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NCAA Times Post Tech Suit Ban?

jim thornton
Do any of you guys who follow college swimming have a sense yet about the impact of the FINA tech suit ban is having on elite swimming times? I tried looking up results this year and last year--I know the Championships haven't taken place yet for the top tier, but some big meet started Feb 17th (and is presumably over now)--but I just couldn't figure out how to find the data necessary to make a preliminary comparison. Thanks.
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  • Do any of you guys who follow college swimming have a sense yet about the impact of the FINA tech suit ban is having on elite swimming times? There are already records being broken in the women's collegiate conference championships. And at the high school level as well. I think swimmers are looking to break records and improve times. I don't hear them giving themselves excuses to swim slower because the record was set in a tech-suit. I only hear excuses from individuals on deck and in the press who are not in the water training to improve. What is that saying? Something about, the individual spewing excuses for failure needs to get out of the way of the person getting the job done... By the way, Julia Smit just broke her own NCAA 200 and 400 IM records. And Natalie Coughlin's 8 year old Pac10 Record in the 200 Back this weekend.
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  • Do any of you guys who follow college swimming have a sense yet about the impact of the FINA tech suit ban is having on elite swimming times? There are already records being broken in the women's collegiate conference championships. And at the high school level as well. I think swimmers are looking to break records and improve times. I don't hear them giving themselves excuses to swim slower because the record was set in a tech-suit. I only hear excuses from individuals on deck and in the press who are not in the water training to improve. What is that saying? Something about, the individual spewing excuses for failure needs to get out of the way of the person getting the job done... By the way, Julia Smit just broke her own NCAA 200 and 400 IM records. And Natalie Coughlin's 8 year old Pac10 Record in the 200 Back this weekend.
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