monty wrote:
Pretty impressive finals swim, especially that first half. His 50 split would make him the 3rd best 50 breaststroker in history :o Ya, but of course the first 50 from a 100 of the guy that dominates the distance, should be pretty fast. Without looking, I think Caleb went 23.3 or so for his 1st 50 when he when 50 flat, untappered and unshaved, in a meet where it was a lark event for him..That might put him in the running for top 3 fastest 50 breast guys too... (-;
Short Course Yards, that race is well more than half underwaters which is where he excelled. I think he took 18 strokes for the entire 100 SCY. He'd probably be right around there for a total stroke count on a 50M LC. His on top of the water breaststroke speed isn't top-3-in-the-world good, and it shows when he goes Long Course. At the Richmond Pro, he went 28.03 and 27.99, finishing 4th in the final. He was 6 to 7 tenths of a second off his best 50 free and 50 fly times at that same meet, suggesting he's maybe a low 27 second 50LM breaststroker at best. BTW, he was 2.5 and 3 seconds slower than Michael "no endurance" Andrew on the breast leg of the 200 IM (prelims and finals).
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