https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/6825/why-wasn-t-cavic-in-the-100-free-semisForgive me if this was already answered on TV, I&#39;ve yet to see the coverage since I&#39;m on the west coast... but he qualified 6th and yet his name is nowhere to be seen in the semifinal results??en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/100970?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:12:55 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:5803a868-9a19-46b2-98f0-a7e4d3ad6dfaknelsonVery strange move in my book. I don&#39;t know why he&#39;d do that. But I guess if he thinks he&#39;s got a shot at a medal in the fly and believes this will somehow help him then it&#39;s his call. I know Canada&#39;s Brent Hayden scratched the 200 free, but that was because he thought he could help his 4x100 relay team by doing so.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/100842?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:44:35 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:f4612583-ebd0-4490-b255-a5f839a70d6eFormer MemberYea, a lot of times things they do at meets don&#39;t make sense. My gut feeling was that he used the 100 free race as away getting first race nerves out of the way. A lot of swimmers talked about the first race jitters, so he may have used this as a way of clearing those out.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/100711?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:39:58 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:432afce9-6522-42d9-a37e-620493ef615dFormer MemberHe scratched to conserve himself for the 100 fly.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/100947?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:53:25 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:9dcbf90a-7e99-46c3-b0b2-85332c5ca804smontanaro&gt; A lot of swimmers talked about the first race jitters, so he may have used this &gt; as a way of clearing those out. Kinda sucks for whoever placed third in his country&#39;s trials...<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/100823?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:05:28 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b528388e-47f0-47d4-8740-fd5e09ae139azanaduHe scratched to conserve himself for the 100 fly.Really? that doesn&#39;t make much sense, since the 100 fly is on Thursday and he is sure to make the semis in that. He qualified sixth with a 48.15!!<div style="clear:both;"></div>