Many of the forum regulars seem to be going to Stanford, alas, others of us will not be there. Some of you that are going will access the internet while there, however briefly- why not share?
I have created this thread so you can report on the sights, sounds, swims, sunburns, socials etc. It matters not whether you be 'elite', 'newbie' or whatever, your impressions would be interesting to read. You could comment on great swims, technique, facilities, judging, the announcer, outrageous behavior of other forum participants, complaints, kudos- whatever. If you do, I at least would be grateful and if the thread garners much in the way of postings it could be a valuable archive for people to check for future Worlds. I lay down the guantlet...
Originally posted by knelson
Exactly. I saw a few relays go with only three swimmers. They knew they wouldn't be able to complete the race, but wanted to swim anyway.
The relays are ALWAYS a mess at Nationals or Worlds. It's just difficult to get everyone organized no matter how much effort there is ahead of time.
Still haven't caught one of your swims Kirk, tho' you did swim in a heat with Carlos Fernandez of the Manatees in a 200 IM heat. I was watching other pool at the time.
Since there are no team awards at stake, it seems the reason to swim relays is to have fun, or to put a world record attempt together. One of our relays swam the 200 medley against the new world record holders. Our anchor swam against Rich Abrams, Rowdy Gaines, Dave Boatwright, and Dave Lundgren, and a few others who's names escape at the moment.
They finished last in the heat, but hung with the field, and
only missed their seed time by close to nine seconds ( who's idea was that 1:42 anyway?). They'll always remember that swim, I'm happy they had the chance.
We witnessed so many amazing stories at the relay pool yesterday, I'm hoping Bill's taking good notes.
See Ya
Brian
Originally posted by knelson
Exactly. I saw a few relays go with only three swimmers. They knew they wouldn't be able to complete the race, but wanted to swim anyway.
The relays are ALWAYS a mess at Nationals or Worlds. It's just difficult to get everyone organized no matter how much effort there is ahead of time.
Still haven't caught one of your swims Kirk, tho' you did swim in a heat with Carlos Fernandez of the Manatees in a 200 IM heat. I was watching other pool at the time.
Since there are no team awards at stake, it seems the reason to swim relays is to have fun, or to put a world record attempt together. One of our relays swam the 200 medley against the new world record holders. Our anchor swam against Rich Abrams, Rowdy Gaines, Dave Boatwright, and Dave Lundgren, and a few others who's names escape at the moment.
They finished last in the heat, but hung with the field, and
only missed their seed time by close to nine seconds ( who's idea was that 1:42 anyway?). They'll always remember that swim, I'm happy they had the chance.
We witnessed so many amazing stories at the relay pool yesterday, I'm hoping Bill's taking good notes.
See Ya
Brian
