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...
I heard on the PA at least two people who were DQ'd in the 400 IM for swimming the strokes out of order. How the heck do you make that mistake?:)
Well, I'm now done with my individual events and I did swim well. The highlight was my 800 free where I led my heat from the start and won by probably 15 seconds over the next finisher. But I am disappointed I didn't medal in any events. I was close, but no cigar :( There's still hope in a realy, but only the top three medal in relays, so I'd say the chances are slim to none. The top three relay teams will be smokin'.
Graham Johnston, 75, in his five individual events, he swam 5 for 5 in WR time.
100 Free--Approximately 3 seconds under
200 Free--Approximately 10 seconds under
800 Free--Approximately 1 minute 10 seconds under
200 IM----Approximately .3 seconds under
400 Free--Approximately 20 seconds under
He destroyed the 800 WR. The guy is Super Man.
Swimming 5 individual events while setting World Records in each event is impressive and awe inspiring.
Originally posted by Sam Perry
He looks much better wet than dry...
Seriously, great swim Paul. Look forward to swimming with y'all when I am healthy!
Didn't realize you were sick...hope you get well soon.
On another note, does anybody care to comment on the pool that had the grinding/lengthening done just a few weeks ago? Is it apparent that the pool was modified? It seems like a rather big task to complete in such a short period of time without leaving some sort of visible damage.
It has been fun "watching" the action from afar. (I'm not nearly fast enough to make the qualifying times.)
I have a question. Is there a list somewhere of the abbreviations used for the swimmers' countries?
Originally posted by knelson
( There's still hope in a realy, but only the top three medal in relays, so I'd say the chances are slim to none.
Actually the top ten relay teams in an age group will get medals.
michael
Originally posted by Donna
One of my team mates had 2 beers at lunch before swimming his 400 IM and forgot what lap and stroke he was on
ok, that's funny! :D
Originally posted by scyfreestyler
Don't forget that this is the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Kirk. Winning a properly seeded heat and coming close to medaling is nothing to sneeze at. Who knows, maybe the relay will be the medal event for you at this meet.
Thanks. Yeah, I know. I'm pleased with how I swam and feel kind of silly for being disappointed, but I have to admit that I was.
I introduced myself to Jeff Commings today. Also met Rob Copeland, Michael Moore and Skip Thompson while I was here. Nice to meet all of you!
One of my team mates had 2 beers at lunch before swimming his 400 IM and forgot what lap and stroke he was on.... Perhaps these 2 people were too nervous to remember.
Originally posted by knelson
I heard on the PA at least two people who were DQ'd in the 400 IM for swimming the strokes out of order. How the heck do you make that mistake?:)
Well, I'm now done with my individual events and I did swim well. The highlight was my 800 free where I led my heat from the start and won by probably 15 seconds over the next finisher. But I am disappointed I didn't medal in any events. I was close, but no cigar :( There's still hope in a realy, but only the top three medal in relays, so I'd say the chances are slim to none. The top three relay teams will be smokin'.
Don't forget that this is the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Kirk. Winning a properly seeded heat and coming close to medaling is nothing to sneeze at. Who knows, maybe the relay will be the medal event for you at this meet.
Originally posted by dorothyrde
I saw quite a few DQ's for the relays changing swimmer's orders. I know that it is in the rules, and we have discussed this here, but was there any extra warnings for them not to do this? That is such a hard thing to catch if you don't know the swimmers, were they specifically asking the names?
We were one of the teams DQed for swimming a relay out of order. Officials were checking names and order in the marshalling area, and at the blocks. Swimmer were (are) required to have meet credentials at all times.
The organizing folks wanted our relay entries in very early, so we had to create relays with swimmers we thought were going to Worlds. We originally sumitted 28 relays with the expectation that we would not swim them all (we swam 15), but would at least have relays for those who wanted to swim. Almost a month later we got info on our entry problems, and we're asked to correct, or make changes to swim order or participant, and re-submit by Monday the day before relays by 1:00 PM. I turned mine in on Sunday at 9:00 AM. When the heat sheets were examined we found that many of our relays were posted as originally sent in, in spite of the fact that we had made changes to swimmers and order on most of our relays.
On talking with coaches I found this to be the case for many teams. The officials did their job, many of us did not get the chance to.
Am I angry? Not really. The relay folks were deluged with complaints on Tuesday morning and any emotion I could produce I figured would be better spent on my swimmers.
I hope there's a way to make sure this doesn't happen on this scale again, too bad we couldn't do it like we do at a National meet, and deck seed them once we know who's at the event.
On a side not, I think it's a mistake to assume that every relay DQed for swimming out of order or with the wrong swimmers was an attempt to cheat.
In some cases it was swim with who you've got or sit that relay out.
See Ya
Brian
