With all the Melbourne hoopla and record smashing performances I thought I'd start a 2008 prediction thread and resurect it in a year and a half and see how we all did ...
First, I don't think Beard will make the team, she needs to get her butt to a meet and I reserve the right to change my opinion on that based on any swims she does in the future ...
Women's team ..
50 free - Coughlin & Joyce
100 free - Coughlin & Weir
200 free - Coughlin & Hoff (or Vollmer if Natalie opts out)
400 free - Hoff & Ziegler
800 free - Peirsol & Ziegler
100 back - Coughlin & Vaziri
200 back - Hoelzer & Vaziri
100 *** - Kirk & Hardy
200 ***- Kirk & Jendrick
100 fly - Coughlin & Vollmer
200 fly - Sandeno & Van den Berg
200 IM - Hoff & Myers
400 IM - Hoff & Sandeno
4 relay spots 100 free - Joyce, Nymeyer, Corriea, and Hoff
4 relay spots 200 free - Sandeno, Nymeyer, Myers, and Weir
Men
50 free - Jones & Lezak
100 free - Jones & Lezak
200 free - Phelps & Vanderkaay
400 free - Vanderkaay & Keller
1500 free - Vendt & Jensen
100 back - Peirsol & Lochte
200 back - Peirsol & Phelps (or Lochte)
100 *** - Hansen & Usher
200 *** - Hansen & Usher
100 fly - Crocker & Phelps
200 fly - Phelps & Madwed
200 IM - Phelps & Lochte
400 IM - Phelps & Vendt
4 relay spots 100 free - Walker, Wildman-Tobriner, Weber-Gale, & Hall
4 relay spots 200 free - Cramer, Peirsol, Keller, and Lochte
Not really any shockers ...
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Gary Hall on the relay? No way. He's done no matter how many people believe he is THE MAN. Phelps will be on all the men's relays. Remember he is the WR holder in the 200. He is no worse than 3rd fastest in LC 100 free. Hall will not train enough to make the team.
are you kidding me?
gary hall has a pretty good shot most people think he is done because he is old but you know what lezak is old to and hall is better in the 50 than he is. Then who else is there wildman-torbriner, yeah maybe if the olympics were in yards. then theres Nick Bruneli, and some other people that don't have a chance. I think Jones is a lock so that leaves one spot and hall has a good chance to get that spot.
Gary Hall on the relay? No way. He's done no matter how many people believe he is THE MAN. Phelps will be on all the men's relays. Remember he is the WR holder in the 200. He is no worse than 3rd fastest in LC 100 free. Hall will not train enough to make the team.
are you kidding me?
gary hall has a pretty good shot most people think he is done because he is old but you know what lezak is old to and hall is better in the 50 than he is. Then who else is there wildman-torbriner, yeah maybe if the olympics were in yards. then theres Nick Bruneli, and some other people that don't have a chance. I think Jones is a lock so that leaves one spot and hall has a good chance to get that spot.
