Really only have taken a good look at the 100 breastroke (men) times, but, over-all really slow (in my opinion) No world records. Has the suits made that much difference? I don't know. Pool conditions-weather-who knows??
If you were to go to a nationals or a regional meet for that matter you would see that it has always been a "level playing field". Everyone that was competitive wore a tech suit. It was fun to swim fast.
I, for one, will miss the suit. I swim in the meets. Midas, you said you won't miss the suit.....Did you swim any meets this summer? Did you go to regionals? Worlds? Are you going to nationals? Just wondering, because if you did, you might find yourself missing the suit, too. Like I said, it's fun to swim fast.
I swam in my regional championships meets (Pacific Masters) last year (2009) for both SCY and SCM wearing my FS Pro Jammers. I'd like to think I'm competitive, but I'm not competitive with guys like Roque Santos...
Any way, I was very happy with my SCY times, which were, on average, less than 1 second slower per 100 than my times achieved while wearing my B70. My SCM times were disappointing mostly because I wasn't training as hard as I wanted to be (and also wasn't shaved). Work has been keeping me extremely busy this year so I haven't made it to any national or regional championship meets (though I wish I could have gone to Puerto Rico!). I went to a couple of SCY meets early this year and didn't wear my B70 either. I was also happy with my times from those meets, given how little training I had been doing.
Of course, my view is that I swim equally fast whether I wear the suits or not! :)
If you were to go to a nationals or a regional meet for that matter you would see that it has always been a "level playing field". Everyone that was competitive wore a tech suit. It was fun to swim fast.
I, for one, will miss the suit. I swim in the meets. Midas, you said you won't miss the suit.....Did you swim any meets this summer? Did you go to regionals? Worlds? Are you going to nationals? Just wondering, because if you did, you might find yourself missing the suit, too. Like I said, it's fun to swim fast.
I swam in my regional championships meets (Pacific Masters) last year (2009) for both SCY and SCM wearing my FS Pro Jammers. I'd like to think I'm competitive, but I'm not competitive with guys like Roque Santos...
Any way, I was very happy with my SCY times, which were, on average, less than 1 second slower per 100 than my times achieved while wearing my B70. My SCM times were disappointing mostly because I wasn't training as hard as I wanted to be (and also wasn't shaved). Work has been keeping me extremely busy this year so I haven't made it to any national or regional championship meets (though I wish I could have gone to Puerto Rico!). I went to a couple of SCY meets early this year and didn't wear my B70 either. I was also happy with my times from those meets, given how little training I had been doing.
Of course, my view is that I swim equally fast whether I wear the suits or not! :)
