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:
Frank, we have to download your mind contents into some sort of Historical Swimming Database.
You are the most knowledgeable swimming historian on Earth, I am certain of it!
Perhaps you could see if Laura Hammel at Swimmer would pay you to write a Now and Then column about some of the great masters swimmers who were great in the day, too. I am sure it would be extremely popular!
I met Phil Dodson at a LCM meet in Maryland a few summers ago. He is such a nice and unassuming guy. His times that summer were incredibly good--example:
1 Phil L Dodson 55 IM Illinois 2:09.25
But unless you told me about his high school days, I'd never have known what a celebrity he was (and, in our world, still is.)
There's got to be a ton of fascinating stories out there, and I suspect you know them all.
Frank, we have to download your mind contents into some sort of Historical Swimming Database.
You are the most knowledgeable swimming historian on Earth, I am certain of it!
Perhaps you could see if Laura Hammel at Swimmer would pay you to write a Now and Then column about some of the great masters swimmers who were great in the day, too. I am sure it would be extremely popular!
I met Phil Dodson at a LCM meet in Maryland a few summers ago. He is such a nice and unassuming guy. His times that summer were incredibly good--example:
1 Phil L Dodson 55 IM Illinois 2:09.25
But unless you told me about his high school days, I'd never have known what a celebrity he was (and, in our world, still is.)
There's got to be a ton of fascinating stories out there, and I suspect you know them all.
