2009 National Championships (World Championship Trials)

How good was Mary T. Meagher? Her meet and U.S. Open record in the 200 fly still stand from 1981! Actually at the time this record was set I thought it was the 2nd best record of the 1981 year, with the best one being the :57.93 100 fly record that was set at the same meet by Mary T at the Schroeder YMCA in Brown Deer, Wisconsin. The reason I thought that was the reduction in time was greater going from :59.26 to :57.93 compared to 2:06.37 to 2:05.96 and having a shorter distance to drop the time. Both records lasted almost the same time period with the 200 fly 3 months shy of 20 years and the 100 fly 19 years and one week. However, today the 200 holds up better because its much higher ranked and less swimmers have swam faster than the 100 fly time. According to Swimming World magazine Bill Bell's LCM rankings and performances, the 200 ranks as the 13th fastest performance of all time and the 100 ranks as the 57th fastest performance of all time.

How good was Mary T. Meagher? Her meet and U.S. Open record in the 200 fly still stand from 1981! Actually at the time this record was set I thought it was the 2nd best record of the 1981 year, with the best one being the :57.93 100 fly record that was set at the same meet by Mary T at the Schroeder YMCA in Brown Deer, Wisconsin. The reason I thought that was the reduction in time was greater going from :59.26 to :57.93 compared to 2:06.37 to 2:05.96 and having a shorter distance to drop the time. Both records lasted almost the same time period with the 200 fly 3 months shy of 20 years and the 100 fly 19 years and one week. However, today the 200 holds up better because its much higher ranked and less swimmers have swam faster than the 100 fly time. According to Swimming World magazine Bill Bell's LCM rankings and performances, the 200 ranks as the 13th fastest performance of all time and the 100 ranks as the 57th fastest performance of all time.