USA Swimming Grand Prix Series

Outside of an unusually sharp-for-November Lochte and Franklin continuing to set benchmarks on a daily basis, other notable things for me about the Minn GP: Becca Mann's continued ascension. She absolutely crushed the 200 fly (an event the US women need a lot of help in), easily won the 400 IM, hung in there with Sutton in the 400 free and then broke a monumental 31 year old AG record in the 1650. She looks noticably taller and more muscular than she did at trials just a few months ago. Her starts and turns are still simply awful, lots of room for improvement here. Superstar in the making. She's also writing a fantasy novel about dragons, a detail I enjoy. Dagny Knutsen winning races. So happy to see her looking healthy, back in action wearing that ASK cap and standing on podiums. The times will come next. 13 year old Michael Andrew dropping a 20.9 in the men's 50 to win the C final. I've never seen anything like it. Let me repeat: sub 21 at 13 years old. Yikes!

Outside of an unusually sharp-for-November Lochte and Franklin continuing to set benchmarks on a daily basis, other notable things for me about the Minn GP: Becca Mann's continued ascension. She absolutely crushed the 200 fly (an event the US women need a lot of help in), easily won the 400 IM, hung in there with Sutton in the 400 free and then broke a monumental 31 year old AG record in the 1650. She looks noticably taller and more muscular than she did at trials just a few months ago. Her starts and turns are still simply awful, lots of room for improvement here. Superstar in the making. She's also writing a fantasy novel about dragons, a detail I enjoy. Dagny Knutsen winning races. So happy to see her looking healthy, back in action wearing that ASK cap and standing on podiums. The times will come next. 13 year old Michael Andrew dropping a 20.9 in the men's 50 to win the C final. I've never seen anything like it. Let me repeat: sub 21 at 13 years old. Yikes!