Canadian Nationals 2004

Originally posted by schenk Hi Carl, Thank you for the info. I copied some info below that I found at the site you referred me to. The "50" for the short course below, does that represent meters? And do these races typically start with a diving start? How much of a difference do you think a diving start would typically make with regard to time for these top ten swimmers on the short course? 50 Freestyle SCY Men 35-39 (2003) # Name Age Club Time 1 Ronald D Karnaugh 36 TRIT 21.58 2 Stepan Oliva 36 WIN 21.66 3 Kirk F Everist 36 TOC 21.77 4 Bert Bergen 36 UNAT 21.82 5 Grant Rusk 35 METR 21.93 6 Richard Landry 39 NEM 21.95 7 Doug Ellis 35 TXAM 21.99 8 Geoffrey Glaser 38 USF 22.01 9 Brent Matheson 36 GSM 22.17 10 Henry L Clark 37 ARIZ 22.18 These are from short course yards and most likely they all started from the blocks. To be that quick their starts are probably pretty good. How much starting in the water matters will depend on the quality of your block start and your water start. Most of the top ten listed could probably also start in the water and do pretty well but they would be slower. Maybe a second? It's hard to tell.

Originally posted by schenk Hi Carl, Thank you for the info. I copied some info below that I found at the site you referred me to. The "50" for the short course below, does that represent meters? And do these races typically start with a diving start? How much of a difference do you think a diving start would typically make with regard to time for these top ten swimmers on the short course? 50 Freestyle SCY Men 35-39 (2003) # Name Age Club Time 1 Ronald D Karnaugh 36 TRIT 21.58 2 Stepan Oliva 36 WIN 21.66 3 Kirk F Everist 36 TOC 21.77 4 Bert Bergen 36 UNAT 21.82 5 Grant Rusk 35 METR 21.93 6 Richard Landry 39 NEM 21.95 7 Doug Ellis 35 TXAM 21.99 8 Geoffrey Glaser 38 USF 22.01 9 Brent Matheson 36 GSM 22.17 10 Henry L Clark 37 ARIZ 22.18 These are from short course yards and most likely they all started from the blocks. To be that quick their starts are probably pretty good. How much starting in the water matters will depend on the quality of your block start and your water start. Most of the top ten listed could probably also start in the water and do pretty well but they would be slower. Maybe a second? It's hard to tell.