some of us might enjoy following the world championships
you can find worlds results at
http://www.omegatiming.com/
first click on
"XI FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS"
then click on
"Swimming"
on the top middle of the page
July 24 Day 8
Preliminaries
SESSION 1 09:30
100 m Butterfly (W)
400 m Free (M)
200 m IM (W)
50 m Butterfly (M)
400 m Free (W)
100 m *** (M)
4x100 m Free (W)
4x100 mFree (M)
Finals
SESSION 2 18:00 - 20:00
100 m Butterfly (W)– Semi
400 m Free (M)
200 m IM (W)– Semi
50 m Butterfly (M)– Semi
400 m Free (W)
100 m *** (M)– Semi
4x100 m Free (W)
4x100 m Free (M)
July 25 Day 9
Preliminaries
SESSION 3 09:30
100 m Back (W)
200 m Free (M)
100 m *** (W)
100 m Back (M)
1500 m Free (W)
Finals
SESSION 4 18:00 - 20:00
50 m Butterfly (M)
100 m *** (W)– Semi
100 m *** (M)
100 m Butterfly (W)
200 m Free (M)– Semi
100 m Back (W)– Semi
100 m Back (M)– Semi
200 m IM (W)
July 26 Day 10
Preliminaries
SESSION 5 09:30
50 m *** (M)
200 m Butterfly (M)
200 m Free (W)
800 m Free (M)
Finals
SESSION 6 18:00 - 20:10
1500 m Free (W)
50 m *** (M)– Semi
100 m Back (W)
200 m Butterfly (M)– Semi
100 m *** (W)
100 m Back (M)
200 m Free (W)– Semi
200 m Free (M)
July 27 Day 11
Preliminaries
SESSION 7 09:30
50 m Back (W)
100 m Free (M)
200 m Butterfly (W)
200 m IM (M)
Finals
SESSION 8 18:00 - 20:00
100 m Free (M)– Semi
50 m Back (W)– Semi
50 m *** (M)
200 m Free (W)
200 m Butterfly (M)
200 m Butterfly (W)– Semi
200 m IM (M)– Semi
800 m Free (M)
July 28 Day 12
Preliminaries
SESSION 9 09:30
100 m Free (W)
200 m Back (M)
200 m *** (W)
200 m *** (M)
4x200 m Free (W)
Finals
SESSION 10 18:00 - 20:10
100 m Free (W)– Semi
200 m *** (M)– Semi
50 m Back (W)
100 m Free (M)
200 m Butterfly (W)
200 m Back (M)– Semi
200 m *** (W)– Semi
200 m IM (M)
4x200 m Free (W)
July 29 Day 13
Preliminaries
SESSION 11 09:30
50 m Butterfly (W)
50 m Free (M)
800 m Free (W)
100 m Butterfly (M)
200 m Back (W)
4x200 m Free (M)
Finals
SESSION 12 18:00 - 20:10
100 m Free (W)
200 m Back (M)
200 m Back (W)– Semi
50 m Free (M)– Semi
200 m *** (W)
100 m Butterfly (M)– Semi
50 m Butterfly (W)– Semi
200 m *** (M)
4x200 m Free (M)
July 30 Day 14
Preliminaries
SESSION 13 09:30
50 m Free (W)
50 m Back (M)
50 m *** (W)
1500 m Free (M)
4x100 m Medley (W)
Finals
SESSION 14 18:00 - 20:10
50 m Butterfly (W)
50 m Free (M)
200 m Back (W)
100 m Butterfly (M)
50 m *** (W)– Semi
50 m Free (W)– Semi
50 m Back (M)– Semi
800 m Free (W)
4x100 m Medley (W)
July 31 Day 15
Preliminaries
SESSION 15 09:30
400 m IM (M)
400 m IM (W)
4x100 m Medley (M)
Finals
SESSION 16 18:00 - 20:10
50 m Back (M)
50 m *** (W)
400 m IM (M)
50 m Free (W)
1500 m Free (M)
400 m IM (W)
4x100 m Medley (M)
CLOSING CEREMONY
Former Member
Originally posted by Kerry
There's a nice article (free registration required) in the Washington Post. It's mostly about Phelps, but I found the second part about Mark Warnecke more interesting:
I thought this was very inspiring!
It used to be that the guy who covered sports like swimming for the Washingtonm post was a swimmer. He used to swim at Wilson High in Northwest. I'm checking to seeif it is the same guy. I can't remember his name though.
for some reason, I just looked at FINA's sight to see about Wednesdays waterpolo match between USA & GEr. What a difficult site to explore. Has anyone else looked at it during the Worlds. It is so hard to get through.
I just got an e-mail from a friend who lives in Montreal. Je ne lui a parle pas dans beaucoup des ans. He said that the competition is fantastque. His e-mail was all French. I haven't had to write or type in French in about 5 years. He saw Hackett live. He said it was the most incroyable swim he had ever seen! Looking at the splits on FINA's sight, I can't believe he was that much ahead of Jansen. C'est bien! He said that the kick was incredible and he couldn't believe how relaxed hackett looked during the entire swim.
I also looked at the Wahington post article, obviously, the guy I knew didn't write it.
Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
Looking at the splits on FINA's sight, I can't believe he was that much ahead of Jansen.
Well, if you can't beat me at 800m, you really don't belong at the world championships. Now, Jensen is another story entirely.:cool:
-LBJ
Originally posted by Kerry
There's a nice article (free registration required) in the Washington Post. It's mostly about Phelps, but I found the second part about Mark Warnecke more interesting:
I thought this was very inspiring!
Yes, it was also very inspiring to me,too! If you look at Mark's training regime you see is clearly focused on quality over quanity work.
Did anyone see what a nice wave with his hips he had in is race. No wonder to me that he became a world champion with a technique as nice as this and such a good and steady rythm.
I surely will follow is workout regime the next week to work on my *** sprints.
brgds
matthias
I can't speak for that swimmer that loses the scholarship, though I know that's a major issue these days.
If I were this person in theory, I'd go to the school on a smaller scholarship, strive to get better by training with the best and lobby at the end of the year for a bigger scholarship when/if I swim faster. There's nothing that says the coach can't increase your scholarship. They just can't decrease it (without major mitigating circumstances).
Originally posted by gull80
"But I think it takes a little bit more time to develop that sprinter, and I think (college coaches) are going to a more mature, little bit older European kid who's had a little bit more experience, who's coming to college at 20, 21, a little bit more seasoned veteran."
These foreign swimmers are subject to the same NCAA rules as the U.S. kids and one of those rules is that you need to start your college swimming career within a year of graduating high school or you start losing eligibility.
Jeff,
I agree with all your comments, except for one thing. The U.S. sprinters could certainly benefit from training with Draganja and Schoeman in college, but what if the promising, young U.S sprinter doesn't get a scholarship to Cal or Arizona because they give a majority of their scholarships to the mature, more proven foreign athlete? Then, the U.S. sprinter goes somewhere else, doesn't get to train with the likes of Draganja and Schoeman, and doesn't benefit from the best coaching and facilities the U.S. has to offer.
Taking a smaller, partial scholarship and working to earn a larger one is admirable and does happen. But, I'm also certain that many swimmers choose to go somewhere else because they can't afford to go to the school with the best swimming situation in the absence of significant scholarship support.
