)
Might be something we can do web-based for the U.S. My concern is trying to make this a global setup. We really try to keep a global perspective on everything we do here. I could easily see something like this being done with a U.S.-slant because there's so much conversation within the USMS community (heck, that's what this forum is about).
Trying to globalize this concept could be pretty difficult.
