Very impressive swim. I saw Rowdy swim this event in 1989 Pan Pacific Championships in Indianapolis and he went a 1:50.91, so in 22 years he has only slowed down 3.5 seconds and that is what I am impressed more with.
Any swimmer that has been swimming over 20 years and can come within 3.5 seconds of what they did in a 200 race back 22 years would be just overjoyed.
I have a video of that race and I remember he just hammered every turn. Dan Stephenson was right next to him and swam a 1:53.66 but was getting hammered on all 7 turns.
Very impressive swim. I saw Rowdy swim this event in 1989 Pan Pacific Championships in Indianapolis and he went a 1:50.91, so in 22 years he has only slowed down 3.5 seconds and that is what I am impressed more with.
Any swimmer that has been swimming over 20 years and can come within 3.5 seconds of what they did in a 200 race back 22 years would be just overjoyed.
I have a video of that race and I remember he just hammered every turn. Dan Stephenson was right next to him and swam a 1:53.66 but was getting hammered on all 7 turns.
