Alabama men's swimming recently had a two-day meet with Auburn. Apparently, the meet was quite close with the two teams leading at different points in the meet. Auburn won with a late surge in the meet.
Nonetheless, Alabama appears to be closing the gap on Auburn's dominance. Alabama clearly dominated the middle-distance events, taking first and second in the 200 free, 400 free, and 400 I.M. The Tide also took first in the 200 I.M and 200 ***. The middle distance dominance by Alabama showed up on the Tide's impressive victory in the 800 free relay. The Tide also won the 400 medley relay.
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Agreed. It's great to swim fast in a duel meet but if you can't do it in the championship meets, then it means very little.
Of course there are those long distance studs that can do both. Time will tell.
The wookiee has a friend that swam for Alabama that is my hero. Quite the respectable young man. I was at a triathlon and a young upstart was very rude. The young upstart was expected to win the race, a very competitive race in which all the big guns from Tennessee were present. I saw the wookiee's friend (who I knew swam with a swimmer of mine at Alabama) and said, "You see that guy there? Would you please beat him. He was very rude. I can't beat him as I'm female and older so would you do it for me?"
Wookiee's friend sized up the guy and gave him the stare-down. Yes, I was ecstatic to find out at the end of the race that wookiee's friend had beaten the guy and had gotten second overall. The only person who beat him was Bruce Gennari who several times over has been named the USAT Triathlete of the Year. I called my swimmer after the race and told her she needed to marry wookiee's friend as he was such a well-mannered young man.
The wookiee does have friends that swam for Alabama but he nonetheless is an Auburn fan. That's o.k. I won't hold it against him.
Agreed. It's great to swim fast in a duel meet but if you can't do it in the championship meets, then it means very little.
Of course there are those long distance studs that can do both. Time will tell.
The wookiee has a friend that swam for Alabama that is my hero. Quite the respectable young man. I was at a triathlon and a young upstart was very rude. The young upstart was expected to win the race, a very competitive race in which all the big guns from Tennessee were present. I saw the wookiee's friend (who I knew swam with a swimmer of mine at Alabama) and said, "You see that guy there? Would you please beat him. He was very rude. I can't beat him as I'm female and older so would you do it for me?"
Wookiee's friend sized up the guy and gave him the stare-down. Yes, I was ecstatic to find out at the end of the race that wookiee's friend had beaten the guy and had gotten second overall. The only person who beat him was Bruce Gennari who several times over has been named the USAT Triathlete of the Year. I called my swimmer after the race and told her she needed to marry wookiee's friend as he was such a well-mannered young man.
The wookiee does have friends that swam for Alabama but he nonetheless is an Auburn fan. That's o.k. I won't hold it against him.
