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...
Grace and I became Susan von der Lippe's Trial adopted parents yesterday. She was going out to party with Nadine Day last night & we reminded her that we didn't want her out too late. She promised to be a good girl.I saw Susan and Nadine at the party and I’m happy to report that Susan was a good girl. Nadine, now that’s another story…
Mel, Thanks for all your on-site posts. You captured a lot of what was the greatest swim meet on US soil (water?).
A couple of other things; it was nice to see Rowdy Gaines signing autographs in the AquaZone, wearing a USMS polo shirt and a USMS banner prominently displayed. It was also nice to see a number of athletes tossing their stuffed bears/seals (given to members of the Olympic team) to the kids in the crowd.
And for those who attended the ISHOF induction ceremonies: what a great show and a terrific goody bag (much better that what the swimmers got).
Note: on the attached photo, I had to crop off the line of 200 hundred or so, lined up for Rowdy’s autograph
Grace and I became Susan von der Lippe's Trial adopted parents yesterday. She was going out to party with Nadine Day last night & we reminded her that we didn't want her out too late. She promised to be a good girl.I saw Susan and Nadine at the party and I’m happy to report that Susan was a good girl. Nadine, now that’s another story…
Mel, Thanks for all your on-site posts. You captured a lot of what was the greatest swim meet on US soil (water?).
A couple of other things; it was nice to see Rowdy Gaines signing autographs in the AquaZone, wearing a USMS polo shirt and a USMS banner prominently displayed. It was also nice to see a number of athletes tossing their stuffed bears/seals (given to members of the Olympic team) to the kids in the crowd.
And for those who attended the ISHOF induction ceremonies: what a great show and a terrific goody bag (much better that what the swimmers got).
Note: on the attached photo, I had to crop off the line of 200 hundred or so, lined up for Rowdy’s autograph
