2006 Caltech Pentathlon

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

Former Member — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:51:03 GMT

The Results are posted at SPMA. HEre is a link: www.spma.net/.../CaltechResults06.htm Michael Heather was there, he's pretty fast I will be racing him in year-and-a-half.

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Former Member — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:10:11 GMT

Hey Scaq member where are the results??

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Former Member — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:56:02 GMT

Originally posted by Glenn ... The results will be posted in a week or two at http://www.spma.net Go to meet results and find Caltech Pentathlon. You could actually find the results of 1997 - 2005 at that site as well right now. :) You guys did a great job. If possible could the results be posted sooner at the Cal Tech Masters website? Even if it's a download that would be okay. tony

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

Former Member — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:34:02 GMT

The Caltech Pentathlon results are up. Thanks for pushing it up quicker than expected. (Note that the 45-49 group had the most swimmers of any group.)

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

Former Member — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:51:47 GMT

Originally posted by SCAQ Member It was my first pentathlon. You know, maybe it's me, but it's astonishing how tired you get by the time you have to do the IM. Saw a lot of fast swimmers and even though I made a personal best in the 50 free, 26.65, I got spanked by the super heroes in my 45-49 age group. Anyway, I was DQed on the IM for doing the flip backstroke turn. My bad, though I had no idea it wasn't allowed. It's legal for backstroke why not the IM, does anybody know the reasoning? tony I really think that our age group is one of the hardest in masters. It's becasue we all got so excited abut Mark Spitz. There are also so many of us who've swam almost always. I wonder if the current buzz over Michael Phelps will have the same long-lasting effect on swimmign and his generation and the swimmers slightly younger than him?

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Former Member — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:01:30 GMT

A day free from geek's prodding maybe? LOL! probably not I guess.:D

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

Glenn — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:47:32 GMT

Tony, I don't believe the Caltech website is active. Suzy Dodd is pretty good at getting the meet info out as quickly as she can. Be patient and keep checking the SPMA meet results. Thanks for attending the meet!! Glenn Gruber

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

Former Member — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:42:26 GMT

Hey, who deleted my photo? By the way, what do I get for my 1000th post?

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Former Member — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:54:27 GMT

Glenn-did the 60-64 guy beat the 50-54 and 55-59?? At Caltech??

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Glenn — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:01:09 GMT

To: Its a slow show, If you are referring to Bob Strand who just aged up to 60, yes, he did it all!!! He is a breastroker and broke the National record going 30.18. The fastest 55-59 50 brst time was 32.00 (John Derr who is no slouch himself) and the 50 - 54 fastest 50 brst time was 32.33. Bob also broke the National record in the 100IM going 1:01.46. Rich Abrahams set the record last year at 1:01.50. The fastest 100IM time in the 55-59 was 1:04.19 and the fastest time in 50 - 54 was 1:04.42. Bob's cumulative time was 2:55.52. The 55-59 winner was 3:00.66 and 50-54 was 3:03.15. I swim with Bob at Rose Bowl once per week and he is a great guy and of course a terrific swimmer. :)

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

Former Member — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:08:47 GMT

Originally posted by Glenn Tony, I don't believe the Caltech website is active. You guys did great. I can't wait to do it again. This time I won't do a deck entry. Looking forward to the results in the next couple of weeks. :-)

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Former Member — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:06:03 GMT

Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com I really think that our age group is one of the hardest in masters. Yeah, really, and how about that Paul Carter fellow and his 100 fly? What's up with that? His SCY time is something like 51-and-change. The guy is indeed a god! I think the 70's was the perfect storm for individual sports. We had Mark Spitz, Brian Goodell, John Naber, Bruce Jenner, the founding of the Ironman Triathlon in the late 70's, Martina, John McEnroe and many others not to mention the marathoners and track athletes. Nonetheless, swimming is the best.

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

Frank Thompson — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 07:43:45 GMT

Gull just told me he is pawning his Speedo FSII and buying us two tickets to join you next year. Here is a picture of gull so you can pick him out when we show up. Hey, who deleted my photo? By the way, what do I get for my 1000th post Geek: Did you put that picture of Mark from Maryland also know as Freedivmd up? I think you did. Gull: I think that is why your photo was deleted. By the way for your 1000 post, start a thread that you know will be controversial. I know you can do it because your kinda of good at that stuff. To Everyone Who is New: Go to "The Future of Men's Swimming in the US" thread from last summer and you can see the picture that I believe Geek is referring to about Gull.

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

Former Member — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:48:30 GMT

Congrats on the PB in the 50. Is that 50 SCY or LCM? What exactly is a pentathlon anyhow?

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

aquageek — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:58:43 GMT

I went to the website and this looks like a really fun event. Sometimes traditional meets get monotonous so it's good to see some fun stuff thrown in. This would be super fun for me and gull80 to have a pentathalon showdown.

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BillS — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:30:12 GMT

Nice job. My first pentathlon is Saturday; have have any sage words of advice for a fellow pentathlon newbie?

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BillS — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 04:10:44 GMT

Don't be fooled by his svelte figure . . . he beat the Geek in the 200 and only lost the 500 by half a second. He should be able to thrash him easily in the pentathlon, especially if he wears his FSII.

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

Glenn — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:57:26 GMT

Uh,..............we may need a new category for this guy!!!:D :D :D :D :D

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

aquageek — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:42:18 GMT

Gull just told me he is pawning his Speedo FSII and buying us two tickets to join you next year. Here is a picture of gull so you can pick him out when we show up.

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

Glenn — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:30:27 GMT

Caltech Maters has been running this meet since 1974! It is a fun meet for everyone - newbies to vets. You may enter one or more events individually or enter all five events. There is a 50 of each stroke and a 100 IM at the end. The winner is determined by total time for all of the events. The second place cumulative time in the men's 55-59 was 3:00.67, the first place cumulative time was 3:00.66!!!!! This is a fun meet that doesn't take too much time. We start at 10:00AM and are done by 1:00PM. We had just over 180 swimmers. We give medals for second and third place in each age group and a cool trophy for first place. There is an award for the overall fastest male swimmer and the overall fastest female swimmer. This year the overall fastest female swimmer swims for Caltech Masters. The meet is usually held on the first Sunday in March. We have a deep 8 lane competition pool and an 8 lane warm up pool. This is beautiful outdoor facility. Sunday's air temperature was 70. I only recall one bad weather day back in 1999 when we had rain, but usually it is beautiful. Besides local swimmers, we have had swimmers from Hawaii and this year one from New York. The results will be posted in a week or two at http://www.spma.net Go to meet results and find Caltech Pentathlon. You could actually find the results of 1997 - 2005 at that site as well right now. Come join us next year. Glenn Gruber P.S. I am usually the announcer at the meet and this year I also swam in the meet. Double duty, but fun. :)

RE: 2006 Caltech Pentathlon

BillS — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:31:36 GMT

A pentathlon is one event of each stroke plus an IM. Looks like the CalTech one was all 50's/100 IM. The one I entered (www.swimoregon.org/.../06pententry.pdf) is a choice of 50's/100 IM or 100's/200 IM, scored by cumulative time. It looks like Cal's was scored by place points? I think it will be fun. This will be my second meet after joining my masters group, and it will force me to swim some events I would not normally consider. Always good to step outside your comfort zone and try new things. I think. Maybe.

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FlyQueen — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:29:03 GMT

In IM you have to finish each stroke of the IM the way you would finish it if were ending there. So two hand touch on fly and ***. One hand touch on back you can begin to rotate though. You can one hand touch then flip though.