What does everyone think about Gary Hall's comments about Michael Phelps being on the 4 x 100 freestyle relay at the Olympics. Gary pretty much feels that Michael shouldn't be on the relay since he didn't swim the 100 at the Olympic trials. Michael is being considered for the relay, since he has posted the second fastest time by an American this year.
I personally think Michael should be on the relay if he is setting the water a fire at the Olympics. I think any true team member would give up their spot on a relay to someone who is faster. It is about the best possible relay team - GO USA!!!!
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But had Ian Crocker been replaced by Gary Hall, Hall would have done better than a 50.05. Had he done a 48.59, USA would have beaten the field. (We finished 1.45 behind South Africa. Hall did a 48.73 on the anchor in the prelims, so maybe he couldn't have done 48.59 leading off...)
Hall was not going to swim a 48.59 leading off the relay. He hasn't gone anywhere near that fast in four years and in fact don't think he ever went faster than 48 high. That 48.73 is equivalent to a 49.4 with a flat start.
If everyone on the US team did a personal best then they would have won. It just wasn't going to happend even with Hall swimmig instead of Crocker. Caps off to the South Africans for a great swim and congrats to the Univ of Arizona for training them so ably.
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But had Ian Crocker been replaced by Gary Hall, Hall would have done better than a 50.05. Had he done a 48.59, USA would have beaten the field. (We finished 1.45 behind South Africa. Hall did a 48.73 on the anchor in the prelims, so maybe he couldn't have done 48.59 leading off...)
Hall was not going to swim a 48.59 leading off the relay. He hasn't gone anywhere near that fast in four years and in fact don't think he ever went faster than 48 high. That 48.73 is equivalent to a 49.4 with a flat start.
If everyone on the US team did a personal best then they would have won. It just wasn't going to happend even with Hall swimmig instead of Crocker. Caps off to the South Africans for a great swim and congrats to the Univ of Arizona for training them so ably.
