Thanks to the efforts of the USMS History & Archives Committee, and the Records & Tabulation Committee, the USMS Top Ten listings now go back to 1971. John Bauman of Wisconsin and Barbara Dunbar of San Diego led the effort to collect and organize the old Top Ten listings. :cheerleader:
The Top Ten searchable database can be found here: http://www.usms.org/comp/tt/
Some of our active Forumites can be found in these listings. For example, search on Allen Stark's name and you'll see that he first made the USMS Top Ten as a 25-year-old in 1974. Rich Abrahams first appears in 1975, as a 30-year-old.
In terms of sheer numbers, it's hard to imagine anyone with more Top Ten swims than June Krauser. Since 1972 June has amassed a total of 1,372 individual Top Ten swims!
Thank You,Thank You,Thank You.That is so fabulous.Looking back at that brings back fond(& not so fond) memories.:banana::banana::banana:
Alan,
I couldn't agree more with your sentiments. I loved seeing names long forgotten and those still active. What was fun was looking up the top times in my current age group from my first year swimming masters (1975) and being amazed at how much all the times, from first through tenth, have improved since then. And it ain't just the suits folks. For example, in the 65+ age group 1:39.99 won the men's 100 fly and there weren't even 10 people who swam it, only seven (2:41). I'm afraid I could waste many hours perusing this data base.
Thank you to all those who put in all the hard work.
Rich
Thank You,Thank You,Thank You.That is so fabulous.Looking back at that brings back fond(& not so fond) memories.:banana::banana::banana:
Alan,
I couldn't agree more with your sentiments. I loved seeing names long forgotten and those still active. What was fun was looking up the top times in my current age group from my first year swimming masters (1975) and being amazed at how much all the times, from first through tenth, have improved since then. And it ain't just the suits folks. For example, in the 65+ age group 1:39.99 won the men's 100 fly and there weren't even 10 people who swam it, only seven (2:41). I'm afraid I could waste many hours perusing this data base.
Thank you to all those who put in all the hard work.
Rich
