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 DAP
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.
A few years ago, I took a sports marketing class. In the class one of the big points was how our "tastes" in sports have chaged. In the early to mid 1960s, swimming was one of the most televised collegiate sport. I'm in my forties. I remember watchin t between Indiana & Kentucky on tv with my father. Aslo, I think, ABC used to carry nationals every year. You woudl think that wiht allof the sports networks around now, swimmign would be carried more. At Illinois, men's swimming was cut yet there wass no indication that there was inequality witht he number of men/women programs.
What is amazing is that young guys will even go into swimming.
Originally posted by DAP
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.
A few years ago, I took a sports marketing class. In the class one of the big points was how our "tastes" in sports have chaged. In the early to mid 1960s, swimming was one of the most televised collegiate sport. I'm in my forties. I remember watchin t between Indiana & Kentucky on tv with my father. Aslo, I think, ABC used to carry nationals every year. You woudl think that wiht allof the sports networks around now, swimmign would be carried more. At Illinois, men's swimming was cut yet there wass no indication that there was inequality witht he number of men/women programs.
What is amazing is that young guys will even go into swimming.
