Mary T.'s 200 fly

A swim of beauty ... the question for USMS, though, is this: where is she now and who's going to recruit her back to masters competition? I got to see her swim a 1500 fly one year at Belmont Shores. She was in a guys heat and swimming for Mark Shubert (1983, I think) taking a year off from Cal to train for the Olympics. My coach and I sat in the bleachers watching her counter hold up 11's or 13's and figured out the counter was holding up her splits. Shubert had a deal with her that if she broke 18 minutes he'd buy her dinner. She did it. My coach and I sat there in awe. I got to swim with her at Cal after the 84 Olympics. Pure class act. Great person. Always bugged me that she didn't really get to capitalize on her success like some (because of the 1980 boycott). Talked to her a couple of years ago and she said she has no interest in swimming masters. She's got a family and is busy with all sorts of things.

A swim of beauty ... the question for USMS, though, is this: where is she now and who's going to recruit her back to masters competition? I got to see her swim a 1500 fly one year at Belmont Shores. She was in a guys heat and swimming for Mark Shubert (1983, I think) taking a year off from Cal to train for the Olympics. My coach and I sat in the bleachers watching her counter hold up 11's or 13's and figured out the counter was holding up her splits. Shubert had a deal with her that if she broke 18 minutes he'd buy her dinner. She did it. My coach and I sat there in awe. I got to swim with her at Cal after the 84 Olympics. Pure class act. Great person. Always bugged me that she didn't really get to capitalize on her success like some (because of the 1980 boycott). Talked to her a couple of years ago and she said she has no interest in swimming masters. She's got a family and is busy with all sorts of things.