Not sure if anyone is watching, but Florida's Ryan Lochte (Olympic Gold/Silver medalist) has been incredible:
First night;
- 50 back medley relay leadoff = 20.92
- lead off the 800 free relay = 1:33.07
Last night;
- 200 IM = 1:41.76
- 100 back lead off 400 medley relay = 45.19
This morning "floats" a prelim swim in the 400 IM = 3:46.95, finals start in just a little bit so we'll see if he gets Dolans AR of 3:38.18?
Looking forward to seeing him and Phelps go at it next time!
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Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
It is very disappointing that the University of Illinois has no men's swim team. The women are great. For those of you who have any doubt - Title IX is not responsible for men's teams being done away with. Some of the other state universities in Illinois have both.
Basketball is not the only sport!!!!!!
Or in the case of my university, football was the dominant sport by far. They had a men's swim team at one time, but did away with it. I personally knew several of the swimmers since they were my classmates and dormmates. For years there was no swim team, but then a year or two ago, they added a women's swim team to meet the gender equality in sports requirement.
Swimming just doesn't have the same marketing machine as football and basketball. It has been discussed at length in other threads.
Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
It is very disappointing that the University of Illinois has no men's swim team. The women are great. For those of you who have any doubt - Title IX is not responsible for men's teams being done away with. Some of the other state universities in Illinois have both.
Basketball is not the only sport!!!!!!
Or in the case of my university, football was the dominant sport by far. They had a men's swim team at one time, but did away with it. I personally knew several of the swimmers since they were my classmates and dormmates. For years there was no swim team, but then a year or two ago, they added a women's swim team to meet the gender equality in sports requirement.
Swimming just doesn't have the same marketing machine as football and basketball. It has been discussed at length in other threads.
