Actually the medley relay splits were not that great. Over the years there have been some even more unbelievable splits...24.11 seconds for the breastroke leg is positive slow compared to the 22 split by a Harvard swimmer in the 90's. I will give a beer to the person who can name the fastest person's breaststroke relay split! And no it wasn't Jeremy Linn
Just wait to NCAAs to see them really swim fast:D
One of the best meets is the US Open, at Swiminfo they have splits every 25 yards. It is very interesting to see.
FYI: 1 Phelps, Michael 19 Wolverine 1:32.08 200 Free
10.32 11.27 11.57 11.69
11.69 12.07 12.06 11.41
and
Hansen, Brendan 23 Longhorn 53.24 100 ***
11.39 13.80 13.97 14.08
and
1 Coughlin, Natal 22 California Aq 52.13 100 Fly
11.13 13.46 13.68 13.86
and
1 Crocker, Ian 22 Longhorn 46.00 100 fly
9.72 11.67 12.23 12.38
Many of these illustrate my moto, it's not how fast you are, it's how fast you slow down.
I am as fast as breaststrokers who do a 57 or better for a 100, (for the first 25 yards) but boy do I slow down faster!
But is also MUCH better to have speed than not to have it. Ian's 100 fly is not his fastest, so 9.72 is just a taste of how fast he goes.
Originally posted by breastroker
Hint, how many Ivy leage teams have ever won a 200 yard medley relay at NCAAs?
Only one: Princeton in 89 and 90
89s Breaststroker: Rich Korhammer
90s Breaststroker: Le Roy Kim
Wayne:
I am just taking a guess hear but the person that comes to mind with the fastest breastroke split would have to be Steve Lunquist from SMU from the years 1980 - 1984. I am not sure if he did it at an NCAA meet because they did not have the 200 Medley Relay as an event from 1980-1984. The reason I would think it would be him is because he was just an amazing short course breastroker. He set the 100 Yard Record in 1983 with a time of :52.48 and held the record until 1997 when Jeremy Linn broke it with a :51.86. He could have done it at one of the other short course yards meets. On a hunch I will say its him and if not its either Moses, Hansen, or one of the Auburn guys Denniston and Calhoun.
Wayne:
With the hint the one person that comes to mind is Jeff Commings who swam for Texas in the early 90's and now swims out in Denver, Colorado. I remember he was on a relay back then that was very fast.
Did people read in Swimming World about the study that determined men's qualifying times have been lowere? It is one of the great side effects of university's cutting programs. There are fewer young guys swimming and fewer hours swimming is on TV (even though TV tiem is increasing). Few people I talk with where I live about swimming even new that college's had a national finals!
Also, does anyone think that Phelps going pro and not swimming in college will have any effect of any kind on college swimming?
Frank,
Nope on all those great swimmers. Hint he has the same last name as a great masters breaststroker. He was not a great 100 breaststroker, like Lunquist or Linn.
Jeremy Linn's split was 24.28 on the way to his amazing 51.86 American record for the 100 yard *** in 1997. But he does't hold the fastest relay split!:D
Some of the relay backstroke and fly splits are equally amazing.
I do remember those Princeton Medley Relays because they won the first 2 when the NCAA started swimming them in 1989. I have those races both on tape and I remember Mike Ross the did the backstroke almost completely under water. He split :21.81 in 1990 and :22.77 in 1989. The time for 1988 was 1:28.36 which was not a record because Stanford had set the record in the prelims at 1:28.26. I remember the next year they swam out of lane 1 and set the American, US Open, and NCAA record at 1:27.31. The recorded split for Lee Roy Kim was 24:85 in 1990 and the recorded split for Rich Korhammer was :23.91 which was the fastest split until 1997.
The Tennesse team in there 200 Medley Relay on 2-19-97, set an American Record of 1:25.76 and Jememy Lin split a :23.55. Andrew Jerger for Auburn split :23.57 in the 1998 NCAA's for Auburns winning 200 Medley Relay. Brenden Hansen split :23.59 in the 2003 NCAA Championship meet swimming with the Texas when they set the still standing American, US Open, and NCAA record at 1:24.46. However the fastest split I found on the NCAA website was from Jeremy McDonnell from Tennesse and he split :23.41 in the 200 Medley Relay in 2001 finals of the 200 Medley. If you go to the NCAA website they have all of the splits for the relays since 1998. By the way Mike Ross from Princeton I believe is swimming masters now and doing very well.
I trained a few summers with richard korhammer
you meant he split a 23 not a 22
has anyone ever done a 22 *** stroke split?
If any one could ever get close,
I'd have to believe it would be Brendan Hansen.
By the way Brendan swam really well unshaved at the
American Short Course Championships
he had a blazing 200 y Breastroke.
Lundquist and Rowdy Gaines also trained in Austin prior to the 1984 olympic trials.
Ande
Originally posted by croberts
Only one: Princeton in 89 and 90
89s Breaststroker: Rich Korhammer
90s Breaststroker: Le Roy Kim
