2010 2011 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series

I am so there. Although I have a meet that weekend, so on Sat + Sun, I'll have to miss the prelims.

The next & last GP is Santa Clara 2011 SANTA CLARA INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX Jun 16 -19th 2011 Santa Clara, CA LCM Events: Thu Jun 16 1500 Free (W) 800 Free (M) Fri, Jun 17 100 Free 200 *** 400 Free 100 fly 400 Free Relay Sat, Jun 18 400 IM 200 Free 200 Back 50 Free 800 Free Relay Sun, Jun 19 200 Fly 100 *** 100 Back 200 IM 800 Free (W) 1500 Free (M) 400 Medley Relay INFO

Brendan Hansen's returning to competition at SC this weekend! Can't wait to see the psych sheet... there's gonna be a ton of fast swimmers at this meet.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A stellar field of more than 15 U.S. Olympians, including Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.), Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Calif.), Rebecca Soni (Plainsboro, N.J.) and Brendan Hansen (Havertown, Pa.) will compete at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix, June 16-19 in Santa Clara, Calif. The meet is the final stop of the seven-meet 2010-2011 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series. The meet marks the return to competition for two-time Olympian Hansen, who will compete in both the 100m and 200m breaststroke in Santa Clara. The Grand Prix meet will also feature Olympic medalists Amanda Beard (Irvine, Calif.), Eric Shanteau (Lilburn, Ga.), Dana Vollmer (Granbury, Texas) and Christine Magnuson (Tinley Park, Ill.) The full competition schedule can be found online. Finals begin at 4 p.m. PT on Thursday and at 5 p.m. PT, Friday through Sunday. Prelims begin at 9 a.m. PT, Friday through Sunday. Tickets for the meet can be purchased online here. The field of swimmers expected to compete in Santa Clara also includes a strong field of international talent, including Korea’s Park Taehwan, Canada’s Ryan Cochrane, Brazil’s Thiago Pereira, and Australia’s Nicholas D’Arcy. Americans Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.), Missy Franklin (Aurora, Ill.) Julia Smit (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.), Elizabeth Beisel (Saunderstown, R.I.), Ricky Berens (Charlotte, N.C.), and Dagny Knutson (Minot, N.D.) will also compete in Santa Clara. The top medal-winner at the conclusion of the Grand Prix Series will be awarded $20,000, courtesy of USA Swimming. Swimmers are awarded five points for a gold medal, three points for a silver medal and one point for a bronze medal. The leaderboard can be found online at usaswimming.org/grandprix. Competition footage from the meet the will be broadcast by Universal Sports and will be webcast by USA Swimming. Universal Sports will air footage from the meet LIVE on Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18 from 5-7 p.m. PT on its digital cable channel. USA Swimming will provide a LIVE online stream of prelims and finals throughout the four-day competition.

It's gonna be awesome! :bliss: This should be so much more exciting than last year, when hardly anyone showed up.

there were some very impressive swims at the 2011 Santa Clara Invite Brendan Hansen did quite well he's within striking range to be a serious contender 2011 SANTA CLARA INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX Jun 16 -19th 2011 Santa Clara, CA LCM Events: Thu Jun 16 1500 Free (W) 800 Free (M) Fri, Jun 17 100 Free 200 *** 400 Free 100 fly 400 Free Relay Sat, Jun 18 400 IM 200 Free 200 Back 50 Free 800 Free Relay Sun, Jun 19 200 Fly 100 *** 100 Back 200 IM 800 Free (W) 1500 Free (M) 400 Medley Relay INFO

They had a 50 *** in session 7 sat! Event 902 Men 50 LC Meter Breaststroke ========================================================================= Name Age Team Finals Points ========================================================================= 1 Hansen, Brendan J 29 Longhorn Aquatic 28.65 2 Alexandrov, Michael P 26 Una Troj-CA 28.70 3 Titus, Marcus J 25 Tucson Ford Deal 28.73 4 Shanteau, Eric L 27 Una Troj-CA 28.83 5 Dickens, Scott 26 CAN 28.88 6 Crespo, Edgar 22 Panama 29.08 7 Friedland, Eric T 20 Longhorn Aquatic 29.25 8 Burckle, Christopher 23 Tucson Ford Deal 29.37 9 Al-barazi, Azad 23 Trojan Swim Club 29.