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A sub 25 second 50 meter free is very impressive. The only US women who have gone sub 25 are Torres, Van Dyken, Joyce and Coughlin. not to mention it's early June.
AND the next night she went a 54.61 in the 100 meter freestyle. I think that her best from 2000 is in the 54.4 range. I strongly believe that a 54.61 will be good for at least 6th place in the 100 at Trials. This is so exciting!!! I think that I'll have to incorporate 1.5 hours of "vigorous stretching and massage" into my routine as well...
Both of her times absolutely blow my mind. She is within 2/10th of her PR. She is redefining what is possible in terms of athletic performance at an older age.
I think the other factor that is interesting to note is that maybe a swimmer "adjusts" to the level what his / her competitors are performing at. In the 80s - 55 seconds was considered great - she swam 55 seconds. In 2000 the times were right around 54, which was the level of the top swimmers in the world --- if she can go 53+ next year she would again be right where the competition is this time around.
You saw the same at the Worlds in the 200 Free. The World Record before was 1:56.6 or so -- and most of the women seemed stuck at 1:57s. One person swam a WR in the Semi and all over sudden another 3 broke the old - long-standinf record within 2 days.
not sure if it was her first ever, but her first masters meet after having the baby was scy nats in Coral Springs last May. I think she might have been 6 weeks post-partum, if that, and only did relays. She was incredibly fast and, darn her, incredibly skinny!!!
... She started competing again in Masters meets, and it makes me very proud to know our organization could offer her a way to get the competitive juices flowing again for this incredible run at an unprecedented 5th US Olympic team.
Does anyone know when her first masters meet was?
Maybe Dara should follow Amanda's lead
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Will someone second the motion?
Shouldn't her baby, Tessa Grace Torres-Hoffman be named Stacy?
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AJ
not sure if it was her first ever, but her first masters meet after having the baby was scy nats in Coral Springs last May. I think she might have been 6 weeks post-partum, if that, and only did relays. She was incredibly fast and, darn her, incredibly skinny!!!
not sure if it was her first ever, but her first masters meet after having the baby was scy nats in Coral Springs last May. I think she might have been 6 weeks post-partum, if that, and only did relays. She was incredibly fast and, darn her, incredibly skinny!!!
You're correct. She lead off the winning relay.
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She inspires me that age is no limit to what you can achieve! She's like fine wine....better with age. I love the fact that she is also a mother and able to train at the level she is. More inspiration! I've always pulled for her....she was my idol when I was a teenager....then an adult and now a "40 something" mom! YOU GO GIRL!!!
reminds me of Gail Devers who had a baby and came back to win the 60m hurdles at the Millrose games this past February at age 40.
A use Dara as inspiration in my training. I don't like being beaten by women. I deeply admire women who can beat me, but just don't like it.
If she can do a sub 25, than I am sure going to try!!!! I still have a long way to go, but I think I'll get there.
