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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [realAlbertan] [ In reply to ]
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Phelps didn't look all that good in the 400 free. Way behind McBroom, who I think swam a 3:53. I haven't seen the times yet, but it didn't look like he broke 4. Took it out quick though....

Ledecky did a 4:02 in heats.

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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [tigerpaws] [ In reply to ]
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tigerpaws wrote:
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Heats are on now -

http://www.usaswimming.org/...ault.aspx?TabId=2396

Ledecky top qualifier for the 200 free, Hosszu is right behind her.


I'm watching the 100 breast.....that stroke is still a black art to me. The propulsion these kids can get from that whip kick is wowsers.

Adam Peaty just broke the WR for 100 breast by half a second. sub-58 LCM....

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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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Just saw that... wow Peaty is on fire.

Phelps 17th in 4.02 and Lochte 11th in 3.58.

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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [realAlbertan] [ In reply to ]
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Phelps tied Ledecky - 4:02.67....

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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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Dang that 100m men's final was exciting!
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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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And she swam 8.13 in the 800.

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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [realAlbertan] [ In reply to ]
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realAlbertan wrote:
And she swam 8.13 in the 800.

So now she's gone under 8:14 five times, and she's the only woman ever under 8:14. Rebecca Adlington's 8:14.10 from 2008 is the 6th fastest performance.


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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [ericmulk] [ In reply to ]
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A league by herself for now...

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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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JasoninHalifax wrote:
tigerpaws wrote:
JasoninHalifax wrote:
Heats are on now -
http://www.usaswimming.org/...ault.aspx?TabId=2396
Ledecky top qualifier for the 200 free, Hosszu is right behind her.

I'm watching the 100 breast.....that stroke is still a black art to me. The propulsion these kids can get from that whip kick is wowsers.

Adam Peaty just broke the WR for 100 breast by half a second. sub-58 LCM....

Ummm, you forgot to mention that Peaty's WR was set in a diff meet in a diff country. Minor detail i know but you might want to add just a tiny amount of further detail like his time was 57.92, which was 0.54 sec below previous WR of 58.46. Fastest 100 breast at Mesa was 1:02.09 in the prelims.


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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [ericmulk] [ In reply to ]
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I figured that anyone who cared would probably know that peaty was a Brit. Mesa isn't a prime meet for world records, the top guys who are there typically aren't rested. Phelps looked pretty tired himself, that showed in the 2im and the 4free. Sprints were decent if not earth shattering.

I did say it was a wr by a half second though. That's the stat that is most impressive. And peaty had room for improvement on the start...

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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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I figured that anyone who cared would probably know that peaty was a Brit. Mesa isn't a prime meet for world records, the top guys who are there typically aren't rested. Phelps looked pretty tired himself, that showed in the 2im and the 4free. Sprints were decent if not earth shattering.

I did say it was a wr by a half second though. That's the stat that is most impressive. And peaty had room for improvement on the start...

Well, right i know WRs are rare at meets like mesa but my point was/is that i spent 15 min or so scanning through the mesa men's 100 breast prelims, finals, and time trials thinking that surely Peaty must have swum in this meet. Sure i know he's a Brit but the tread was/is about the mesa meet, which is what threw me off. Finally i googled and saw he swum his WR in the British Nationals. No big deal though, it's not like i haven't wasted 15 minutes before, but if you had just added something like "and in the Brit Nationals, Adam Peaty broke..." it would have been helpful:)


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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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Phelps tied Ledecky - 4:02.67....

And Ledecky with a 4:01 in the final. Phelps got chicked this weekend in an event where he used to hold the American record.

She really is a once in a generation talent. Thing is, this would have been the golden age of women's distance swimming without her- Becky Adlington, Allison Schmidt, Federica Pellegrini, the late Camille Muffat, Lauren Boyle, Miriela Belmonte....

And then Ledecky blows by that quality group and take it to another dimension.
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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [FLA Jill] [ In reply to ]
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JasoninHalifax wrote:
Phelps tied Ledecky - 4:02.67....


And Ledecky with a 4:01 in the final. Phelps got chicked this weekend in an event where he used to hold the American record.

She really is a once in a generation talent. Thing is, this would have been the golden age of women's distance swimming without her- Becky Adlington, Allison Schmidt, Federica Pellegrini, the late Camille Muffat, Lauren Boyle, Miriela Belmonte....

And then Ledecky blows by that quality group and take it to another dimension.

While certainly a whippin' she put on Phelps considering...it was also 10 years ago he was the AR holder in that event if memory serves...2005 in Indy maybe? What I found even more impressive was this interview with Conor Dwyer who is near the tip of the spear in 2015 for that event.....who got beat by her in a 3k threshold set. Eh hem. Ouch. She is insanely fun to watch.

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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [JasoninHalifax] [ In reply to ]
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watching the swim both the turnover and the fact that he appeared to be 4th or 5th at one point and came back was pretty impressive but the stroke rate compared to those next to him was bonkers, the comments on swim swam are interesting explaining why it works
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Re: Mesa Grand Prix [Andrewmc] [ In reply to ]
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Peaty's legs are soooo quick. he just snaps his heels up to his butt, then snaps back. lots of propulsion, minimal drag.

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