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The Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool is Tuesday
In just its second year, the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool – held this year in Irvine, Calif., on Aug. 2 – will be a coming out party for some young stars, a chance for established stars to continue their domination and a chance for standouts entering their final quadrennial to further cement their legacies.
http://www.duelinthepool.com/
you'll find results at
http://www.omegatiming.com/
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They sure do make great posters for this event! The websit is pretty good also. People should check it out.
A couple of questions:
Are the swimmers getting appearance fees or prize money?
Do you suspect there will be any dropoff following World's? I know I often have a little drop off in motivation following a big meet but I'm not in the same league, or universe, as these athletes.
Originally posted by aquageek
A couple of questions:
Are the swimmers getting appearance fees or prize money?
Do you suspect there will be any dropoff following World's? I know I often have a little drop off in motivation following a big meet but I'm not in the same league, or universe, as these athletes.
There is a $25,000 bonus for world records. Obviously the college swimmers are ineligible for this so if Hardy betters her world record she's out of luck...
unless she gives up her eligibility
it's ridiculous how NCAA college swimmers are supposed to be amateurs.
If a football team has a great player who could go pro
but has more eligibility
as an incentive to stay and play
some schools provide injury policies.
It the athlete gets injured while playing college ball and becomes unable to enter the NFL draft he will recieve a multimillion dollar payment.
College ball players are essentially poorly paid pro athletes.
ande
Originally posted by hrietz
There is a $25,000 bonus for world records. Obviously the college swimmers are ineligible for this so if Hardy betters her world record she's out of luck...
In the last Duel in the Pool meet they had one heat per event for both Men and Women. Each country swam 3 swimmers a side and they used 6 lanes and had the two outside lanes empty. They started out with a the 400 Free Relay with the women going first and then the Men and ended with the 400 Medley Relay.
If I remember correctly, they have a lot of officals watching 2 lanes. In the last Dual in the Pool meet Libby Lenton was DQed after she won the 50 Free for a slight movement on the start. Also Natlie got DQed for the same thing in the 400 Medley Relay.
I think they let you swim 4 events plus relays. I know Phelps swam the 400 IM, 200 IM, 100 Fly, and 200 Fly. He got a WR in the 400 IM and he may have gotten another in the 200 IM. I remember he swam the 200 Fly late in the meet and was behind Tom Malchow and out touched him by .04 under the flags. He missed the WR by half a second. I also remember Edwin Moses swimming real well at this meet almost getting a WR in the 100 ***. He split :59.7 in the 400 Medley Relay and at that time was the fastest split by an American.
HI, I think that the TV coverage will be on ESPN. I know for sure that it will be on 1:00 P.M. PST this Saturday, August 6. Be sure to check your local sports listings. I found it in the SF Chronicle in both the sports section and the TV guide.
I'm curious to see who will swim which events. A swimmer can do 4 swims, including the relays. Where will the coaches put the multiple-event swimmers like Phelps, Coughlin, etc?
Does anyone know how many athletes will swim in each race? Will they fill the heats and have 4 from each country? Or, will there only be 2 per country...those who qualified for Worlds in that event?
