Comments on: Age only a number for Ledecky and Conger

By: Breaststroker

Breaststroker — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 02:18:00 +0000

RFTW uses current swimmers to report some of their stories, (Including Ledecky’s brother, who has done a great job of avoiding over-covering his sister), swim parents why cant you cut them a break about their reporting? I can’t imagine the website brings in too much money, they’re stretched thin according to their editor; and how much better is this website than anything we had before it? Think about that.

Also, Machine has done little in the National picture compared to RMSC and Curl. That being said it would be nice to see a little more coverage of the good but not great swimmers, interviewing the more regular swimmers at MCSL Long Course, maybe not just the usual winners.

By: swimmer

swimmer — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:22:06 +0000

wow those are some FAST relays!

By: Mitch Rubin

Mitch Rubin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:12:23 +0000

Thanks for your ideas. Please understand that our staff is extremely limited so we need to rely somewhat on ideas that come from the community.

By: swinfan

swinfan — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:24:42 +0000

SWIM PARENT..RTW did a good job of recognizing the ALL MET swimmers during their college conference time and NCAA’s and mentioned Rachel Burnett as I recall. This PVS meet (I would bet0 is just a tune up before before Nationals in two weeks. The swimmers you mentioned did not come with their A game as you can see by their times..This was not a big meet for them..

And I too would love to see a story about MACHINE and their rise..They seem to be doing a lot of things right.

And yea, their are a lot of young wunderkinds that seem to peak in their teens and then struggle or flatline.. its a tough route to be faster at 16 then you are in college . Thats why parents need to watch all the hype about young swimmers..Its a hell of a fall from grace when you dont live up to parents/coaches expectations and you have other parents(e.g. lots on this board to choose from) that are ready to pick your bones and smile smugly about your slower times..

By: Lilly

Lilly — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:29:43 +0000

I agreed that Ledecky and Conger are wonderful swimmers, we know that, everybody knows that.

I was hoping that Reach for the Wall had a good and extensive cover for the Long Course Invitational Meet, remarking the progress from many other swimmers that are working hard everyday to keep up with the great competition on the area, but, it seems that just Cubu and RMSC are their favorite teams…

Please look around and you can find more names to mention….

By: Devvon

Devvon — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:57:02 +0000

While there still could be some diversity with the stories, I think you guys are doing a fantastic job. Two years ago, there would have been nothing at all.

By: Mitch Rubin

Mitch Rubin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:40:20 +0000

Thanks Jim. We’d love to cover everything as fully as possible. In this case, not sending Alan to the meet hurt us and for that I apologize.

By: Jim G.

Jim G. — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:58:30 +0000

Mitch, I appreciate that you read these comments and respond. Some good feedback, but I wanted to tell you that I ‘feel your pain’ as many of us (including me) want comprehensive coverage but don’t support the paper by paying to subscribe and/or patronizing your advertisers. It’s a shame how much newspapers are struggling when your role in society (far beyond swim meets) is so critical.

By: swim parent

swim parent — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:22:31 +0000

Or the phenoms at 10-13 that never make it to college swimming??

By: Mitch Rubin

Mitch Rubin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:19:07 +0000

It’s an interesting idea. I’ll talk to our reporters about it and see if we can follow up with something. Thanks.