2012 Div 1 NCAAs

I wish I could've been watching it. MY ISP doesn't have the ESPN3 thing set up or something, so I was in the dark waiting for the real-time results! The whole meet has been pretty amazing!I was out to dinner. A great dinner, but that must have been an awesome race to watch. Simply awesome swims. It'd be great to see if La Tourette and some other guys can re-establish American distance swimming on the world scene.

I was out to dinner. A great dinner, but that must have been an awesome race to watch. Simply awesome swims. It'd be great to see if La Tourette and some other guys can re-establish American distance swimming on the world scene. ...and to come home in a 24.06 on the final 50!! :bow: I can't even do that for a 50 Free from the blocks anymore!! :bitching:

I just found this video of the Pac 12 Conference Champs 400 Free Relay a few weeks ago. Wait for the 4th and final leg of the relay and watch Cal in Lane #2! PAC 12 2012 4 X 100 Free Relay - YouTube Amazing underwaters by Tom Shields! :bow:

It was exciting to watch. La Tourette's not a big guy so he turns it over pretty good. He was taking 15 strokes per 25. He's listed as six feet, but I don't buy it! Maybe it's just that so many other swimmers are so tall. Anyway, Grodzki definitely has a slower turnover. I believe he was taking 12 strokes per 25, at last early on. Grodzki tried to pull away after the 1000 but La Tourette just wouldn't let him get too far ahead. La Tourette definitely gave it everything he had on that last 25, but Grodzki held him off. It's about time that record finally went down!

I was out to dinner. A great dinner, but that must have been an awesome race to watch. Simply awesome swims. It'd be great to see if La Tourette and some other guys can re-establish American distance swimming on the world scene. Not likely. Since the addition of the NCAA 200 relays, US distance swimming is doomed to eternal negligence. Any NCAA coach who wants his team to place has to get sprinters. They have very few scholarships to give. Get guys who can do 50-100 free or stroke. Train them hard so some of them can do 200 stroke. Cal won tonight. Finalists they had in 200-500-1650 free and 400 IM? One

Amazing underwaters by Tom Shields! :bow: Holy smokes! Was that SC in lane 4? On that last length their guy had already taken seven or eight strokes before Shields broke the surface. Skip

How the pros do it: = Prelims = 1. Nolan ..... 50.17 + 50.37 = 1:40.54 ... delta = 0.20! 2. Chitwood .. 49.05 + 51.70 = 1:40.75 ... delta = 2.65 = Finals = 1. Chitwood .. 49.14 + 50.52 = 1:39.66 ... delta = 1.38 2. Nolan ..... 49.43 + 50.31 = 1:39.74 ... delta = 0.88 Event 16 Men 200 Yard Backstroke === Preliminaries === 1 David Nolan FR Stanford 1:40.70 1:40.54 r:+0.64 11.68 24.17 (12.49) 37.23 (13.06) 50.17 (12.94) 1:03.08 (12.91) 1:15.67 (12.59) 1:28.32 (12.65) 1:40.54 (12.22) 2 Cory Chitwood SR Arizona 1:38.85 1:40.75 r:+0.68 11.51 23.66 (12.15) 36.23 (12.57) 49.05 (12.82) 1:01.99 (12.94) 1:14.98 (12.99) 1:28.20 (13.22) 1:40.75 (12.55) === A - Final === 1 Cory Chitwood SR Arizona 1:40.75 1:39.66 20 r:+1.19 11.44 23.66 (12.22) 36.45 (12.79) 49.14 (12.69) 1:01.86 (12.72) 1:14.42 (12.56) 1:27.27 (12.85) 1:39.66 (12.39) 2 David Nolan FR Stanford 1:40.54 1:39.74 17 r:+0.68 11.44 23.65 (12.21) 36.57 (12.92) 49.43 (12.86) 1:02.22 (12.79) 1:14.73 (12.51) 1:27.46 (12.73) 1:39.74 (12.28)

That was an epic 1650. And there were no commercial breaks during the race on ESPN3! Event 15 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= Championship: C 14:26.62 3/24/2001 Chris Thompson, Michigan American: A 14:26.62 3/24/2001 Chris Thompson, Michigan U. S. Open: O 14:26.62 3/24/2001 Chris Thompson, Michigan Name Year School Seed Finals Points ========================================================================= 1 *Martin Grodzki JR Georgia 14:48.26 14:24.08C 20 r:+0.72 24.08 49.89 (25.81) 1:16.14 (26.25) 1:42.47 (26.33) 2:08.97 (26.50) 2:35.45 (26.48) 3:01.91 (26.46) 3:28.24 (26.33) 3:54.52 (26.28) 4:20.70 (26.18) 4:46.93 (26.23) 5:13.24 (26.31) 5:39.52 (26.28) 6:05.78 (26.26) 6:32.19 (26.41) 6:58.61 (26.42) 7:25.04 (26.43) 7:51.47 (26.43) 8:18.07 (26.60) 8:44.52 (26.45) 9:11.00 (26.48) 9:37.41 (26.41) 10:03.75 (26.34) 10:29.96 (26.21) 10:56.35 (26.39) 11:22.79 (26.44) 11:49.06 (26.27) 12:15.04 (25.98) 12:41.06 (26.02) 13:07.07 (26.01) 13:33.13 (26.06) 13:59.12 (25.99) 14:24.08 (24.96) 2 Chad La Tourette SR Stanford 14:41.90 14:24.35C 17 r:+0.81 24.19 49.89 (25.70) 1:16.16 (26.27) 1:42.49 (26.33) 2:08.96 (26.47) 2:35.46 (26.50) 3:02.15 (26.69) 3:28.60 (26.45) 3:54.93 (26.33) 4:21.18 (26.25) 4:47.41 (26.23) 5:13.75 (26.34) 5:40.12 (26.37) 6:06.32 (26.20) 6:32.66 (26.34) 6:59.14 (26.48) 7:25.42 (26.28) 7:51.81 (26.39) 8:18.15 (26.34) 8:44.38 (26.23) 9:10.87 (26.49) 9:37.12 (26.25) 10:03.34 (26.22) 10:29.60 (26.26) 10:56.20 (26.60) 11:22.82 (26.62) 11:49.24 (26.42) 12:15.69 (26.45) 12:41.70 (26.01) 13:07.82 (26.12) 13:34.15 (26.33) 14:00.29 (26.14) 14:24.35 (24.06) I wish I could've been watching it. MY ISP doesn't have the ESPN3 thing set up or something, so I was in the dark waiting for the real-time results! The whole meet has been pretty amazing!

Not likely. Since the addition of the NCAA 200 relays, US distance swimming is doomed to eternal negligence. Any NCAA coach who wants his team to place has to get sprinters. They have very few scholarships to give. Get guys who can do 50-100 free or stroke. Train them hard so some of them can do 200 stroke. Cal won tonight. Finalists they had in 200-500-1650forums.usms.org/.../BsAt4ube4GblQIAAAAASUVORK5CYII= free and 400 IM? One Not to take anything away from La Tourette, but he's a two-event swimmer in terms of scoring potential. He was third in the 500, second in the 1650, DFL in the 4IM, and was not on any relays. Swimmers like Tom Shields and David Nolan are far more valuable to their teams because of their versatility (and, ok, also because of their speedy speedy speed speed :D).

Rowdy Gaines is still awful. There must be at least one famous swimmer out there who can speak clearly into a microphone instead of repetitively jabbering about how various unimportant things are "so important."