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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The only other comment I can think of is it was either Visa or cash at the concessions....I understand that this was sponsored by Visa....but I heard quite a few people grumbling about that. My son and I were there the first day, prelims and finals.....and I couldn't believe that 2 of the stands were already running out of certain shirts. We were in line making fun of the marketing person that messed that up...there were people walking away disappointed because they couldn't get the shirt they wanted.
The swimming was phenominal that first day!!!!!!! I will definitely go again given the chance!!!!
The only other comment I can think of is it was either Visa or cash at the concessions....I understand that this was sponsored by Visa....but I heard quite a few people grumbling about that. My son and I were there the first day, prelims and finals.....and I couldn't believe that 2 of the stands were already running out of certain shirts. We were in line making fun of the marketing person that messed that up...there were people walking away disappointed because they couldn't get the shirt they wanted.
The swimming was phenominal that first day!!!!!!! I will definitely go again given the chance!!!!
