So I see back in Feb Megan broke 3 Masters world records and recently I was just reading Dara Torres Book 'Age is just a number' and something caught my eye...
pg. 126 "FINA, the international governing body of swimming, requires a swimmer to sit out for a nine month period from events they recognize (this does not include Masters) after declaring an intent to come back and swim.
Ok so does this mean that if Jendrick is now a masters swimmer she would have to join USS swimming and quit masters and wait for 9 months before she could swim in say Olympic Trials?
Same question with Dara Torres - did she have to first quit masters and join USS and wait 9 months prior to doing any international meets?
Or could Jendrick be in Masters and USS at the same time?
Just got me curious. Thanks in advance. :)
Megan has not retired! She swam at last summer's USA Swimming nationals, and I would imagine is training for the 2012 Trials. She's just stepping up at local Masters meets to get some racing in.
Don't forget that Cullen Jones, Mark Gangloff, Fred Bousquet and others have competed in Masters meets while still being an elite swimmer.
Ed Moses is going through the Masters circuit while he goes through his nine-month waiting period. He'll be at Masters nationals in Mesa.
Megan has not retired! She swam at last summer's USA Swimming nationals, and I would imagine is training for the 2012 Trials. She's just stepping up at local Masters meets to get some racing in.
Don't forget that Cullen Jones, Mark Gangloff, Fred Bousquet and others have competed in Masters meets while still being an elite swimmer.
Ed Moses is going through the Masters circuit while he goes through his nine-month waiting period. He'll be at Masters nationals in Mesa.
