My entry is in. I'm swimming the 400 free, 200 back, 200 IM and 50 free.
Knelson officially tore it up today. 4:21 in the 400 SCM free (LMSC record), 2:26 in the 200 back, 2:21 in the 200 IM (LMSC record), and I think 26 in the 50 free. Then Knelson left and strangely enough, that's when things got interesting! Lincoln Djang entered one event in this meet - the 400 IM, seeded with a 4:57. I was seeded in the lane next to him and was wondering if he was there. He walked up to the blocks with about a minute to spare and I realized "oh yeah, I did see him warming up before, though I had no idea who he was." So then the announcer explains that Lincoln is seeded with the current M50-54 world record time, and he is going for it. The announcer got everyone on their feet and cheering before the race even started! I've seen plenty of Masters world records set, but I'd never seen a setup like this before. So we dive in and swim the 400 IM. Even though I was in the water swimming, I could hear that it was loud. During my last 50 I could tell he got the record because of the even louder eruption of cheering. Indeed, Lincoln went 4:55.50 and then the announcer interviewed him at poolside while the rest of us warmed down. Then in the following relay, a guy hit his head on the shallow end wall and DNF. There's no touchpad down there so he hit concrete. Lifeguards did a great job helping him out; paramedics came but ultimately were not needed... whew. Next event was the 100 fly - in the final heat I tied for first although we went slower than the Alaskan dude in the previous heat. I don't remember ever being involved in a tie race before. See Kirk, you shouldn't have left so early...
My entry is in. I'm swimming the 400 free, 200 back, 200 IM and 50 free.
Knelson officially tore it up today. 4:21 in the 400 SCM free (LMSC record), 2:26 in the 200 back, 2:21 in the 200 IM (LMSC record), and I think 26 in the 50 free. Then Knelson left and strangely enough, that's when things got interesting! Lincoln Djang entered one event in this meet - the 400 IM, seeded with a 4:57. I was seeded in the lane next to him and was wondering if he was there. He walked up to the blocks with about a minute to spare and I realized "oh yeah, I did see him warming up before, though I had no idea who he was." So then the announcer explains that Lincoln is seeded with the current M50-54 world record time, and he is going for it. The announcer got everyone on their feet and cheering before the race even started! I've seen plenty of Masters world records set, but I'd never seen a setup like this before. So we dive in and swim the 400 IM. Even though I was in the water swimming, I could hear that it was loud. During my last 50 I could tell he got the record because of the even louder eruption of cheering. Indeed, Lincoln went 4:55.50 and then the announcer interviewed him at poolside while the rest of us warmed down. Then in the following relay, a guy hit his head on the shallow end wall and DNF. There's no touchpad down there so he hit concrete. Lifeguards did a great job helping him out; paramedics came but ultimately were not needed... whew. Next event was the 100 fly - in the final heat I tied for first although we went slower than the Alaskan dude in the previous heat. I don't remember ever being involved in a tie race before. See Kirk, you shouldn't have left so early...
