Grand Prix meets this weekend

RE: Grand Prix meets this weekend

Former Member — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:09:01 GMT

Will be interesting to see what Natalie swims at Oly Trials...... 53.94 100 Free 2:10.88 200 IM Tied her 100 Back WR of 59.44 Impressive swims with a couple more months to go before trials:banana:

RE: Grand Prix meets this weekend

Former Member — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:08:06 GMT

Hoff 4:34.49 400 IM They announced this time as a new US Open record. I was timing in lane three, Hoff was in lane 5. Pretty impressive swim. She is a beast. Cielo got beat by Bousquet in the 50 and seemed to be downright upset about it. He didn't even show up for the award. Who knows, he might have been warming down. Vanderkaay's 400 free was impressive also. Piersol's start in the 100 back might have been his worst ever, and he still won the event in impressive fashion. Reese was letting him have it in a funny way. It was fun to see how smooth these people are in the water, especially Phelps. I haven't been close to Olympians since college. Man, I forgot how superhuman these people seem to be. My son was fortunate enough to carry the sign for the Men's 400IM before the final heat in the evening session on Saturday. During the evening he got Phelps' signature, along with Vanderkaay and Hall. It was a good evening for him. It is pretty cool for an 11 year old to get close to some of his heroes. Phelps, after he slept through his 400 Free in prelims, went up into the lobby and signed autographs until it seemed his hand would fall off. Nobody, who wanted a signature, left without one. I have never been close to Hall before. Standing near him, while he talked to Mike Bottom, I could not believe how big he is. If you have not seen him lately, he is sporting some pretty heavy Elvis chops. The kids in attendance were flocking to him like he was a rock star. (which he seems to be) When my son went towards him to cop a signature, Hall talked to him like he was his best friend. He might be a character, with all of his ranting, raving and showmanship, but I have a new respect for him. Some of my high school swimmers got to time in Phelps' lane. He truly is a rock star.

RE: Grand Prix meets this weekend

That Guy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:55:59 GMT

Speaking of false starts, does anyone know what was going on on the third morning of women's NCAA's? 4 declared false starts in the 200 back prelim, 11 more in the 100 free, 1 in the 200 ***, 3 in the 200 fly, 2 in the 400 free relay (and 1 DQ), and in the 1650, 3 women were disqualified for "delay of meet." Four false starts in a backstroke event? Eleven in a single event? Crazy. http://www.ncaaswim.com/

RE: Grand Prix meets this weekend

knelson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:40:33 GMT

I'd be very surprised if Coughlin swims the 200 IM at Trials. I read something interesting on collegeswimming.com about Phelps. His 400 free was listed as a "declared false start." Usually this means the swimmer actually has to show up at the blocks. Presumably Phelps did not since he was sleeping when his heat went off. However, normally if a swimmer misses an event they are disqualified from their next event (in this case the 100 free for Phelps), however he swam it. Seems like you don't have to follow the normal rules if your name is Mike Phelps.

RE: Grand Prix meets this weekend

That Guy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:17:39 GMT

Will be interesting to see what Natalie swims at Oly Trials...... 53.94 100 Free 2:10.88 200 IM Tied her 100 Back WR of 59.44 Impressive swims with a couple more months to go before trials:banana: I'm guessing 50/100/200 free, 100 back, and 100 fly.

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That Guy — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:07:08 GMT

Toyota M 1500 Free - PVanderkaay 14:52.56 M 200 Back - Peirsol 1:56.41 W 100 Free - Hoff 55.24 M 100 Free - Cielo 48.34, Phelps 48.41, Bousquet 49.38, Puninski 49.60 W 200 Fly - Sandeno 2:10.75, Hoff 2:11.03, Kalisz 2:11.27 M 200 Fly - Almeida 1:57.40, Madwed 1:58.17 W 400 free relay - Hoff 54.96 anchor Stanford W 100 Back - Coughlin 59.44 M 100 Back - Sun 55.13 M 200 Free - Klete Keller 1:46.56 W 100 Fly - Vollmer 58.59 W 400 IM - Leverenz 4:40.50

RE: Grand Prix meets this weekend

Former Member — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:54:32 GMT

Still hanging onto his NCAA taper. 1 Cielo, Cesar F 21 Una AU-SE 18.91Y 21.99 qOLY 2 Bousquet, Fred 26 Auburn Aquatics- 21.99 22.23 qOLY 3 Puninski, Alexe 23 Auburn Universit 22.81 22.43 qOLY 4 Malberg, Miko 22 Unattached-LA 22.71 22.95 qOLY 5 Voelker, Matt P 21 Ohio State Unive 23.00 22.97 qOLY 6 Bovell, George 24 Unattached 22.79 23.01 qOLY 7 Hall, Jr., Gary 33 Unattached 22.60 23.06 qOLY 8 Schneider, Josh 20 University of Ci 23.55 23.12 qOLY

RE: Grand Prix meets this weekend

Former Member — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:28:16 GMT

Cesar under 22 in prelims in the 50, impressive.

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That Guy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:58:58 GMT

Toyota Grand Prix highlights: Women's 800 free: Hoff 8:19.70, Ziegler 8:31.34 Men's 100 ***: Hansen 1:01.10, Shanteau 1:02.46, Phelps 1:02.80 Men's 200 free: PVanderkaay 1:46.78, Phelps 1:47.09 Women's 100 fly: Hoff 1:00.15 (Katie Hoff won a butterfly event? Well... why not?) Men's 100 fly: Phelps 51.90, Bousquet 52.29, Puninski 52.61 Women's 800 Free Relay: Katie Hoff anchored with a 1:56 Stanford Grand Prix highlights: Women's 100 free: Coughlin 53.94 in the consols Men's 100 free: Lezak 49.53, 4 others under 50 Women's 200 ***: Jendrick 2:25.36

RE: Grand Prix meets this weekend

That Guy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:19:07 GMT

Funny story about Phelps missing his 400 free prelim: sports.espn.go.com/.../story Toyota highlights: Hoff 4:34.49 400 IM Phelps 4:13.73, Vendt 4:17.07 400 IM Bousquet 21.90, Cielo 21.93, Hall Jr 22.29 50 Free Hansen 2:13.20, Shanteau 2:13.33 200 *** Peirsol 54.84, Cromwell 55.26 100 Back Ziegler 4:07.27 400 Free PVanderkaay 3:44.41 400 Free Hoff 55.01 medley relay anchor Stanford highlights: Coughlin 2:10.88 200 IM Klete Keller 3:45.28 400 Free TKirk 1:07.33, Jendrick 1:08.18 100 ***

RE: Grand Prix meets this weekend

FlyQueen — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:01:30 GMT

Coughlin just went a 2:10.88 200 IM - insane! Does she swim it at Trials? What would it conflict with?

RE: Grand Prix meets this weekend

That Guy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:25:57 GMT

Kate Ziegler is only just getting over a nasty bout of the flu. Yes, Ziegler's swimming very well all things considered. But Katie Hoff is a monster! As swimnews pointed out over a month ago, Hoff might reach 7 golds before Phelps does: swimnews.com/.../displayStory.jhtml

RE: Grand Prix meets this weekend

The Fortress — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:46:48 GMT

Kate Ziegler is only just getting over a nasty bout of the flu.