Amazing swimming!

Women's 2005 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships - Friday, March 25, 2005 at 2:00 to 3:30 PM on ESPN 2. Men's 2005 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships - Friday, April 1, 2005 at 1:30 to 3:00 PM on ESPN 2. Saw the SEC results online and I am very impressed with Ryan Lochte. Interesting article in Swim Technique called "Saving Private Ryan" on how he has impoved in the last few years. I don't remember anyone in a Conference Meet breaking American, US Open, and NCAA records in 2 events (200 IM, 200 Back). His breaking Piersol's record by almost a second was a big suprise. It will be interesting to see what events he swims at the NCAA meet. He is was only .04 from Matt Biondi's 200 Free American Record from 1987. Since the British swimmer Simon Burnett went 1:32.22 for Arizona eariler this year for a US Open Record it sets up some interesting possibilities. His 100 Back time is only .27 from Neil Walker's NCAA and American Record. He is within a second of Tom Dolan's 400 IM record. I noticed a lot of old pool and conference records broken by swimmers that swam over 23 years ago. Names like Mary T. Meager, Tracy Caukins, Tiffany Cohen, Jill Sterkel, Craig Beardsley, and Rowdy Gaines. All great swimmers all great records. Mary T still has the pool record in the 200 Fly swimming for Lakeside from 1982. It will be interesting to see the Women's machup in the NCAA. Before this meet Georgia was ranked 1 and Auburn was ranked 2 and they were separated by just 7 points. Florida was ranked 3 and so there could be a 1-2-3 sweep from the SEC Conference. On the Men's side Auburn beat Florida by 28 points. Before the meet Auburn was ranked 1 and Florida ranked 3. Daniel Cruz and Rachel Komisarz have a similarity. They both had accidents and started swimming competitively at a relatively late age. Daniel began swimming at 14 after a car hit him while he was riding his bike. His doctors recommended swimming as therapy after the accident and he has been swimming ever since. Rachel did not start competitive swimming until she was 15 after she had broken two vertbrae that ended her gymnastics career.

Women's 2005 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships - Friday, March 25, 2005 at 2:00 to 3:30 PM on ESPN 2. Men's 2005 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships - Friday, April 1, 2005 at 1:30 to 3:00 PM on ESPN 2. Saw the SEC results online and I am very impressed with Ryan Lochte. Interesting article in Swim Technique called "Saving Private Ryan" on how he has impoved in the last few years. I don't remember anyone in a Conference Meet breaking American, US Open, and NCAA records in 2 events (200 IM, 200 Back). His breaking Piersol's record by almost a second was a big suprise. It will be interesting to see what events he swims at the NCAA meet. He is was only .04 from Matt Biondi's 200 Free American Record from 1987. Since the British swimmer Simon Burnett went 1:32.22 for Arizona eariler this year for a US Open Record it sets up some interesting possibilities. His 100 Back time is only .27 from Neil Walker's NCAA and American Record. He is within a second of Tom Dolan's 400 IM record. I noticed a lot of old pool and conference records broken by swimmers that swam over 23 years ago. Names like Mary T. Meager, Tracy Caukins, Tiffany Cohen, Jill Sterkel, Craig Beardsley, and Rowdy Gaines. All great swimmers all great records. Mary T still has the pool record in the 200 Fly swimming for Lakeside from 1982. It will be interesting to see the Women's machup in the NCAA. Before this meet Georgia was ranked 1 and Auburn was ranked 2 and they were separated by just 7 points. Florida was ranked 3 and so there could be a 1-2-3 sweep from the SEC Conference. On the Men's side Auburn beat Florida by 28 points. Before the meet Auburn was ranked 1 and Florida ranked 3. Daniel Cruz and Rachel Komisarz have a similarity. They both had accidents and started swimming competitively at a relatively late age. Daniel began swimming at 14 after a car hit him while he was riding his bike. His doctors recommended swimming as therapy after the accident and he has been swimming ever since. Rachel did not start competitive swimming until she was 15 after she had broken two vertbrae that ended her gymnastics career.