2005 Long Course Masters National Championships

I guess people are in the pool warming up as I type this! Good luck to everyone who's swimming the meet. I'm visiting my parents in San Diego this weekend and will be swimming Sunday only.

i love respect and admire rich but I don't think he will be 55 or under, in 2002 he was around the same 50 time and went 58 ish this year his 200 yard free was 1:56 on 49 low 100 speed and 22 low 50 speed www.usms.org/.../toptenind.php some people who go 25.5 can get under 55 it requires a strong first 50 and very stout second 50. like 26.5 28.4 a really well trained 100 swimmer could go 26.5 27.9 for a 54.4 I'm sure he will break the 100 m free record for 60 - 64 men soon we'll know Ande Originally posted by Jeff Commings Watch out for Rich Abrahams in that 100 free. And Dave Rollins could become the first masters swimmer under 28 seconds in the 50 ***. Though, again, he's a 21-year-old swimmer on a nationally-ranked college team popping in for a quick masters meet. My guess is that there will be five sub-55 100 frees today. That's a good number. Though judging by how Rich swam his 50, we might see six. Unless he swims his 100 like Roland Schoeman. ;)

Originally posted by Jeff Commings And Dave Rollins could become the first masters swimmer under 28 seconds in the 50 ***. I meant 29 seconds! If he went under 28, that'd be world-championships-finals-worthy. He went 28.87. That's movin'.

Originally posted by ande i love respect and admire rich but I don't think he will be 55 or under, in 2002 he was around the same 50 time and went 58 ish I'm sure he will break the 100 m free record for 60 - 64 men Ande nails it on the head. Bring this up the next time your swimmers question your coaching judgement. 1 Abrahams, Richard T 60 CMS 58.61W 60-64 WORLD: W 1:00.11 8/11/1998 JEFF FARRELL, USA

todays line up is Session 2 Friday 8/12/2005 #11 Men 400 IM #12 Women 400 IM #13 Men 100 Free #14 Women 100 Free #15 Men 200 Fly #16 Women 200 Fly #17 Men 50 *** #18 Women 50 *** #19 Men 200 Medley Relay #20 Women 200 Medley Relay here's the heat sheet www.usms.org/.../heatsday2.pdf

Watch out for Rich Abrahams in that 100 free. And Dave Rollins could become the first masters swimmer under 28 seconds in the 50 ***. Though, again, he's a 21-year-old swimmer on a nationally-ranked college team popping in for a quick masters meet. My guess is that there will be five sub-55 100 frees today. That's a good number. Though judging by how Rich swam his 50, we might see six. Unless he swims his 100 like Roland Schoeman. ;)

thank you his results were Event 13 Men 60-64 100 LC Meter Freestyle 60-64 WORLD: W 1:00.11 8/11/1998 JEFF FARRELL, USA 60-64 NATL: N 1:00.11 8/15/1998 JEFF FARRELL 1 Abrahams, Richard T 60 CMS 58.61W 26.90 58.61 (31.71) if he'd broken the 100 record by as much as his new 50 record he would have been a second or so faster. if you study his splits you'll see he faded pretty significantly on the 2nd 50. 26.90 31.71; 31.71 - 26.90 = 4.81 I believe Rich would greatly benefit by keeping the first and second 50 with in 2 - 3 seconds of each other. If he were my swimmer I'd ask him to go out easier on the first 50, keep it long smooth and relaxed, save his legs, then concentrate on building the 2nd 50. I wouldn't want him to go all out till the last 15 or 20 meters Perhaps split it something like 27.9 29.9 I'm convinced what ever time he'd give up on the first 50 he'd more than gain on the second. he should have an impressive 50 fly Ande Originally posted by mattson Ande nails it on the head. Bring this up the next time your swimmers question your coaching judgement. 1 Abrahams, Richard T 60 CMS 58.61W 60-64 WORLD: W 1:00.11 8/11/1998 JEFF FARRELL, USA

Originally posted by Jeff Commings Gary Hall didn't show up for his 50. But there were two swims under 24. Nice. However ... I did see Brian Jacobson go 22.91 last fall. And I was next to him when he went 29.17 in the 50 *** at that meet. I'm anxious to see if he goes that time tomorrow. Garry Hall had something going and had to fly out of town for a day. Hoever, the whole family was at the social event this evening, Jr and Sr. (eat your hearts out those who didn't go), and he will be swimming tomorrow.

Originally posted by ande thank you his results were Event 13 Men 60-64 100 LC Meter Freestyle 60-64 WORLD: W 1:00.11 8/11/1998 JEFF FARRELL, USA 60-64 NATL: N 1:00.11 8/15/1998 JEFF FARRELL 1 Abrahams, Richard T 60 CMS 58.61W 26.90 58.61 (31.71) if he'd broken the 100 record by as much as his new 50 record he would have been a second or so faster. if you study his splits you'll see he faded pretty significantly on the 2nd 50. 26.90 31.71; 31.71 - 26.90 = 4.81 I believe Rich would greatly benefit by keeping the first and second 50 with in 2 - 3 seconds of each other. If he were my swimmer I'd ask him to go out easier on the first 50, keep it long smooth and relaxed, save his legs, then concentrate on building the 2nd 50. I wouldn't want him to go all out till the last 15 or 20 meters Perhaps split it something like 27.9 29.9 I'm convinced what ever time he'd give up on the first 50 he'd more than gain on the second. he should have an impressive 50 fly Ande I disagree. I've seen Rich's results, and it doesn't look like he trains for the 100. Mr. Abrahams is a 50 specialist, so the first 50 of his 100 free should be about one second slower than his best 50. After that, he just has to hold on. Either he has the endurance to post a decent back half, or he doesn't. I had an experience this spring where I tried to "hold back" on the first half of my 100 yard free, having trained exclusively for the 50. At the same meet, I went 22.33 in the 50 free. I took out my hundred in 24.12, and the result was that I was grooved into a sluggish stroke rate, and on top of that I faded just like I would have with a more aggressive strategy. I split a terrible 27.98 on the back half for a 52.10, nearly three seconds off my best time. A month later, I swam the first long course meet of the season, still in very poor shape to put up a decent 100. I swam 25.90 in the 50, but did my 100 more aggressively than before. I took it out in 26.8, and although I got passed by everyone in my heat, I managed to hold on for a 58.54. Very similar to Richard Abrahams at Masters Nationals, and I think the optimal strategy in the 100 freestyle.

Originally posted by Conniekat8 However, the whole family was at the social event this evening, Jr and Sr. (eat your hearts out those who didn't go), and he will be swimming tomorrow.