What should USMS do about the suits?

Someone brought up them up before and USA Swimming just sent out a list for allowable swimsuits under their ruling and agonswim.com is referenced. Does anyone know what fabric that they offer is better for racing? Paper, Speedline or Streamline? www.agonswim.com/.../sale...c.cfm i went with the paper suit (i hope it has a similar feel to the original paper suits)

To be sure there is never an unfair advantage by a swim suit.... I think all competitive swimming should be done in the nude!:applaud:

I really wish USMS would issue some sort of a statement.Since FINA won't even meet until Jan evidently it blows the 1/1/10 deadline for Masters and a 10/1/09 deadline for Masters seems unworkable.I'd like USMS to STATE that the currently legal suits will remain legal until they get further word from FINA.That would at least handle this year.

I really wish USMS would issue some sort of a statement.Since FINA won't even meet until Jan evidently it blows the 1/1/10 deadline for Masters and a 10/1/09 deadline for Masters seems unworkable.I'd like USMS to STATE that the currently legal suits will remain legal until they get further word from FINA.That would at least handle this year. They have issued a statement. It remains status quo until such time they replace the existing statment with a different one. In the interim, keep on keeping on.

Someone brought up them up before and USA Swimming just sent out a list for allowable swimsuits under their ruling and agonswim.com is referenced. Does anyone know what fabric that they offer is better for racing? Paper, Speedline or Streamline? www.agonswim.com/.../sale...c.cfm

They have issued a statement. Link to this?

Link to this? It's the same one from June 1 stating that USMS will issue subsequent statements when they have something definitive to issue. I believe I've since seen informal statements stating that this is still the statement in effect. :cool: www.usms.org/.../20090601swimsuits.pdf (Thanks Chris)

i went with the paper suit (i hope it has a similar feel to the original paper suits) Its been a long time since I have worn a paper suit so I can barely remember. All I can remember is that I couldn't get one leg in now, in the ones I use to wear!!

It's the same one from June 1 stating that USMS will issue subsequent statements when they have something definitive to issue. I believe I've since seen informal statements stating that this is still the statement in effect. :cool: www.usms.org/.../20090601swimsuits.pdf (Thanks Chris) It is still in effect...but now I realize that it is dated, given the following statement: "FINA approval or rejection of new swimsuits introduced after September 30, 2007, will be accepted by U.S. Masters Swimming."

It is still in effect...but now I realize that it is dated, given the following statement: "FINA approval or rejection of new swimsuits introduced after September 30, 2007, will be accepted by U.S. Masters Swimming." It's really out of date with the latest out of FINA. A few quotes: 1. Question: Can I wear a regular racing suit that is not a body suit? Answer: Yes, suits introduced prior to September 30, 2007, are legal for U.S.M.S. competition. Question: How will this impact Masters competitors? Answer: That suit you bought after September 30, 2007, is legal at this moment, but it could be reconsidered by the USMS Rules Committee after the next FINA-approved swimsuit list is published. Regardless of the upcoming new list, that old Fastskin or similar suit that you have will be legal since it was introduced prior to September 30, 2007. 2. Question: Can I still wear my LZR or TYR Tracer at meets including long course meters meets? Answer: Yes, because at least some of the LZR and the TYR Tracer models are on the new list of FINA-approved suits that was published May 19, 2009, and none of these suits are on the not-approved list. All LZR and TYR suits are legal at least until the retesting is completed. (We have not seen the official list of suits being retested, so we don’t know if there are models of these suits included.) C'mon Kathy et. al. FINA will not help us out of this morass. Step up, rule, and let's move on. It's time.