I see there is a new face near the top of the US Swimming for Short Course..... Dagny Knutson out of a North Dakota program. She is as fast as Janet Evans was in the 500 and practically as fast as Natalie Coughlin right now in the 200. Her 100 is as fast a Dara was at her age as well. This is quite impressive. She trounced the fastest boys times at her high school state meet.
100yd free 48.33
200 yd free 1:42.81
500 yd free 4:34.78
I don't remember her placing in the top 16 at Trials this summer. Then again, I am getting old. I don't remember her name even a year ago at US Nationals.
John Smith
It would be interesting to see her times from this time last year. The times you quote puts her as one of the greatest US female swimmers of all time. How could such talent have failed to make the top 16 last Summer?
She made the final of the 200 IM at Trials.
We've reported on www.swiminfo.com every fast swim Dagny Knutson has done since then. She's been hinting at something like this, but not exactly this fast.
It would be interesting to see her times from this time last year. The times you quote puts her as one of the greatest US female swimmers of all time. How could such talent have failed to make the top 16 last Summer?
She went 1:50.63/4:55.09 Dec 1st of last year as a 15yo. That is some amazing improvement. Holy cow.
Plus she swam the 100/200 Free, 100 back and 200 IM at Trials.
Look out world here comes Dagny!!!!!!
I looked up her long course times from this summer and she dipped under 2:00 in the 200 free twice, but didn't even swim the 400 free. In last year's SCY NAG rankings she was first for both the 100 free and 200 IM, so she didn't really come out of nowhere. Still, pretty amazing drops.
It would be interesting to see her times from this time last year. The times you quote puts her as one of the greatest US female swimmers of all time. How could such talent have failed to make the top 16 last Summer?
Simple Geek...lot's of really good short course swimmers don't make the jump to long course.
Since she finaled at trials in the 200 IM, then she maybe getting ready to have some breakthroughs in other events.
Plus, she is a teenager. They seem to be able to drop time out of nowhere, as their bodies develop.
Plus, she is a teenager. They seem to be able to drop time out of nowhere, as their bodies develop.
Yep, I had similair drops during those years. Memories.......!
Look out world here comes Dagny!!!!!!
Yep. And now we'll all have to admit that North Dakota really does exist, because no one really lives there, do they?
;)
She dropped approximately 18+ seconds in one year in the 500 free?
6 + seconds in the 200 free?
I'd like to know what she did differently in training?
Those drops seem quite aggressive.
Minot High School Records....
www.minot.k12.nd.us/.../default.php
Something certainly changed from a year ago.
I'd like to know what she has been doing differently in her training program.
She appears to have one of the fastest times ever in US swimming.
Fastest SCY times: USA Swimming
www.usaswimming.org/.../May 15 SCY Women.pdf
John Smith
