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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So Peter VDK isn't swimming the 1500? I would have thought he had a better chance of making it in the 1500 than Vendt? Also, I think Lochte has a better chance of making the 400 IM than Vendt. I know Vendt was great in the last Olympics and all, but I'm not sure he can take Lochte in the 400 IM....It could be a very close race (if Lochte swims the 400 IM of course....but that is one of Ryan's best events isn't it?)
Newmastersswimmer
So Peter VDK isn't swimming the 1500? I would have thought he had a better chance of making it in the 1500 than Vendt? Also, I think Lochte has a better chance of making the 400 IM than Vendt. I know Vendt was great in the last Olympics and all, but I'm not sure he can take Lochte in the 400 IM....It could be a very close race (if Lochte swims the 400 IM of course....but that is one of Ryan's best events isn't it?)
Newmastersswimmer
