Saw this article today on The Race Club website. Since we have so many Texas Exes (GO HORNS beat SC!) on here, I was wondering what the opinions were on his comments.
64.70.236.56/.../index.html
At least good for some gripping discussion, Lord knows we need a good "spirited" discussion on here...
"...because swim meets are so darn predictable."
I have to question this one. Although many meets are predictable (like many football/basketball/name-your-sport games), there are the "big game"-type of meets that are completely unpredictable. I'm thinking back to high school, especially with division rivals. One year their team pulls the upset, next year our team does.
One (HS) meet that comes to mind was against Spencerport. We were in their tiny pool area, and they had the place packed with loud fans. (My ears were ringing for hours after the meet.) The first place swimmers in each event were "predictable", but the meet was being decided by 4th and 5th place swimmers. Our inspirational moment came when our backstroker knocked a megaphone out of a fan's hand. (He came forward to yell at our medley relay.) My proud moment was when I out-touched their 2nd 500 swimmer (after trailing the whole race) to get 2nd place. Best time by about 5 seconds. Meet came down to the last free relay, very close race for first. (And hardly predictable...)
"...because swim meets are so darn predictable."
I have to question this one. Although many meets are predictable (like many football/basketball/name-your-sport games), there are the "big game"-type of meets that are completely unpredictable. I'm thinking back to high school, especially with division rivals. One year their team pulls the upset, next year our team does.
One (HS) meet that comes to mind was against Spencerport. We were in their tiny pool area, and they had the place packed with loud fans. (My ears were ringing for hours after the meet.) The first place swimmers in each event were "predictable", but the meet was being decided by 4th and 5th place swimmers. Our inspirational moment came when our backstroker knocked a megaphone out of a fan's hand. (He came forward to yell at our medley relay.) My proud moment was when I out-touched their 2nd 500 swimmer (after trailing the whole race) to get 2nd place. Best time by about 5 seconds. Meet came down to the last free relay, very close race for first. (And hardly predictable...)
