Interesting article argues Masters records should recognize all sanctioned swims by age-eligible swimmers (e.g., Torres, Lezak, Foster, etc.)
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../21313.asp
Gary Hall showed up with the Race Club in 2004 and the meet stopped to watch them swim the 100 free.
They held up the meet for their 50 fly too, and I subsequently missed my heat.
Anyways, to the topic at hand, there are procedures in place for recognizing times swum at non-USMS meets. While I'd prefer to see Masters records be set by Masters swimmers at Masters meets the way Gary and crew showed up in '04, if the swimmer in question is a properly registered USMS swimmer and goes about reporting times from any USA-S or Fina meets through the proper channels, I see no reason why we should exclude that effort. As is the case today whenever one of us wants our USA-S swims to count.
If Lezak or Cielo or whoever decides to register, then swims some fast times, reports them, then I guess the record is theirs.
Gary Hall showed up with the Race Club in 2004 and the meet stopped to watch them swim the 100 free.
They held up the meet for their 50 fly too, and I subsequently missed my heat.
Anyways, to the topic at hand, there are procedures in place for recognizing times swum at non-USMS meets. While I'd prefer to see Masters records be set by Masters swimmers at Masters meets the way Gary and crew showed up in '04, if the swimmer in question is a properly registered USMS swimmer and goes about reporting times from any USA-S or Fina meets through the proper channels, I see no reason why we should exclude that effort. As is the case today whenever one of us wants our USA-S swims to count.
If Lezak or Cielo or whoever decides to register, then swims some fast times, reports them, then I guess the record is theirs.
