Are you coming to the 2004 Short Course Nationals in Indianapolis?
I will race there.
Also, on the Olympic front the first bang will be this month from the Australian Olympic Trials.
(The U.S. Olympic Trials are this year three weeks before the Olympics because the NCAA coaches who voted for this date are selfish about preserving the NCAA first;
a better timing is in the case of the Australian Trials, held five months before the Olympics.)
Thorpe entered 200, 400 and 100 free.
I wish that Klim would have been healthier and more competitive the past two years, so that he can make the Australian Team and peak in the Olympics.
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Ion, I won't be at Nats. My wife won't let me go! Actually, I don't want to put that on her: She can't go, and would rather spend my time with her. I will be swimming on a full taper On March 27 and 28.
RE: The Olympics Trials. There is only one (small) reason why it is okay for the trials to be 3 weeks out. In 1996 the second qualifier in the 100 fly went a 54 at the Olympics (I am drawing a blank on the name). He was not the 2nd fastest American in August, but he was in March. By holding the trials 3 weeks out, you know that you are getting the top men and women at the Olympics, at the TIME of the Olympics.
But yeah, it is selfish NCAA coaches that really create the problem and worse, having 3 full tapers over a period of 5 months just isn't smart. And the reason that it is REALLY selfish is that by acknowledging that swimming NCAA's on a second taper is costly to the college team, they are all but admiting that it is bad for the Olympic squad. GHjr doesn't mince words when he talks about this issue.
Ion, I won't be at Nats. My wife won't let me go! Actually, I don't want to put that on her: She can't go, and would rather spend my time with her. I will be swimming on a full taper On March 27 and 28.
RE: The Olympics Trials. There is only one (small) reason why it is okay for the trials to be 3 weeks out. In 1996 the second qualifier in the 100 fly went a 54 at the Olympics (I am drawing a blank on the name). He was not the 2nd fastest American in August, but he was in March. By holding the trials 3 weeks out, you know that you are getting the top men and women at the Olympics, at the TIME of the Olympics.
But yeah, it is selfish NCAA coaches that really create the problem and worse, having 3 full tapers over a period of 5 months just isn't smart. And the reason that it is REALLY selfish is that by acknowledging that swimming NCAA's on a second taper is costly to the college team, they are all but admiting that it is bad for the Olympic squad. GHjr doesn't mince words when he talks about this issue.
