Time observations about World's

I am convinced that the absence of the long suits is having a profound effect on masters swimming times this year. Of course, like Jeff, I focus on my events in my age group. Here is a glaring example. Last year Josep Claret broke the world record in the 65+ 50 fly with a 28.54. This year he wins at Worlds with a 31.5. An anomoly? Last year the 10th place time in the world was 31.11. In the 100 fly Josep's record from last year was a 1:08.05. His winning time this year: 1:13.77. Two thoughts: The older you are, the greater the impact of not having the suit. Second, not all swimmers are affected the same by the change. Comparing the world's top ten from 2009 to 2010 over all age groups will eventually give us a much better picture. I did not experience as profound an effect; 1 sec/100 is roughly right for me. But I have this (mostly unsupported) feeling that sprints and freestyles were the most affected. forums.usms.org/blog.php Aub as you said, everyone is different, so this is just one more data point. Jim, I thought that the tech suits were only allowed for this summer in OW. I hope not. Enough is enough with these crap. I think FINA said that it is allowing full-body suits for OW swims but they have to be textile/porous.

I am convinced that the absence of the long suits is having a profound effect on masters swimming times this year. Of course, like Jeff, I focus on my events in my age group. Here is a glaring example. Last year Josep Claret broke the world record in the 65+ 50 fly with a 28.54. This year he wins at Worlds with a 31.5. An anomoly? Last year the 10th place time in the world was 31.11. In the 100 fly Josep's record from last year was a 1:08.05. His winning time this year: 1:13.77. Two thoughts: The older you are, the greater the impact of not having the suit. Second, not all swimmers are affected the same by the change. Comparing the world's top ten from 2009 to 2010 over all age groups will eventually give us a much better picture. I did not experience as profound an effect; 1 sec/100 is roughly right for me. But I have this (mostly unsupported) feeling that sprints and freestyles were the most affected. forums.usms.org/blog.php Aub as you said, everyone is different, so this is just one more data point. Jim, I thought that the tech suits were only allowed for this summer in OW. I hope not. Enough is enough with these crap. I think FINA said that it is allowing full-body suits for OW swims but they have to be textile/porous.