RE: article:"The only thing going through my mind was simply kill them and win the race.”

Frank Thompson — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:41:35 GMT

Ande: Simply kill and win the race Ian did. He had almost as good a meet he had at the 2004 NCAA's. I don't think he has ever gone faster in the 100 Free and his :41.83 is ranked 4th all time now behind Duje Draganja, Erving, and Biondi. This swim is pretty close to the WR he set in SCM in 2004 at :46.25. His fly was just .01 off his best and his 50 Free had to be close to his best. Plus he beat Rolland Schoeman in both events and many consider him to be one of the best sprinters in the world right now. Ian is looking more like David Wilkkie everytime I see a picture of him. Must be that Bob Dylan influence. Since USA Swimming got rid of the Short Course Nationals in 1991 this looks like the replacement meet judging from performances and the swimmers this meet attracts. Last year Michael Phelps got an AR in the 200 Free and this year he added 3 other AR in different events. Brenden Hansen, Aaron Piersol, Tara Kirk, Margaret Holezer, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Kukors just to name a few all had great swims. I am wondering if these times will beat the NCAA Champions in the next two weeks. Right now a lot of these times would be seeded first at those meets. It will be interesting to see how these stack up against those. Besides Nationals, World/Olympic Trials, and NCAA's this seems to be one of the country's fastest meets.