2009 National Championships (World Championship Trials)

Nice explanation! But for real in a lot of cases there are people who are very good at 50 but not good enough for 100 and they do not get to go because of that stupidity. Lost medals for the states, after all gold for 50 *** is as good as 400IM gold. Jazz Hands and alfa: At the World University Games, Kevin Swander smashed Mark Gangloff's AR :27.14 to :27.34 and the 2 guys he swam against in his time trial beat Gangloff also. Kevin beat the current WR holder Felipe Silva who swam a :27.23 and Cuba Siladi at :27.31 but I don't think USA Swimming will be sending him to swim the 50 at Worlds but will have Gangloff and someone else or swim only Gangloff. I got a kick out of the Swim Network interview with Gangloff before the meet tonight. They kept talking about his 2 American Records and never said a thing about Kevin Swander breaking his 2 day old 50 *** AR at the WUG. Both of these guys are a threat in the 50 *** but only one will challenge at the Worlds, while the other stays home. If a guy like Thomas Rupprath from Germany was from the USA, he might never go to World Championships because his best two events would be the 50 back and 50 fly and if he couldn't make the 100 distance of those strokes he would be at home like Kevin Swander. I don't know if this train of thought will ever change in USA Swimming. The only way I see it changing is if the 50s of strokes are approved by the IOC as Olympic events and then you would see 50 events offered, records tracked and listed, top 50 lists published, and events offered at both US Nationals/US Open meets.

Nice explanation! But for real in a lot of cases there are people who are very good at 50 but not good enough for 100 and they do not get to go because of that stupidity. Lost medals for the states, after all gold for 50 *** is as good as 400IM gold. Jazz Hands and alfa: At the World University Games, Kevin Swander smashed Mark Gangloff's AR :27.14 to :27.34 and the 2 guys he swam against in his time trial beat Gangloff also. Kevin beat the current WR holder Felipe Silva who swam a :27.23 and Cuba Siladi at :27.31 but I don't think USA Swimming will be sending him to swim the 50 at Worlds but will have Gangloff and someone else or swim only Gangloff. I got a kick out of the Swim Network interview with Gangloff before the meet tonight. They kept talking about his 2 American Records and never said a thing about Kevin Swander breaking his 2 day old 50 *** AR at the WUG. Both of these guys are a threat in the 50 *** but only one will challenge at the Worlds, while the other stays home. If a guy like Thomas Rupprath from Germany was from the USA, he might never go to World Championships because his best two events would be the 50 back and 50 fly and if he couldn't make the 100 distance of those strokes he would be at home like Kevin Swander. I don't know if this train of thought will ever change in USA Swimming. The only way I see it changing is if the 50s of strokes are approved by the IOC as Olympic events and then you would see 50 events offered, records tracked and listed, top 50 lists published, and events offered at both US Nationals/US Open meets.