Beard Returning to Competition

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aquageek — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:38:00 GMT

Beard is on Letterman Tuesday night this week. Wonder if that coincides with UltraSwim this weekend or a magazine publication?

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Former Member — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:27:07 GMT

Amanda is one of my all time favorite racers to watch. I hope she does well. And to answer someone earlier - yes, she has been swimming in socal at Trojan for a while now with Dave Salo. Apparently she continues swimming between Olympics without competing, but then a year and a half out gets really serious about her training...and then BAM!! lol. Another breaststroker to watch is Keri Hehn, also on Trojan, who just went a 2:27. She still seems to be improving as well. Caitlin will be tough, and I know Tara is hanging on pretty good too. Oh, I love Olympic Trials.

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Former Member — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:48:11 GMT

I think she swam pretty well considering this is her first competition since Athens. She made Olympic Trials cuts in the 100 and 200 *** and the 200 IM. She's still got a ways to go, but I think it's a good start. It's great to see her getting back into competition. She still has a few seasons left in athletic career.

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knelson — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:40:29 GMT

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mattson — Wed, 30 May 2007 08:44:03 GMT

Maybe she is contemplating a jump to Masters swimming: swim some off-strokes, scratch the later races if the meet is taking too long (or even if it isn't)...

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AnnG — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:55:34 GMT

Thanks for the link. Interesting, it looks like she swam her breastroke prelims then scratched the finals. . .

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knelson — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:36:53 GMT

www.socalswim.org/.../ResultsDetail.asp

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AnnG — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:35:06 GMT

Does anyone know where to find the results?

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Muppet — Tue, 29 May 2007 04:20:08 GMT

Hmm, yes, that is interesting. Perhaps she just wanted to get in and show everyone that she wasn't that distracted by everything. Times look good, and with those fly/im events in there, looks like she's experimenting with a few events too.

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Former Member — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:39:30 GMT

uh, I am very distracted Does that mean that you are posing w/o clothes also? Which magazine should the girls be looking for?

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knelson — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:52:36 GMT

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hrietz — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:40:26 GMT

Really? Skip Thompson and I were discussing this at Nationals and we think she won't have a difficult time making the team in the 200 ***. It's a pretty weak event for the U.S. Amanda's best time is a 2:22. The next best active Americans are Tara Kirk and Rebecca Soni, both at 2:26. Amanda really just needs to be within striking distance of her 2:22 to make the team. NOPE!!! Soni went a 2:24 at the Duel in the Pool and Caitlin Leverenz (only 16) went a 2:25. Jendrick also went a 2:25 in winning the silver medal at Worlds. I see all three of these ladies improving over the next year especially Leverenz. My prediction is that Beard doesn't make the team.

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knelson — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:56:40 GMT

I think she is going to have a tough time making another Olympic team. Really? Skip Thompson and I were discussing this at Nationals and we think she won't have a difficult time making the team in the 200 ***. It's a pretty weak event for the U.S. Amanda's best time is a 2:22. The next best active Americans are Tara Kirk and Rebecca Soni, both at 2:26. Amanda really just needs to be within striking distance of her 2:22 to make the team.

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Muppet — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:35:09 GMT

she is VERY distracted. SHE is very distracted???? uh, I am very distracted :banana:

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AnnG — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:18:22 GMT

So how'd she swim? I was wondering when she would start training and competing again. I think she is going to have a tough time making another Olympic team.

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Muppet — Thu, 24 May 2007 04:35:57 GMT

Does that mean that you are posing w/o clothes also? Which magazine should the girls be looking for? Mel, sorry to disappoint, but Pirates Monthly's inaugural issue never made it to the presses. I just mean she's distracting me!:whiteflag:

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hrietz — Thu, 24 May 2007 01:26:03 GMT

Oops, the all-time performers list on USA Swimming hasn't been updated to reflect those times. That certainly makes it interesting, but I still think Beard will make the team if she is serious about doing so. I agree, Kirk, IF she has the motivation. Also despite her talent, it may be too late for a serious run at the team unless she really has been training for the past several months. We'll see this weekend!!!

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Former Member — Wed, 23 May 2007 11:02:36 GMT

Reports from the Ford Aquatics swimmers at Federal Way were that she is again training with Frank Busch. However, there was general agreement among these same folks that she is VERY distracted. It will be interesting to see.

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TRYM_Swimmer — Wed, 23 May 2007 10:23:17 GMT

www.socalswim.org/.../NOVA.pdf Removed the offending character. Try this one.

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knelson — Wed, 23 May 2007 09:34:03 GMT

Hey Mark, I noticed the trailing paren is getting included in the link so it won't work if people click on it. What Mel said is interesting because I was under the impression she was training in So Cal, not Arizona. She is listed as swimming for Trojan in the psych sheet.

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smontanaro — Wed, 23 May 2007 06:43:56 GMT

And as we learned in an earlier thread she will probably look pretty good doing it. ;) Skip Montanaro