Swimming Finals at the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain
Former Member
The finals of the first day, show:
.) in the men 400 meter free final, Thorpe (Aus.) went 3:42.58 for #1, Hackett (Aus.) went 3:45.17 for #2, and Coman (Rom.) went 3:46.8x for #3;
Coman -who is my fellow countryman, and I was telling you about him for years-, defeated Rossolini (Ita.) of the 2000 Olympics fame, Keller (U.S.) and Carvin (U.S.);
.) in the women 400 meter free final, Simona Paduraru (Rom.) finished #7, with a fast time;
.) in the 4x100 men free relay, Russia won;
the fastest split was by Frenchman Frederic Bousquet at 47.03 -which is the second fastest split in history-, and fast splits (in the 47s) were recorded by Alex. Popov (Rus.) and Jason Lezak (U.S.);
.) in the 4x100 women free relay, U.S. won, anchored by an ace 53.xx from Jenny Thompson (U.S.).
He! he! he! :D ho! ho! ho!
I post this, ahead of www.swiminfo.com and www.swimnews.com who are sandbagging...
Parents
Former Member
Now some of my suggestions to improved our water polo programs. The first problem is 60 to 80 percent of polo players come from California. California is one of the few states that have a high school program. Unlike swimming where swimmers are develop by age group teams before high school. Most polo players are develop by high school programs starting at summer programs at 7th or 8th grade. Polo you need more upper-body stength, one reason why many water polo players in the world are in their late 20's and early 30's for men and their 20's plus for women. One state has men and women's water polo at the college level but not the high school level.
Now some of my suggestions to improved our water polo programs. The first problem is 60 to 80 percent of polo players come from California. California is one of the few states that have a high school program. Unlike swimming where swimmers are develop by age group teams before high school. Most polo players are develop by high school programs starting at summer programs at 7th or 8th grade. Polo you need more upper-body stength, one reason why many water polo players in the world are in their late 20's and early 30's for men and their 20's plus for women. One state has men and women's water polo at the college level but not the high school level.
