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!
Thanks for the response. I know 1989 is not correct and there was a large ERRATA and I have all of 1989 ERRATA if someone needs them. 1989 All American selection was based on the 1989 Top Ten final list with all ERRATA included. I found several swimmers that had Number 1 Swims in the Top Ten and they were not named All American and I found swimmers that were named All American and they were not first place in the Top Ten in anything.
That is what got my interest going so I did a little research in 1989 and found that none of the courses used the ERRATA. So what this tells me is that these lists are preliminary and semi accurate. A good check point is the All American selections. Every swimmer must have a Number 1 swim in the National Top Ten to be All American and if they don't then the ERRATA was not used. Or the other way is if a swimmer has a Number 1 swim in the National Top Ten and is not on the All American list, then the ERRATA was not used.
Thanks for the response. I know 1989 is not correct and there was a large ERRATA and I have all of 1989 ERRATA if someone needs them. 1989 All American selection was based on the 1989 Top Ten final list with all ERRATA included. I found several swimmers that had Number 1 Swims in the Top Ten and they were not named All American and I found swimmers that were named All American and they were not first place in the Top Ten in anything.
That is what got my interest going so I did a little research in 1989 and found that none of the courses used the ERRATA. So what this tells me is that these lists are preliminary and semi accurate. A good check point is the All American selections. Every swimmer must have a Number 1 swim in the National Top Ten to be All American and if they don't then the ERRATA was not used. Or the other way is if a swimmer has a Number 1 swim in the National Top Ten and is not on the All American list, then the ERRATA was not used.
