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
I heard Gary Hall Sr. speak a few weeks ago and one of his points was that the tech suit experiment demonstrated concretely that even small changes in drag can make big differences in performance.
I don't think you can say that, because I don't think anyone has demonstrated why the suits work. I've heard a lot of theories, with much hand-waving:
-- less fatigue due to muscle compression
-- buoyancy and changes in body position
-- (surface) drag
-- hydrodynamics (form drag)
If anyone has actual conclusive data to support one over the other, I'd love to see it.
I heard Gary Hall Sr. speak a few weeks ago and one of his points was that the tech suit experiment demonstrated concretely that even small changes in drag can make big differences in performance.
I don't think you can say that, because I don't think anyone has demonstrated why the suits work. I've heard a lot of theories, with much hand-waving:
-- less fatigue due to muscle compression
-- buoyancy and changes in body position
-- (surface) drag
-- hydrodynamics (form drag)
If anyone has actual conclusive data to support one over the other, I'd love to see it.
