2009 psych sheet at (click on results)
collegeswimming.com/.../
2010 psych sheet at
championships.coloradotime.com/.../m10_off_ps.pdf
After a quick run down there seems to be some pretty significant differences throughout. For example, here is a comparison of the 1650...
2009:
1 seed = 14:35
23 seed = 14.58
2010:
1 seed = 14:46
23 seed = 15:08
The number of A cuts is interesting, but I think a better measure is looking at the Meet Qualifying time for each event year-over-year. (The Meet Qualifying time is the time performed by the last person listed above the INVITED line in the psych sheet.) So I put on my nerd hat (oh wait, I was already wearing it) and fired up the ol' abacus. Note: I only went through this exercise for Division I championships.
From 2008 to 2009, 100% of the men's and women's Meet Qualifying times got faster.
From 2009 to 2010, 100% of the men's Meet Qualifying times got slower.
From 2009 to 2010, 14 of 18 women's Meet Qualifying times were slower, 1 was exactly the same (100 *** @ 1:01.20), and the other three were actually faster (400 IM, 1650, and 200 ***).
Most of the percentage differences are well below the claim of 2% improvement due to tech suits, though the data does support the assertion that techsuits help men more than women.
The average women's Meet Qualifying time improved from 2008-2009 by 0.99%. The biggest improvements were in the 200 IM and 200 back, each @ 1.58%. Next biggest was the 200 free relay @ 1.52%.
The average men's Meet Qualifying time improved from 2008-2009 by 1.22%. The biggest improvement was in the 100 free @ 2.32%. Next biggest were 200 *** and 200 fly, each @ 1.50%.
The average women's Meet Qualifying time slowed from 2009-2010 by 0.44%. The biggest slowdown occurred in the 200 IM @ 2.98%. That event is a freakish outlier, as the next biggest slowdown was the 100 back @ 1.04%, and everything else is 0.70% or less. And don't forget that the other IM event got faster.
The average men's Meet Qualifying time slowed from 2009-2010 by 0.68%. The biggest slowdown occurred in the 50 free @ 1.49%. Next biggest was the 200 free relay @ 1.34%. (Yes, those are both sprints...)
I tried looking at percentages based on the different strokes, sprint vs distance events, and so on. That exercise didn't yield anything meaningful aside from repeating much of what you've already read above.
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The number of A cuts is interesting, but I think a better measure is looking at the Meet Qualifying time for each event year-over-year. (The Meet Qualifying time is the time performed by the last person listed above the INVITED line in the psych sheet.) So I put on my nerd hat (oh wait, I was already wearing it) and fired up the ol' abacus. Note: I only went through this exercise for Division I championships.
From 2008 to 2009, 100% of the men's and women's Meet Qualifying times got faster.
From 2009 to 2010, 100% of the men's Meet Qualifying times got slower.
From 2009 to 2010, 14 of 18 women's Meet Qualifying times were slower, 1 was exactly the same (100 *** @ 1:01.20), and the other three were actually faster (400 IM, 1650, and 200 ***).
Most of the percentage differences are well below the claim of 2% improvement due to tech suits, though the data does support the assertion that techsuits help men more than women.
The average women's Meet Qualifying time improved from 2008-2009 by 0.99%. The biggest improvements were in the 200 IM and 200 back, each @ 1.58%. Next biggest was the 200 free relay @ 1.52%.
The average men's Meet Qualifying time improved from 2008-2009 by 1.22%. The biggest improvement was in the 100 free @ 2.32%. Next biggest were 200 *** and 200 fly, each @ 1.50%.
The average women's Meet Qualifying time slowed from 2009-2010 by 0.44%. The biggest slowdown occurred in the 200 IM @ 2.98%. That event is a freakish outlier, as the next biggest slowdown was the 100 back @ 1.04%, and everything else is 0.70% or less. And don't forget that the other IM event got faster.
The average men's Meet Qualifying time slowed from 2009-2010 by 0.68%. The biggest slowdown occurred in the 50 free @ 1.49%. Next biggest was the 200 free relay @ 1.34%. (Yes, those are both sprints...)
I tried looking at percentages based on the different strokes, sprint vs distance events, and so on. That exercise didn't yield anything meaningful aside from repeating much of what you've already read above.
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