here's another recent swimming article
U.S. needs true sprinters
Phelps willing to compete in 100 free, but he's better at other strokes, distances.
www.indystar.com/.../article
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I think htat we have way too many sprinters. Even worse, many universities have set up their teams to have lots of guys (I don't know about women's programs) who can do a lot of different sprints so that they can get the most points out of a wide range of people. If you have a guy who can do 3 strokes in 100's & 50's you get more points from him than a guy who can only do distance for the same amount of money. taht's why i try to encourage all distance swimmers to look into doing IM's.
I think htat we have way too many sprinters. Even worse, many universities have set up their teams to have lots of guys (I don't know about women's programs) who can do a lot of different sprints so that they can get the most points out of a wide range of people. If you have a guy who can do 3 strokes in 100's & 50's you get more points from him than a guy who can only do distance for the same amount of money. taht's why i try to encourage all distance swimmers to look into doing IM's.
