The second-to last one was Kerry O'Brien, who requested a 100 split and then did 100 fly easy. No piano, and 55.8 is a great swim in 100 fly for a 52-year-old. I bet the weird timing is b/c he stopped after the 100 to catch his breath before continuing. Kerry couldn't get to the meet until today.
Remember that you have to complete the event legally for a split to count, so the last one was probably a true DNF not a 100 split request.
You missed Bill Specht (sorry I didn't change the name, but the man IS a hall-of-fame swimmer :bow:), who is a great butterflyer and won the event, but could barely get his arms out at the end:
1 Specht, William 2:02.71
26.43 56.24 (29.81)
1:26.88 (30.64) 2:02.71 (35.83)
Bill was a couple heats before me and I watched him finish...we are roughly the same speed, and it always really gives me pause to see someone dying badly when I am about to swim this event.
Completely different subject: can anyone identify whose splits these are in the 500 free and why they are so impressive?
27.00 56.90 (29.90)
1:26.91 (30.01) 1:57.37 (30.46)
2:27.84 (30.47) 2:58.50 (30.66)
3:29.39 (30.89) 4:00.80 (31.41)
4:32.40 (31.60) 5:02.43 (30.03)
Thanks for the clarification on the split request swim. The 22.67 really made it look like a malfunction or something. I did see Bill Specht's swim but decided not to include it.
As for that 500, I think it's pretty good work for a drop dead sprinter!
The second-to last one was Kerry O'Brien, who requested a 100 split and then did 100 fly easy. No piano, and 55.8 is a great swim in 100 fly for a 52-year-old. I bet the weird timing is b/c he stopped after the 100 to catch his breath before continuing. Kerry couldn't get to the meet until today.
Remember that you have to complete the event legally for a split to count, so the last one was probably a true DNF not a 100 split request.
You missed Bill Specht (sorry I didn't change the name, but the man IS a hall-of-fame swimmer :bow:), who is a great butterflyer and won the event, but could barely get his arms out at the end:
1 Specht, William 2:02.71
26.43 56.24 (29.81)
1:26.88 (30.64) 2:02.71 (35.83)
Bill was a couple heats before me and I watched him finish...we are roughly the same speed, and it always really gives me pause to see someone dying badly when I am about to swim this event.
Completely different subject: can anyone identify whose splits these are in the 500 free and why they are so impressive?
27.00 56.90 (29.90)
1:26.91 (30.01) 1:57.37 (30.46)
2:27.84 (30.47) 2:58.50 (30.66)
3:29.39 (30.89) 4:00.80 (31.41)
4:32.40 (31.60) 5:02.43 (30.03)
Thanks for the clarification on the split request swim. The 22.67 really made it look like a malfunction or something. I did see Bill Specht's swim but decided not to include it.
As for that 500, I think it's pretty good work for a drop dead sprinter!
