Ok, world trials start tomorrow ... yeah! I am so excited, probably because I am going... anyway ... There are going to be some tough races. I think the 200 back is going to be an amazing race. I'm ready to call in sick to work and go back just for that race. Peirsol, Phelps, and Lochte. It's going to be amazing.
Other races I think will be great ... Phelps and Crocker will go at it agian in the 100fly. The 50 free for the women has an amazing field.
Kaitlin Sandeno is entered in seven events right now, do you think she'll swim all seven? It kind of sounds like she might not, I wonder what she will swim and what she'll drop. I'd love to see her take that schedule on and show the world that you girls can do it, too! Phelps is in seven also (not really surprising) - dropped the 200 fly though.
I'm a little disappointed that Peirsol is only swimming his two backstroke events, I've heard he's a good mid-distance and distance freestyler so I wasn hoping he'd try that out. I was hoping Coughlin would do more events too (she's signed up for the 100 free, 200 free, 100 fly, and 100 back). I think she'd be a great challenge to Hoff and Beard in the 200 IM.
It'll also be great to see who emerges in the 50 free for the men, as Hall is retired and I didn't see Lezak's name on the psyche sheets.
I'm also ready to see if Kate Ziegler who I've heard a lot about will step up at this meet and become the next great american female distance swimmer.
Can't wait till they get going tomorrow.
Any bets on the Peirsol/Phelps/Lochte showdown? What about the Locthe/Phelps showdown in general?
who are the big guns?
Let's say they are olympians like coughlin, piersol, crocker, hansen, walker, phelps, dusing, lochte, and lezak
I'm pretty sure everyone tapered for world trials
why wouldn't they be rested?
The championships aren't till like july.
once trials is done those who made it can go through a whole new training cycle to prepare for worlds.
If the times aren't as fast as the olympic times, this while important, isn't as big of a deal as being in the olympics and swimming for gold. Some swimmers took a break after the olympics.
I think phelps could qualify in most events with out much rest.
everyone who went to NCAA's rested for NCAA's then added another week. so far lochte's long course times don't seem as spectacular as his short course times.
Some might swimmer have missed hitting their taper at NCAA's, Like weber-gale, his 22.44 50 LCM free seems much more impressive than his 50 fr at NCAA's
Where as, I would have thought lochte would have been faster in the 100 and 200 free based on his NCAA times, he cut his 100 prelim swim dangerously close.
I was impressed with Lochte's 400 IM in finals, especially his last 50.
I'm having lunch with eddie reese next wednesday,
so I can ask him how much rest his guys got.
my guess is the texas guys rested for several weeks going into trials, some where between 4 - 6 weeks if I had to guess
hope this helps,
ande
Originally posted by SwiminONandON
Ande, can you settle a bet for my friend and I. He thinks that the "big guns" didn't taper for Trials. I told him that there was no way they didn't do at least a shorter taper, my guess was 10 days - 2 weeks. Can you confirm this?
who are the big guns?
Let's say they are olympians like coughlin, piersol, crocker, hansen, walker, phelps, dusing, lochte, and lezak
I'm pretty sure everyone tapered for world trials
why wouldn't they be rested?
The championships aren't till like july.
once trials is done those who made it can go through a whole new training cycle to prepare for worlds.
If the times aren't as fast as the olympic times, this while important, isn't as big of a deal as being in the olympics and swimming for gold. Some swimmers took a break after the olympics.
I think phelps could qualify in most events with out much rest.
everyone who went to NCAA's rested for NCAA's then added another week. so far lochte's long course times don't seem as spectacular as his short course times.
Some might swimmer have missed hitting their taper at NCAA's, Like weber-gale, his 22.44 50 LCM free seems much more impressive than his 50 fr at NCAA's
Where as, I would have thought lochte would have been faster in the 100 and 200 free based on his NCAA times, he cut his 100 prelim swim dangerously close.
I was impressed with Lochte's 400 IM in finals, especially his last 50.
I'm having lunch with eddie reese next wednesday,
so I can ask him how much rest his guys got.
my guess is the texas guys rested for several weeks going into trials, some where between 4 - 6 weeks if I had to guess
hope this helps,
ande
Originally posted by SwiminONandON
Ande, can you settle a bet for my friend and I. He thinks that the "big guns" didn't taper for Trials. I told him that there was no way they didn't do at least a shorter taper, my guess was 10 days - 2 weeks. Can you confirm this?
