- Long flight...but had the pleasure of seeing Phil Whitten trapped in a middle seat with the lovely (yet incredibly talkative) Evie Lynch next to him...I offered him my bose headphones but it appeared he just tried to pretend he was sleeping for 3 hours.
- Kurt (cracker) Dickson may be a brilliant doctor but can't seem to figure out how to open his folding chair which he finally got figured out as we sat and waited 40 minutes for luggage.
- Portland is as beautiful as I recall from my last visit 12 years ago...by the way what other state can have have half the population being hardcore tree hugging liberals and the other half 4x4 driving, shotgun in the rear window, dead animal in the back and conferderate flag bumper sticker red necks...and not break into civil war....must be the microbreweries and drive thru coffee stads on every corner....kinda like having Fort and Geek to dinner.
- Claudia Poll swimming masters nationals...great....another chick that can kick all the guys asses.
- The college is stunning with incredible views of Mt. Hood...the competition pool is incredible...the warm up pool is going to require "vertical" warm ups as its the size of a jacuzzi.
- Mark Gill is weeny...so is Baker for scratching...but he gets a pass at least for having such an incredible layout of the facilities and swimming so incredible the last few months...Mark is just a weeny with a girlfriend thats way to good for him.
- Rob Copeland throws elbows in war-ups...nice Mr. Prez!
- Is there anyone nicer than Laura Val? So nice I had to sneak up on her in warm ups and pull a water polo full leg wrap sinker move...thought she was going to lose some of that niceness and kick my ass but thankfully my taper appears to be working as I got away.
- By the way...ever been to a meet where you got two bottles of red wine as part of the gold medal sponsorship? Laura stomped on my foot grabbed them both and ran into the women's locker room...any good Lawyers out there? I think I have a domestic violence case.
- Did I mention Gill is a weenie?
- I'm going to take a WAG and say that there will be at least one swimmer in every heat wearing a B70...rumor has it Nike is going to by the company by the way.
- Can't believe that Scotty resigned as coach of the Olympic Club!
This is exactly why I wore a FSI jammer underneath my B70...
And FWIW, not comparing apples to apples, but my 50 *** was a full 1.4 secs faster than I've ever swam masters (no previous fully tapered LCM meet), and the fastest since I was 21 yrs old in 1985... I think it was the suit...
Great job, Jim! Good to see you are representing the Cal breaststroke swimmers in such speedy fashion!
- Question of the day...is loyalty completely gone? Have to ask when a US woman plays basketball for Russian and a very well known masters swimmer sponsored by Speedo is swimming nationals in a B70.
- Jazz Hands looks like he's ready to start his career as a men's fitness model
- Thank God for duct tape...use your imagination
- Mark Gill still refuses to shave the squirrel off his chest...but I guess his upset of Duffy Dillon justifies walking around with that Burt Reynolds look.
- Why is Eney Jones going around writing messages on fruit people have left near their stuff?
- Rob Copeland after 3 days has the "best" average reaction time off the blocks; 1.87....were going to bring him a newspaper and roll of TP tomorrow so he can hang out there a little while longer.
- Have to give Dennis Baker and the rest of these folks running the meet up here a big hand for picking a fantastic facility, having ton's of stuff going on, being way nice in general....heck even with almost 1200 attending the warm ups haven't been as bad as Austin.
- Bill Volkening needs to quit hitting on all the 70 year old women..that all seem to be fighting for his attention....must be the quilt thing.
- Big Al and Jay Yarid had one of the best races of the meet in the 50 back...mostly it was the sight of them both up against the lane line groping each other for the entire length...get a room guys.
- Commings....did you see Gutheries 56.0 100 free? That's almost as bad as an evil stroker such as yourself swimming so fast in backstroke...you all need to go back to gymnastics.
- Phil Whitten....hope you enjoyed your sleeping in this morning as the fly leg on your relay touched the wall...and you weren't there. Then again my flyer floats a 27.9 because he thinks were out of th race but throws down a 23.7 in his individual swim. I'm calling ICE and having Kohei deported.
- Colorado's Michael Mann throws down a 2:20 200Im and destroys the WR by 3 seconds...guessing we need to sneak in and pull the plug on his endless pool/dartfish system at swim labs.....
- Mark Gill....your still a weenie and need to stop warming up in the 65+ lane...
In case anyone didn't connect the dots....yes, it was the behemouth Paul Smith who blew the *&&$)#)#@_@*$&^^ out of the back of his very expensive Blue 70 when he bent over to "take his mark". It wasn't pretty. Several of the timers will need extensive therapy.
That's what he gets for ignoring the height recommendations!
Hope that doesn't happen to you too, Laura. :D
As we are teammates of Mark Gill's, we feel obliged to defend him. He was heroic in our mixed free relay today, mowing down the 62 year old woman in the next lane. Thanks to Mr. Gill we didn't come in last!!
MegSmath & SwimRobin
In case anyone didn't connect the dots....yes, it was the behemouth Paul Smith who blew the *&&$)#)#@_@*$&^^ out of the back of his very expensive Blue 70 when he bent over to "take his mark". It wasn't pretty. Several of the timers will need extensive therapy.
This is exactly why I wore a FSI jammer underneath my B70...
And FWIW, not comparing apples to apples, but my 50 *** was a full 1.4 secs faster than I've ever swam masters (no previous fully tapered LCM meet), and the fastest since I was 21 yrs old in 1985... I think it was the suit...
In case anyone didn't connect the dots....yes, it was the behemouth Paul Smith who blew the *&&$)#)#@_@*$&^^ out of the back of his very expensive Blue 70 when he bent over to "take his mark". It wasn't pretty. Several of the timers will need extensive therapy.
LOL. :woot: I had an aging Victor body suit that split a couple of years ago, in the same manner at the Colorado State Championships. The moon was raising on that 200 free.
- Did I say Gill was a weenie....and I think he gets hair implants on his chest
I think Mark would do well in a Jamie Farr (Klinger) look alike contest!
Uh oh, am I opening myself up for repercussions in some later meet?
- Rob Copeland wins the award for fewest strokes taken in a 50 fly by taking only 12 in the first 50 of his 400 IM. Yeah, distance per stroke is a good thing, but I think Rob might be taking it a little far. Rob was submerged so long after every stroke the lifeguards were ready to jump in a save him! :)
great stuff paul
keep it coming
guth's 56 100 fr was impressive
as was his 1:07.3 100 br
KK went 23.7 not 23.3
1 Kohei Kawamoto, 29 ARIZ 23.87 23.71W
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Are you seriously using duct tape, Paul? :rofl: Hate your Pro that much?
I think I know which masters swimmer you refer to. If he/she is Speedo sponsored, why not use a LZR?
I'd like a report on whether Valerie Jenkins is as tall as you. lol I saw she was only .2 off Sue Walsh's world record in the 50 back.
As we are teammates of Mark Gill's, we feel obliged to defend him. He was heroic in our mixed free relay today, mowing down the 62 year old woman in the next lane.
Was that during the swim :drown: or before it :dedhorse: ?
