Look at These Beautiful Splits!

All, I lifted this from the Swiminfo web site: --- Lane 9 News --- Here Are Prilukov's Splits for His Euro Record 800m Free -- July 10, 2003 MOSCOW, July 10. THE Russian Swimming Federation supplied the splits to SwimInfo for Yuri Prilukov's European record-breaking swim last week in the 800 meter freestyle: By 50s 50 meters 0:27.57 (27.57) 100 meters 0:57.39 (29.82) 150 meters 1:27.27 (29.88) 200 meters 1:56.87 (29.60) 250 meters 2:26.90 (30.03) 300 meters 2:56.77 (29.87) 350 meters 3:26.28 (29.51) 400 meters 3:56.05 (29.77) 450 meters 4:25.59 (29.54) 500 meters 4:55.26 (29.67) 550 meters 5:24.91 (29.65) 600 meters 5:54.44 (29.53) 650 meters 6:23.61 (29.17) 700 meters 6:52.89 (29.28) 750 meters 7:21.50 (28.61) 800 meters 7:49.72 (28.22) By 100s 100 meters 0:57.39 (57.39) 200 meters 1:56.87 (59.48) 300 meters 2:56.77 (59.90) 400 meters 3:56.05 (59.28) 500 meters 4:55.26 (59.21) 600 meters 5:54.44 (59.18) 700 meters 6:52.89 (58.45) 800 meters 7:49.72 (56.83) By 200s 200 meters 1:56.87 (1:56.87) 400 meters 3:56.05 (1:59.18) 600 meters 5:54.44 (1:58.39) 800 meters 7:49.72 (1:55.28) By 400s 400 meters 3:56.05 (3:56.05) 800 meters 7:49.72 (3:53.67) A couple of comments: not only was this swim a European record, note how Yuri paced it. It was negative split (difficult to do; always impressive). Moreover, note how it broke down by quarters. The first one off the dive is of course fast, but after that see how he builds it by 200's, 2nd-slowest, 3rd-faster, 4th-fastest. This is precisely how my college coach told me to swim a race, and the strategy I had difficulty following. As Darth Vader would say, "Impressive. Very impressive." Matt