Dave N Noble

Garfield

Software Controllers Inc. Closed Dec 31 2017

I will have to out live my children's desire to stay single I finally lived long enough and our first one was born on March 7 2022 Next one May of 2024 we hope. This year my daughter finally brought her Boyfriend of 3 years to meet us. I hold no hope of here getting married but it was nice to have everyone home for Thanksgiving.

Injured my shoulder in July 2012 while being stupid. It is called cliff diving, need I say more. I had Rotor cuff surgery about the 1st of November. I am going to have to start over. I am now slower than I was in 2008. My new goal is to be in the top ten by the end of 2013. I will settle for just one top ten in just one stroke.

Update: I did make one top ten in one stroke for 2013 8 months after my shoulder surgery.

June 10, 2012 Columbia, Mo. Just returned from the Senior Games combined with the Show Me State Games in Swimming. I entered 8 events. I focused on the Backstroke and set 4ecords with 2 swims Won 8 Gold's overall and set 4 new State Records over 2 days. The highlite for me was breaking my one 200 Backstroke record by 5 sec. Time of 2:44.31.

July 28 2013 Columbia Mo. Moved to age group 70-74 I am slower after my Rotor Cuff surgery but managed to break 16 more state records in Back, Breast Fly, failing by 3 sec to break the 200 Free Record. The highlite was equaling my first 200 breast record set in 2008 when I was 64.
My cumulative records at the Show Me State Games is 44 since 2008.

June 14-15 2014 Columbia Mo. The Games were combined with Adults swimming with the teenagers 14-up. Once again I was attempting to break the 200Free record. The teen next to me posted a time 10sec faster than the record I wanted to break. I want off the blocks scared that a teen was going to whip me and ended up breaking the record by 11 sec 2:30 for the 200 Free. I lost my first race ever at these games, in the 50fly by .01 sec, but I changed my fly and I am now 2 sec faster, so look out for 2015

Update: I was not only faster in 2015 but I won 15 events out of 15

I have continued to swim 5 days a week and currently hold 4 National records
100 Breast and two 200 Fly records one in Yards Short course meters & Long Course Meters I now hold 20 All American titles 28 of them since 2010 I have 301 Top ten in the USA and over 90 Top Ten in the world. I was ranked #1 in the World for 2024 in 4 events. The state of Mo selected me as Athlete of the year for 2023 and awarded a plaque shaped like the State of Mo. "See Picture"

I recall the time when as a sophmore I quit track because I had shin splints. I did not go out for Track in my Junior year. I was a high jumper, and went out for track in my senior year. The coach was not happy to see me. He said I could jump off a hard wood floor on to inner tubes. I cleared 5'10" but until other classmates went to bat for me the coach was unwilling to let me join the team. It was only under the pressure of my team mates that the coach allowed me to join the team.
That was a happy day for me.