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To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (112591)	3/30/2008 7:12:12 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 132070

jenny thompson competed in her first olympics in 1992 as part of the stanford swim team - the same stanford swim team that used dr. sears' principles leading up to the 1992 olympics - stanford swimmers alone won 8 olympic gold medals in 1992. Jenny Thompson en.wikipedia.org you can see from the above link that her first olympic medal was in 1992 as part of stanford's zoning swim team. her entire olympic career has occurred while she has known about the zone, contrary to your disinformation. so, please stop spreading ignorance and/or disinformation. dara torres is different, however, her history strongly suggests the zone to be an incredible difference maker in her performance. dara won 4 total medals in 3 olympics as a non zoner 17, 21 and 25 year old. not bad. as a zoning 33 year old, though, dara won a whopping 5 medals in a single olympics - as the oldest swimming olympic medalist in the history of the games! no zone = 1.33 medals per olympic games (peak age for swimming). zone = 5 medals per olympic games (waaaaaay past peak age for swimming). you'll also notice that dara's only individual medals came as a 33 year old zoner - AND SHE WON 3!. as a 17, 21 and 25 year old, dara was unable to medal in an individual event. that's a big ZERO INDIVIDUAL MEDALS IN THREE OLYMPICS. WOW! while not absolute proof of anything, this is extremely compelling evidence that the zone dramatically improved her performance in the water. so, you are half right about dara. she had been competing well before the zone, but at sub optimal levels. once she was able to apply the zone principles, her performance SKYROCKETED, in spite of being considered an ancient swimmer (25 year olds were ancient, a 33 year old was unprecedented!). the facts are what the facts are, zeus.