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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/
Actually it was Rowdy Gaines that said that Liesel Jones had terrible start and was slow off the blocks compared to Jessica Hardy. He said nothing about the differences in there starts. From a viewers standpoint it looked like Hardy got an advantage right away. I went to the Omega site and found the reactions times from both swimmers. It turns out that Hardy's start had a reaction time of .68 compared to Jones at .82 and Hardy's split was :31.07 to Jones at :31.49. In comparison to the final at the World Championships, Hardy was at .66 and Jones was at .83 and Hardy's split was identical at :31.07 but Jones was faster at :31.31. Since Jones missed the World record by .01, I believe Rowdy was correct in saying that a faster start would have produced a World Record. I think Liesel Jones has been tranditionally slower off the blocks than others because I did not see a reaction time of better than .80 from the results of meets on the Omega site.
Roland Schoeman is known for having a very quick start off the blocks and his reaction times show that. Nick Brunelli also has a quick start and he is one of the better ones from the USA.
Actually it was Rowdy Gaines that said that Liesel Jones had terrible start and was slow off the blocks compared to Jessica Hardy. He said nothing about the differences in there starts. From a viewers standpoint it looked like Hardy got an advantage right away. I went to the Omega site and found the reactions times from both swimmers. It turns out that Hardy's start had a reaction time of .68 compared to Jones at .82 and Hardy's split was :31.07 to Jones at :31.49. In comparison to the final at the World Championships, Hardy was at .66 and Jones was at .83 and Hardy's split was identical at :31.07 but Jones was faster at :31.31. Since Jones missed the World record by .01, I believe Rowdy was correct in saying that a faster start would have produced a World Record. I think Liesel Jones has been tranditionally slower off the blocks than others because I did not see a reaction time of better than .80 from the results of meets on the Omega site.
Roland Schoeman is known for having a very quick start off the blocks and his reaction times show that. Nick Brunelli also has a quick start and he is one of the better ones from the USA.
