I was just looking at some websites (I wanted to see where and if they had world rankings and if I would be ranked!!) Anyway, I came across results from the recent Australian Masters Nats...
Was that meet LCM?? or SCM?? Does anybody know?? The reason I ask is because I saw that Daniel Kowaski (I am assuming the former swimmer??) went 1.53 for the 200, 3.58 for the 400 and 8.18 for the 800!!! does anyone know if that is correct? Doesnt give me much hope, that is ridiculously fast!!
good on him if it is him as you dont see many of the recent swimmers doing Masters...
I'm all for having a SCM National Championship and like Jeff's suggestion of rotating seasons as an option. However, I think the current "standard" SCY season is too long so that we could aim for a SCM Nationals in the early December time period (like when all the big regional meets are now) and have three nationals meets per year. Those folks who like to stick with the measurement rules that Mother England gave us a few hundred years ago can still be happy with having an SCY champs.
While I recognize that Mel's suggestion of going through the rules/proper chain of command is the "official" way to do this, that seems too slow and antiquated to me.
I think that the Power of Marketing and an entrepreneurial approach can be applied here in two simple steps:
Someone call the Grunions and convince them to rename their December meet to the "Unofficial American SCM Masters Champs" or something so that it doesn't infringe on any USMS trademarks, etc.
Publish the flyer, market the meet and make it so
Maybe this would inspire others to create competing meets, each trying to outdo the other (better venue, more attractive order of events, location, etc.) to become the official unofficial SCM champs, etc. so that we let the "market" create the meet rather than the bureaucracy.
I'm all for having a SCM National Championship and like Jeff's suggestion of rotating seasons as an option. However, I think the current "standard" SCY season is too long so that we could aim for a SCM Nationals in the early December time period (like when all the big regional meets are now) and have three nationals meets per year. Those folks who like to stick with the measurement rules that Mother England gave us a few hundred years ago can still be happy with having an SCY champs.
While I recognize that Mel's suggestion of going through the rules/proper chain of command is the "official" way to do this, that seems too slow and antiquated to me.
I think that the Power of Marketing and an entrepreneurial approach can be applied here in two simple steps:
Someone call the Grunions and convince them to rename their December meet to the "Unofficial American SCM Masters Champs" or something so that it doesn't infringe on any USMS trademarks, etc.
Publish the flyer, market the meet and make it so
Maybe this would inspire others to create competing meets, each trying to outdo the other (better venue, more attractive order of events, location, etc.) to become the official unofficial SCM champs, etc. so that we let the "market" create the meet rather than the bureaucracy.
