Michael Phelps said he is looking to swim some new events, but is being very secrative about it. Anyone want to throw out a guess as to what those events are? I would consider the following "his" events: 200 free, 200 IM, 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 back, and maybe the 100 free.
My guess is the 400 free and maybe the 50 free or 100 back. I can't see him becoming a breaststroker. So that leaves the shorter back race and free.
Anyone else?
The Texas swimmers, and most of the really fast swimmers, use meets like the American Short Course champs as an opportunity to get up and race against fast competition. It's always fun to swim "off" events and quite often you learn a little bit more about how to race your good events in the process. At a meet last summer, I had the pleasure of watching Walker, Peirsol, Dusing, Davis, Lochte, and Crocker race a 200 free and even had the pleasure of getting spanked by Crocker in the 100 fly and Piersol in the 200 fly. They compete on a different level from the rest of the people around and a BIG meet like the ASCC's this weekend is the equivalent of a practice meet for them. No pressure, just a chance to get up and race.
The Texas swimmers, and most of the really fast swimmers, use meets like the American Short Course champs as an opportunity to get up and race against fast competition. It's always fun to swim "off" events and quite often you learn a little bit more about how to race your good events in the process. At a meet last summer, I had the pleasure of watching Walker, Peirsol, Dusing, Davis, Lochte, and Crocker race a 200 free and even had the pleasure of getting spanked by Crocker in the 100 fly and Piersol in the 200 fly. They compete on a different level from the rest of the people around and a BIG meet like the ASCC's this weekend is the equivalent of a practice meet for them. No pressure, just a chance to get up and race.
