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
Liking this proposal or not depends on your answer to a few questions:
-- what do you want FINA records to represent? . . .
-- should FINA records only be set at designated masters meets?
-- does a person need to be registered with a masters organization (the USMS of their country) to set a FINA record?
IMHO
FINA Masters records to represent the records set at Masters meets.
The person should be registered as a Master's swimmer with their federation.
I would like to support those organizations that organize and run Masters meets. When a great swimmer comes to a Masters meet there is a lot of "buzz." Other races stop and competitors watch the event where the fast swimmers are competing. I like that and I want to see it continue.
(I thought it was great to Gary Hall, JR and Sabir Mohamad compete at a US Nationals. I stopped to watch a relay that had Dara Torres and Rowdy Gains swim - then get beat by a Colorado team that had Rich Abrams hold off Rowdy on the final leg.)
I want people supporting those meets that are sanctioned by US Masters Swimming rather than an another adult swimming association.
Of course, these are reasonable questions about which people can disagree.
wearing my USMS on my chest.
-michael
Liking this proposal or not depends on your answer to a few questions:
-- what do you want FINA records to represent? . . .
-- should FINA records only be set at designated masters meets?
-- does a person need to be registered with a masters organization (the USMS of their country) to set a FINA record?
IMHO
FINA Masters records to represent the records set at Masters meets.
The person should be registered as a Master's swimmer with their federation.
I would like to support those organizations that organize and run Masters meets. When a great swimmer comes to a Masters meet there is a lot of "buzz." Other races stop and competitors watch the event where the fast swimmers are competing. I like that and I want to see it continue.
(I thought it was great to Gary Hall, JR and Sabir Mohamad compete at a US Nationals. I stopped to watch a relay that had Dara Torres and Rowdy Gains swim - then get beat by a Colorado team that had Rich Abrams hold off Rowdy on the final leg.)
I want people supporting those meets that are sanctioned by US Masters Swimming rather than an another adult swimming association.
Of course, these are reasonable questions about which people can disagree.
wearing my USMS on my chest.
-michael
