Fred Bousquet of Auburn just broke the 19 second barrier , first man to do so!!!
Splits were 9.26 and 9.48
That is some unbelievable time...
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The second 50 in increadible. Figure 1.5 seconds for the dive, although the first 25 is a foot touch.
Anyone know the slit of the old record?
I would bet the first 25 was 8.9 seconds or better.
That just blows my mind! 25 years ago (which doesn't seem that long ago right now), the 20 second barrier stood out there and seemed insurmountable. To put in perspective, Auburn Fred can finish a 50 literally just seconds after this Fred can finish a 25! Man, that's fast.
He must have some incredible turn, because he does not do as well in long course, but holds a SCM 50 free world record of 21.10.In Athens he did not make it to the finals with time of 22.29 in semi-final...
Originally posted by Fred Johnson
He beat the (finals) field by more than a half second! That is blazing.
Not quite.
1) BOUSQUET, FRED SR AUBURN :18.74** :18.90
:09.38 :09.52
** NCAA Record: US OPEN Record: POOL RECORD:
2) DRAGANJA, DUJE SR CAL. BERKELEY :19.32 :19.01
-Rick
This is a phenomenon in a short course pool where one can actually body surf the bow wave of the nearby swimmers as they push off the wall. (Assuming that they're traveling at 2.5 yards per second.)
Obviously the guys in the lanes on his left and right created a small, yet forceful enough bow wave when they broke out of the turn that he was able to get a boost from their forward momentum.
Yeah..that's how he did it. ;)
Originally posted by valhallan
This is a phenomenon in a short course pool where one can actually body surf the bow wave of the nearby swimmers as they push off the wall. (Assuming that they're traveling at 2.5 yards per second.)
Obviously the guys in the lanes on his left and right created a small, yet forceful enough bow wave when they broke out of the turn that he was able to get a boost from their forward momentum.
Yeah..that's how he did it. ;)
I tried that once. You can guess if I finished with an 18.74.....:p
Craigh:
The answer to your first ? is Yes. Fred Bousquet is from France. In fact 8 out 16 swimmers in the 50 Free for both finals and consols are foreign. The Cal Free relay that set the 200 Free record are all foreign swimmers. I believe the Medley was to with Barbosa.
The Auburn relay that did 1:16.00 and finshed 2nd had two foreign swimmers.
The guy you scored the most points at an NCAA Championship in a career was Pablo Moralas from 1984 - 1987 and he won 11 out 12 events enter during that time. John Naber had the record previously at 10 events. There have been many that have won the 3 individual event that the NCAA allows you. The ones that come to mind are Spitz, Hall, Trembly, Naber, Goodell, Biondi, etc.
