With the continued growth in USMS membership, I would submit that it's time to eliminate the regional teams at Nationals. Case in point: NCMS sent a "team" of 123 swimmers to Atlanta, enough to enter A, B, C, and D relays in many events (e.g. the mens 35+ 200 free relay in which our club team placed 13th behind eight regional teams). It's been argued that the formation of regional teams allows more swimmers to participate in relays, yet local clubs from North Carolina sent as many as thirty or more athletes and could have entered relays on their own as our club (with eight swimmers) did. Swim with the guys you actually train with.
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i've always thought that "world records" should be set by the fastest swimmers in the world and not restricted to persons who have citizenship of one country or another..... likewise for masters.
(then again.... i don't get all "flag-a-wavin" for the olympics or any other international competitions. thats just me)
i've always thought that "world records" should be set by the fastest swimmers in the world and not restricted to persons who have citizenship of one country or another..... likewise for masters.
(then again.... i don't get all "flag-a-wavin" for the olympics or any other international competitions. thats just me)
