It was fun to watch Susan von der Lippe swim the 100 fly in prelims. She moved up in the field roughly 30 places and finished 105 out of 137 to the best of my memory. I talked to her afterwards (she was hanging out at the motel pool with her kids and husband) and she thought it might have been close to her lifetime best (= her qualifying time) since she didn't swim much fly as a kid. Let's see what she can do today in the 100 ***.
Great to see world records in the first two final events. With all the records falling this year, I was not surprised to see two under the WR in the men's 400 IM - I'm betting this will happen more than once this year.
For me, the most exciting race was the 400 free. Great swims by the top four swimmers!
Also nice to see some swimmers move way up in the fields with some big time drops. Over 12,000 in the audience for both the prelims and finals yesterday. It took a while for the crowd to figure out how to cheer for people swimming breaststroke...
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I'm so glad that Master swimmers are recognizing Susan VDL. With all the contraversy surrounding "other" older female participants, it's refreshing to hear about a highly (and I can't emphasize that word enough) accomplished swimmer who swims because she genuinely loves the sport. No endorsements, no autographs, no cover shots on magazines (however, she did win a cover for Geezer Jock Mag! I heard she even got a free T-shirt for that one!) just a passion for swimming. The woman is amazing in AND out of the water. I think more Masters need to find inspiration from people like Susan. HEY! WAIT!!! There ARE no people like her! She's one in a million!
I'm so glad that Master swimmers are recognizing Susan VDL. With all the contraversy surrounding "other" older female participants, it's refreshing to hear about a highly (and I can't emphasize that word enough) accomplished swimmer who swims because she genuinely loves the sport. No endorsements, no autographs, no cover shots on magazines (however, she did win a cover for Geezer Jock Mag! I heard she even got a free T-shirt for that one!) just a passion for swimming. The woman is amazing in AND out of the water. I think more Masters need to find inspiration from people like Susan. HEY! WAIT!!! There ARE no people like her! She's one in a million!
