I wonder who from the people I talked to in competitions, shows up in three weeks for the Short Course Nationals in Tempe, Arizona.
Jim Thornton, maybe? After good training, maybe?
(I follow Jim's posts in this forum, even when I don't post).
Or Ian Smith? After training to the tune of 10,000 meters a week, for sprints only?
(Ian is maybe a long shot to come to Arizona, since he came to the 2002 Long Course Nationals in Cleveland because of the proximity to Montreal).
Fritz Lehman? Who trains backstroke, and tries to remember freestyle when getting on the blocks for a freestyle race?
Gail Roper? Who was having surgery after the Long Course Nationals in August 2002?
Paul Smith?
The Winner of many sprints and middle distance drop-dead races?
Laura Val? Who was saying in August 2002 "I will look forward to seeing it." regarding a promised interview of me by a magazine, interview that never materialized because I didn't hear again about it?
I will be in the 2003 Short Course Nationals in Tempe, Arizona, for the 1000 free, 100 free, 200 free and relays.
I trained for these races since last August, and I hope I will do well.
In this post, I update the count of Olympians competing in Tempe.
I do it because to me, preparing for this meet is analogous in some respects to preparing for a job interview in a profession:
.) one wants in these Nationals attended by Olympians to perform at one's own best, by working well in advance on not being sloppy, but being physically sharp and mentally focused;
.) in an interview in a profession, one wants to have worked well in advance on being neat, knowledgeable and intelectually sound.
Originally posted by Gail Roper
The following Olympians are entered in the meet, have I missed any?
Jeff Farrell 60
Bumpy Jones 52
Graham Johnston 52
Roque Santos 92
Jim Montgomery 76
Don McKenzie 68
Ron Karnaugh 92
Brad Schumacher 96
Susan von der Lippe 80,84,88
Carol Taylor 48
Gail Roper 52
Jane Swaggerty-Hill 68
Katrina Radke 88
Please let me know if I omitted anyone.
Thanks
and
Originally posted by Gail Roper
Thank you Paul. I will add:
Tori Trees Smith 84
Richard Schroeder 84,88
And foreign Olympians do count.
and
Originally posted by Gail Roper
More Olympians at Tempe:
Robert Delgado 96,00 for Ecuador
Eduardo Piccinini 92 for Brazil
Simon Percy 92, New Zealand, coach
Mike Troy, 60
Maria Lenk-Ziegler 32,36
Does any one know of any others?
That's twenty Olympians, until now.
Alongside many USMS racers in Tempe, who competed in national Trials for Olympics, Worlds, University, zones (like Pan-Pacs and Pan-Ams).
As well as USMS racers in Tempe, with backgrounds from age-group swimming to adult swimming.
In this post, I update the count of Olympians competing in Tempe.
I do it because to me, preparing for this meet is analogous in some respects to preparing for a job interview in a profession:
.) one wants in these Nationals attended by Olympians to perform at one's own best, by working well in advance on not being sloppy, but being physically sharp and mentally focused;
.) in an interview in a profession, one wants to have worked well in advance on being neat, knowledgeable and intelectually sound.
Originally posted by Gail Roper
The following Olympians are entered in the meet, have I missed any?
Jeff Farrell 60
Bumpy Jones 52
Graham Johnston 52
Roque Santos 92
Jim Montgomery 76
Don McKenzie 68
Ron Karnaugh 92
Brad Schumacher 96
Susan von der Lippe 80,84,88
Carol Taylor 48
Gail Roper 52
Jane Swaggerty-Hill 68
Katrina Radke 88
Please let me know if I omitted anyone.
Thanks
and
Originally posted by Gail Roper
Thank you Paul. I will add:
Tori Trees Smith 84
Richard Schroeder 84,88
And foreign Olympians do count.
and
Originally posted by Gail Roper
More Olympians at Tempe:
Robert Delgado 96,00 for Ecuador
Eduardo Piccinini 92 for Brazil
Simon Percy 92, New Zealand, coach
Mike Troy, 60
Maria Lenk-Ziegler 32,36
Does any one know of any others?
That's twenty Olympians, until now.
Alongside many USMS racers in Tempe, who competed in national Trials for Olympics, Worlds, University, zones (like Pan-Pacs and Pan-Ams).
As well as USMS racers in Tempe, with backgrounds from age-group swimming to adult swimming.
