Since I am in the Dixie Zone, I was perusing the results of meets this weekend and saw that Dara Torres, who turned 40 on Sunday, went 21.91 in the 50 free and 48.34 in the 100 free this weekend in St. Petersburg this past weekend. I guess that she is serious about this comeback. It will be interesting to see how she can do long course.
Since I was at Y Nationals, I looked up results to see how she would have done against the men. There was one 31 yo who was faster in both the 50 and 100 and a 45 yo who was faster in the 100 by a small amount. Pretty incredible.
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Interesting. So what happens if Dara sets an American Record in say, the 50 free, while she is still in the 9 month waiting period?
Good question. Don't know how that works. Let's hope she swims to American record, then see how it is treated. Could this be a rare time that a USMS record is faster than a USA record?
Pretty neat if it happens.
Interesting. So what happens if Dara sets an American Record in say, the 50 free, while she is still in the 9 month waiting period?
Good question. Don't know how that works. Let's hope she swims to American record, then see how it is treated. Could this be a rare time that a USMS record is faster than a USA record?
Pretty neat if it happens.
