I just received my tickets for 2 days of this years PanPacs in Victoria, B.C. Aug 17-20. I will be seeing heats & finals day 2:
100 free, 100 brst, 400 IM, 800free relay; heats & finals day 4:
200 IM, 50 free, 200 brst, w800 free, m1500 free, 400 medley relay. I am stoked to see Phelps et al, possible Japanese-American clash 100brst etc. This, I think, will be the signature international meet of the year (except Masters Worlds, of course) and I would urge anyone within reasonable travel distance to consider attending, as it is a great spectator pool & very fast.
I am disappointed though, that Amanda & her wedgie likely won't be there...
Here's the Jones/Schoeman part of the AP story for people who don't want to have to register for something to read it.
Rising U.S. star Cullen Jones won the men's 50 freestyle in 21.84 seconds, a Pan Pac record.
Roland Schoeman of South Africa took silver in 22.12. Canada's Brent Hayden earned bronze, his fourth medal.
Jones was part of the Phelps-led U.S. team that broke South Africa's 2-year-old world record in the 400 freestyle relay Saturday night.
"Cullen who?" Schoeman said dismissively after the 50 preliminaries.
He was piqued at a comment U.S. relay swimmer Neil Walker made about the record being back where it belongs.
"They've got some of the best swimmers in the world and for them to take two years to break our record, come on. Catch up you guys," Schoeman said.
Asked if he was on Schoeman's radar now, Jones didn't take his new rival's bait.
"Roland didn't really know who I was coming into this meet," he said. "He was asking around about me. Hopefully, it's a good thing because it's just competition and he and I can still be civil."
Here's the Jones/Schoeman part of the AP story for people who don't want to have to register for something to read it.
Rising U.S. star Cullen Jones won the men's 50 freestyle in 21.84 seconds, a Pan Pac record.
Roland Schoeman of South Africa took silver in 22.12. Canada's Brent Hayden earned bronze, his fourth medal.
Jones was part of the Phelps-led U.S. team that broke South Africa's 2-year-old world record in the 400 freestyle relay Saturday night.
"Cullen who?" Schoeman said dismissively after the 50 preliminaries.
He was piqued at a comment U.S. relay swimmer Neil Walker made about the record being back where it belongs.
"They've got some of the best swimmers in the world and for them to take two years to break our record, come on. Catch up you guys," Schoeman said.
Asked if he was on Schoeman's radar now, Jones didn't take his new rival's bait.
"Roland didn't really know who I was coming into this meet," he said. "He was asking around about me. Hopefully, it's a good thing because it's just competition and he and I can still be civil."
