I swam a 200-meter 'fly last weekend at a meet and it was harder than running a 10k at a race pace.The stroke is not the hardest part, it's those 'thingys' called oxygen-deprivation and searing pain that sort of get in the way.
I actually did pretty good, the paramedics were able to resuscitate me right there on the deck!
Mary DeScenza wearing a Jaked with a faded out logo sets a WR in the 200 'fly.
From Universal Sports:
Her time Wednesday in the 200 fly — about three seconds faster than she had ever gone before, 2:07.13, and that was just earlier this month.
Descenza remains one of the great college swimmers of all time. She graduated three years ago from the University of Georgia as one of only two women in history to win the 200 fly all four years at the NCAA championships. The other: Mary T. Meagher.
Descenza did not, however, make the Olympic team in either 2004 or 2008; she finished fourth in the 200 fly at the 2004 Trials, fourth again at the 2008 Trials in both the 200 fly and 200 backstroke.
“It’s hard to have that disappointment and obviously not making the Olympic team is one of the big disappointments of my career,” she said.
This season, Descenza won the $20,000 prize — it amounts to best swimmer over a series of meets — at the USA Swimming Grand Prize Series. “I work hard and I try to be a good person,” she said.
[Link]Wearing a TYR cap and Velocity metalized goggles, Mary DeScenza switched to the polyurethane Jaked in self-defense. TYR had sued to get their polyurethane suit to market but was thwarted by FINA despite that the TYR suit is made of the same materials the Jaked is.
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Federations are taking matters into their own hands.
The United States will compete in a four-nation meet with France, Russia and Great Britain that is expected to allow only short suits whose fabrics date back to 2007 (think Speedo FS-Pro), USA Swimming National Team Director Mark Schubert said Wednesday morning. The meet will take place Dec. 19-20 in Manchester, England.
This meet is essentially US v. Europe, in place of the Duel in the Pool with Australia, which was always one-sided.
http://reachforthewall.com/2009/07/29/four-nations-will-ban-suits-for-dec-meet/
Congrats to Mary!
When I read your post, I was like, okay, where is my torch, pitchfork and farmer friends!
Then I realized that if this flops or posts times several seconds slower than WRs, it could be a wake-up call.
I for one predict that pro speedsuit athletes won't show up
Thanks for the tip, I am off to work and will try to post this later.
>Then I realized that if this flops or posts times >several seconds slower than WRs, it could be a >wake-up call.
Sure it is several seconds slower. That's what the swimmers can do.
Do you think Paul Biederman is better swimmer than Thorpe and Phelps? Not even Paul Biederman thinks so.
i hope that pro athletes DO show up, wear fabric suits, and still break world records!
also, is this a like 4 way dual? or US vs Europe? or like a championship meet? could be very interesting!
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