I saw lots of great times for USMS and YMCA SCY meets.
The one that blew me away was a 1:05 100yd back by a
65 year old man in the Y Nats...Yikes!
What was the most amazing swim for you?
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The 70 year old gentlemen who swam the 50 back in 30 something and the 200 back in I don't know what, but barely missed the record. His form was incredible and smooth, nothing wasted. This was at Indy.
I wasn't at Nationals, but what about Paul Smith's record breaking 100 Free, 100 Fly and 50 Free? Unbelievable. How does he keep getting faster? Maybe it's all that high altitude training.
I agree "Tall Paul's" swims were amazing.
How about Heim-Bowen's swim in the 1650? She aged up to 45-49 and blew the doors off the old National record of 19:09 with a 17:50. Now that's shattering a record.
Shattering?? Blasting the record to smithereens. Placing it high up in the stratosphere, firmly secured I would imagine.
She's an incredible swimmer. I watched her at the Worlds in 2002.
Tough to have in my age group:p :D But inspirational none the less.
Next year I'll age up!!
I had a great 100 fly, breaking a national record and my best ever at that distance, not "amazing" but a damn good 53.60. The amazing swim in the 50-54 age group was Trip Hedrick's 52.38. He simply blew us away. That was impressive, but his time in the 50 fly, 23.19, was even more amazing. When you check the results you need to get down to the 25-29 age bracket with Sabir Muhammed and others to find anyone faster. Hedrick not only set records in the fly, he also broke the national record in the 100 free and 100 IM (although Tim Shead did even better in the IM). Hedrick broke 4 national records and all this after recovering from a heart attack four years ago. His times were amazing enough, but when we appreciate that he worked to reach this level of speed after a heart attack, well, I don't know if anyone could have had a better meet! Truly amazing.
