Wondering what some of the unofficial records are at short-course nationals:
Most consecutive meets attended ?
Most meets attended and estimated travel mileage for all those meets ?
Most consecutive wins in an event ?
Most Titles ?
Swimmers winning a "dceade" in an event - meaning winning a race every year in their 40ies, 50 ies or so on ?
Has anybody won every event (over several years of course) - if not who has won the most different events ?
Any other mosts you can think of ... ?
Jim Clemmons writes:
How about most DQ's?
Anybody have a handle on someone with a bad luck streak?
I have a teammate that can vie for this title. Here are his DQs at Nationals that come to mind off the top of my head:
1997 Seattle: 100 IM (false start, was seeded 1st and had the national record going into the swim)
2000 Indy: 50 free (false start)
2000 UMBC: 50 back (swam the race and broke the WR only to find out he flinched on the start and got DQd)
2003 Tempe: 100 back (swam the race and won by a bodylength but got DQd for flinching on the start)
2006 Coral Springs: 200 Med Rel (led off with 50 back USMS record, freestyler "jumped" so the relay was DQd and the leadoff record didn't count)
I won't give his name. But I suppose we can give him the nickname Twitch?!
Regarding Nationals attendance: I went to 6 or 7 meets as a spectator before I was eligible (old enough) to swim. I did manage to sneak into the competition pool during warms ups in Indy when I was 14 (1983). I don't think USMS had warmup Marshalls back then! I was also served beer at the social in Providence when I was only 16 (1985)! I don't think we had USMS Legal Counsel back then! :) As a swimmer I've competed in 22 Nationals plus one Worlds (Stanford). But at this rate I still don't think I'll ever catch June Krauser or Ted Haartz! :bow:
Jim Clemmons writes:
How about most DQ's?
Anybody have a handle on someone with a bad luck streak?
I have a teammate that can vie for this title. Here are his DQs at Nationals that come to mind off the top of my head:
1997 Seattle: 100 IM (false start, was seeded 1st and had the national record going into the swim)
2000 Indy: 50 free (false start)
2000 UMBC: 50 back (swam the race and broke the WR only to find out he flinched on the start and got DQd)
2003 Tempe: 100 back (swam the race and won by a bodylength but got DQd for flinching on the start)
2006 Coral Springs: 200 Med Rel (led off with 50 back USMS record, freestyler "jumped" so the relay was DQd and the leadoff record didn't count)
I won't give his name. But I suppose we can give him the nickname Twitch?!
Regarding Nationals attendance: I went to 6 or 7 meets as a spectator before I was eligible (old enough) to swim. I did manage to sneak into the competition pool during warms ups in Indy when I was 14 (1983). I don't think USMS had warmup Marshalls back then! I was also served beer at the social in Providence when I was only 16 (1985)! I don't think we had USMS Legal Counsel back then! :) As a swimmer I've competed in 22 Nationals plus one Worlds (Stanford). But at this rate I still don't think I'll ever catch June Krauser or Ted Haartz! :bow:
