Aussie Trials 2012

Great swim by Magnussen. These guys are going to have a strong relay. Very impressive. I wonder if this is the fastest textile time ever?

The elevators in our building have little TVs in them. As I was riding up this morning one of the "latest" headlines was that Thorpe failed to qualify in the 200m free. I didn't know if I should be pleased that this fact rose to the level of being a headline or disappointed that it took them almost a week to mention it. Maybe next week they will report that Duke's men's basketball team failed to win their first round game in the NCAA tournament. :D Skip

Magnussen's 200 free reasoning: www.swimnews.com/.../9074 Today's 100 fly semifinal was the last 2012 chance for Michael Klim's comeback. He made it to the semis in the 100 free and 100 fly but did not make it to the finals.

=== Semi-Finals === 1 MAGNUSSEN, JAME 20 SOPAC, NSW 22.19 21.87. 877 r:+0.71 2 SULLIVAN, EAMON 26 SOPAC, NSW 22.62 21.88. 876 r:+0.64 3 ABOOD, MATTHEW 25 CRANBROOK EE 22.44 21.92. 871 r:+0.77 4 MCEVOY, CAMERON 17 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 22.78 22.32B 825 r:+0.60 5 ABOOD, ANDREW 21 CRANBROOK EE 22.63 22.34B 823 r:+0.75 6 ROBERTS, JAMES 20 SOMERSET, QLD 22.82 22.39B 818 r:+0.63 7 PROSSER, CAMERO 27 MELBOURNE VIC 22.83 22.46B 810 r:+0.70 8 TARGETT, MATT 26 MELBOURNE VIC 22.47 22.54B 801 This is going to be a good final. Also, I wonder why Magnussen doesn't do the 200. His 50/100 dropoff is similar to somebody like Hoogie.

Huegill didn't make it: === Finals === 1 WRIGHT, CHRISTO 23 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 51.83 51.67. 896 r:+0.67 24.43 51.67 (27.24) 2 HADLER, JAYDEN 18 SOPAC, NSW 52.81 52.09. 874 r:+0.66 24.56 52.09 (27.53) 3 TARGETT, MATT 26 MELBOURNE VIC 52.31 52.24. 867 r:+0.67 24.02 52.24 (28.22) 4 D'ARCY, NICK 24 ST PETERS 52.21 52.47B 856 r:+0.70 24.73 52.47 (27.74) 5 HUEGILL, GEOFFR 33 SOPAC, NSW 52.57 52.50B 854 r:+0.71 24.33 52.50 (28.17) 6 ASHBY, SAM 23 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 52.53 52.56B 851 r:+0.67 24.72 52.56 (27.84) 7 LESTER, DANIEL 21 LAWNTON 52.82 52.66B 846 r:+0.68 24.35 52.66 (28.31) 8 IRVINE, GRANT 20 ST PETERS 53.12 53.39B 812 r:+0.68 24.95 53.39 (28.44) Magnussen and Sullivan in the 50: === Finals === 1 MAGNUSSEN, JAME 20 SOPAC, NSW 21.87 21.74. 893 r:+0.69 2 SULLIVAN, EAMON 26 SOPAC, NSW 21.88 21.92. 871 r:+0.63 3 ABOOD, MATTHEW 25 CRANBROOK EE 21.92 21.94. 869 r:+0.73 4 ROBERTS, JAMES 20 SOMERSET, QLD 22.39 22.31B 826 r:+0.61 5 ABOOD, ANDREW 21 CRANBROOK EE 22.34 22.42B 814 r:+0.73 6 PROSSER, CAMERO 27 MELBOURNE VIC 22.46 22.55B 800 r:+0.68 7 MCEVOY, CAMERON 17 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 22.32 22.56B 799 r:+0.60 8 ROSE, HAMISH 21 CITY OF PERTH 22.57 22.65B 790 r:+0.69 Women's 50 is very close: === Semi-Finals === 1 CAMPBELL, CATE 19 INDOOROOPILLY 25.16 24.55. 903 r:+0.79 2 CAMPBELL, BRONT 17 INDOOROOPILLY 25.29 24.78. 878 r:+0.73 3 TRICKETT, LISBE 27 CHANDLER, QLD 25.12 24.86. 869 r:+0.67 4 KUKLA, YOLANE 16 ST PETERS 25.34 24.96A 859 r:+0.67 5 HALICEK, OLIVIA 23 UNI OF NSW 25.35 24.98A 857 r:+0.64 6 GUEHRER, MARIEK 26 MELBOURNE VIC 25.39 25.11A 844 r:+0.68 7 COUTTS, ALICIA 24 REDLANDS, QLD 25.53 25.13A 842 r:+0.72 8 TAIT, ALICE 25 SOUTHPORT OLYMPI 25.49 25.14A 841 r:+0.67

During Gary Hall Jr.'s chat session yesterday I asked him what he thought about Ian Thorpe's comeback attempt. To paraphrase, he said he gives him props for trying, but Ian's gotten slower while everyone else has gotten faster. He said he had the feeling even Ian didn't really think he was going to make it. I think he's right about this. I got the impression Ian thinks he got back in the pool a little too late to get back to where he needed to be. I do hope Ian keeps at it and make Worlds next year.

Wasn't he training for over a year? That's a lot of time to train for the 100 free Is it, though, if you've been completely out of the water for a few years? Thorpe probably wasn't in the same kind of shape as someone like Brendan Hansen who was able to get back much more quickly. If you've seen photos of Thorpe before his comeback it was pretty clear he was really out of shape.

During Gary Hall Jr.'s chat session yesterday I asked him what he thought about Ian Thorpe's comeback attempt. To paraphrase, he said he gives him props for trying, but Ian's gotten slower while everyone else has gotten faster. He said he had the feeling even Ian didn't really think he was going to make it. I think he's right about this. I got the impression Ian thinks he got back in the pool a little too late to get back to where he needed to be. I do hope Ian keeps at it and make Worlds next year. Wasn't he training for over a year? That's a lot of time to train for the 100 free, and Thorpe has a history of being very fast in the 100. I think his coach just failed to prepare him properly.

During Gary Hall Jr.'s chat session yesterday I asked him what he thought about Ian Thorpe's comeback attempt. To paraphrase, he said he gives him props for trying, but Ian's gotten slower while everyone else has gotten faster. He said he had the feeling even Ian didn't really think he was going to make it. I think he's right about this. I got the impression Ian thinks he got back in the pool a little too late to get back to where he needed to be. I do hope Ian keeps at it and make Worlds next year. I think he's right about not really believing... On another note, there are some great times coming from the French trials too - Agnel 1.44 200 free, Camille Muffat 1.54/4.02 in the women's, forget his name, but 52.7 in the men's backstroke.... The pool is going to be on fire this summer!!

a 15 yr old boy made the aussie olympic team in the 1500 Event 54 Men 1500 LC Metre Freestyle === Finals === 1 POORT, JARROD 17 WESTS ILLAWARRA 15:24.95 15:13.38. 877 r:+0.71 27.71 57.48 (29.77) 1:28.05 (30.57) 1:58.76 (30.71) 3:00.29 ( ) 3:30.74 (30.45) 4:01.75 (31.01) 5:03.26 ( ) 5:33.74 (30.48) 6:04.45 (30.71) 6:34.18 (29.73) 7:04.70 (30.52) 7:34.91 (30.21) 8:05.84 (30.93) 8:36.06 (30.22) 9:07.12 (31.06) 9:37.50 (30.38) 10:08.72 (31.22) 10:39.30 (30.58) 11:10.68 (31.38) 11:41.37 (30.69) 12:12.93 (31.56) 12:43.33 (30.40) 13:14.41 (31.08) 13:44.99 (30.58) 14:16.49 (31.50) 14:45.78 (29.29) 15:13.38 (27.60) 2 HORTON, MACK 15 MELBOURNE VIC 15:42.03 15:14.73. 873 r:+0.82 27.13 56.89 (29.76) 1:26.78 (29.89) 1:57.11 (30.33) 2:27.33 (30.22) 2:57.50 (30.17) 3:28.06 (30.56) 3:58.68 (30.62) 4:29.24 (30.56) 5:00.02 (30.78) 5:30.81 (30.79) 6:01.82 (31.01) 6:32.81 (30.99) 7:03.52 (30.71) 7:34.03 (30.51) 8:04.74 (30.71) 8:35.68 (30.94) 9:06.50 (30.82) 9:37.20 (30.70) 10:07.84 (30.64) 10:38.96 (31.12) 11:10.01 (31.05) 11:40.90 (30.89) 12:11.81 (30.91) 12:42.77 (30.96) 13:13.64 (30.87) 13:44.61 (30.97) 14:15.19 (30.58) 14:45.80 (30.61) 15:14.73 (28.93)