I was looking over the high school records and noticed one glaring disparity. The oldest record on the books is the boys public 500 yard free, set in 1983 by Jeff Kostoff at 4:16.39. The next oldest boys record is in 1991. The oldest girls record is the 100 fly set in 1996 by Misty Hyman. Any ideas as to why that one has stood for so long?
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../USA_High_School_Records.pdf
Hopefully he returns to masters swimming some day.
That would be way cool. Everything I ever heard, read about the guy was that he was a training animal. I remember doing a dual meet with him in the 1000 during my freshman or sophomore year in college; I'd like to say I raced him, but I was merely in the same pool. It was very humbling swimming a decent time (for me) and still get lapped.
Hopefully he returns to masters swimming some day.
That would be way cool. Everything I ever heard, read about the guy was that he was a training animal. I remember doing a dual meet with him in the 1000 during my freshman or sophomore year in college; I'd like to say I raced him, but I was merely in the same pool. It was very humbling swimming a decent time (for me) and still get lapped.
