These times are amazing:
Kyle van Niekerk - 13 year old!
His results were as follows:
100m Free: Gold in a winning time of 53.89 – New African and South African AG Record
50m Free: Gold in a winning time of 24.69 – a New African and South African AG Record and the fastest recorded time in the world for 13- year- olds during 2011.
Yes these are long course meters. Puts it all in perspective for us geezers :cane:
100 BK 47.50
200 BK 1:42.05
100 FL 47.04
200 IM 1:44.69
you can see em at:
NCAA DIVISION I TIMES SEARCH (individuals)
NCAA DIVISION I EVENT RANK SEARCH
Pac-12 Championships begin Wed Feb 29th. I look forward to seeing how he does at conference & NCAAs.
So it looks like his seed times are actual times he did during the season?
I guess sandbagging is not an option in the NCAA?
It does make you wonder how the guys seeded ahead of him went so fast, presumably in a similarly unrested, unshaved, and untapered condition.
Ande, do guys at this level taper for their conference championships or NCAAs or both? Do most of the top swimmers do better at NCAAs, or are intraconference rivalries so strong that they try to peak for their conference championships?
Or are they in such great shape it doesn't matter?
100 BK 47.50
200 BK 1:42.05
100 FL 47.04
200 IM 1:44.69
you can see em at:
NCAA DIVISION I TIMES SEARCH (individuals)
NCAA DIVISION I EVENT RANK SEARCH
Pac-12 Championships begin Wed Feb 29th. I look forward to seeing how he does at conference & NCAAs.
So it looks like his seed times are actual times he did during the season?
I guess sandbagging is not an option in the NCAA?
It does make you wonder how the guys seeded ahead of him went so fast, presumably in a similarly unrested, unshaved, and untapered condition.
Ande, do guys at this level taper for their conference championships or NCAAs or both? Do most of the top swimmers do better at NCAAs, or are intraconference rivalries so strong that they try to peak for their conference championships?
Or are they in such great shape it doesn't matter?
