Well ever since I aged up from 12 to 13 (which was a while ago), I have always wondered why there is no 100 IM for kids who are 13 and over, at least for short course (Yards) season (you can't really do a 100 IM in a LCM pool >.>). While there are some meets where you can do it, it isn't like a state event or anything. It seems like USA swimming is the only team that doesn't really allow it in such a way. I have looked at info on other countries and their swim teams and they seem to do it, as a state (province for other countries....) and above event even.
I don't pretend to know the answer, but my speculation is that there are so many various swimming events now that to add yet another one to the mix for elite swimmers, who presumably should have more than enough speed and stamina to swim the 200 and 400 i.m.'s, might just be too much.
If you add the 100 i.m. for "pure sprinters" then why not the 800 or 1600 i.m. for "distance" types?
The 100 i.m. is a USMS race, so I suppose if you hang on long enough, you can get back to your 11-12 year old roots eventually.
I think a more pressing need is to add a 1500 swim for women. Having just finished the USMS 2-mile cable championships, where many of the top swimmers (Abbie Nun, Eney Jones) were women, it really seems crazy to me that the Olympics apparently think this distance is too far for our little flowers to motor.
Our little flowers, alas, arranged themselves nicely on my grave at Chris Greene!
I don't pretend to know the answer, but my speculation is that there are so many various swimming events now that to add yet another one to the mix for elite swimmers, who presumably should have more than enough speed and stamina to swim the 200 and 400 i.m.'s, might just be too much.
If you add the 100 i.m. for "pure sprinters" then why not the 800 or 1600 i.m. for "distance" types?
The 100 i.m. is a USMS race, so I suppose if you hang on long enough, you can get back to your 11-12 year old roots eventually.
I think a more pressing need is to add a 1500 swim for women. Having just finished the USMS 2-mile cable championships, where many of the top swimmers (Abbie Nun, Eney Jones) were women, it really seems crazy to me that the Olympics apparently think this distance is too far for our little flowers to motor.
Our little flowers, alas, arranged themselves nicely on my grave at Chris Greene!
