Just a little more than 30 days before the "Duel in the Pool". This is one of the most creative and exciting meet formats that USA Swimming has come up with yet. It's the US vs Australia. It's a duel meet format. The best men and women swimmers from each team compete in a limited number of events, head-to-head for bragging rights of the best swimming team in the world.
For more information check out: www.usaswimming.org/.../Duel.htm
If the teams are tied then the outcome is decided by a mixed 200 medley relay.
Predictions anyone?
Australia has Thorpe but we have Phelps and Coughlin. Australia has edge in men's freestyle events but we more depth in the strokes. I'm rooting for a close meet because it would be very exciting to see a tie-breaker medley relay BUT US should win it without the relay (why don't they swim it anyway?) .
Whole meet should take three hours or less, is scheduled for Sunday April 6th in Indy and will be broadcast the following week on network TV.
I accidently stumbled on the meet on T.V. "surfing" during my lunch break. The swimming was excellent and exciting. I also was impressed with everyones attitude. Thanking the other team for coming and doing well.
I hope anyone that watched "learned from the pro's" as far as stroke styles, turns, etc., goes.
The commercial about the "guy" getting up every mornig to chase Lenny's times really was done well, I could totally relate. Also it's cool to think that you can accually meet some of these people face to face at a meet or just going to the locker room is reason enough to carry a camera to meets.
Recently someone we know passed on and I got to thinking that I didn't get to say a few things, one of them was to thank them for being part of my everyday life (good and bad) and getting up everyday just to be counted as part of the "crazy people" that show up to do what they love. So thank you all for your help and support on this site and all you do day to day, you help make it fun.
Bill:) :cool:
I accidently stumbled on the meet on T.V. "surfing" during my lunch break. The swimming was excellent and exciting. I also was impressed with everyones attitude. Thanking the other team for coming and doing well.
I hope anyone that watched "learned from the pro's" as far as stroke styles, turns, etc., goes.
The commercial about the "guy" getting up every mornig to chase Lenny's times really was done well, I could totally relate. Also it's cool to think that you can accually meet some of these people face to face at a meet or just going to the locker room is reason enough to carry a camera to meets.
Recently someone we know passed on and I got to thinking that I didn't get to say a few things, one of them was to thank them for being part of my everyday life (good and bad) and getting up everyday just to be counted as part of the "crazy people" that show up to do what they love. So thank you all for your help and support on this site and all you do day to day, you help make it fun.
Bill:) :cool:
