Cielo, who set an NCAA record in the 100-yard freestyle last month, broke his own Auburn record of 48.49 in the 100-meter race on Sunday. Cielo was named the NCAA Swimmer of the Year this season, repeating the title he won last year as a sophomore.
Michael Phelps finished second in 48.41 and former Tiger Fred Bousquet, a 2004 Olympian, was third in 49.38 followed by Auburn senior Alexei Puninski with a personal-best clocking of 49.60.
Another former Tiger, George Bovell, was sixth with a time of 50.76.
Cielo, who set an NCAA record in the 100-yard freestyle last month, broke his own Auburn record of 48.49 in the 100-meter race on Sunday. Cielo was named the NCAA Swimmer of the Year this season, repeating the title he won last year as a sophomore.
Michael Phelps finished second in 48.41 and former Tiger Fred Bousquet, a 2004 Olympian, was third in 49.38 followed by Auburn senior Alexei Puninski with a personal-best clocking of 49.60.
Another former Tiger, George Bovell, was sixth with a time of 50.76.
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So, he got nudged out (.07) by someone that is peaking, and they both finished almost a second ahead of third place. I think Phelps will be stronger come Oly time.
would you call the 100 a sprint or middle distance, given that it takes about the same time to complete as 400m on the track.
I’d call it a sprint. Anything up to 200, possibly including a 200 I’d call a sprint in the pool. 200 could go either way, it’s much like the 800, in that it’s not quite a sprint, but its more than middle distance. ~200-500 in the pool I’d call middle distance, anything over 500 I’d start calling distance.
would you call the 100 a sprint or middle distance, given that it takes about the same time to complete as 400m on the track.
I’d call it a sprint. Anything up to 200, possibly including a 200 I’d call a sprint in the pool. 200 could go either way, it’s much like the 800, in that it’s not quite a sprint, but its more than middle distance. ~200-500 in the pool I’d call middle distance, anything over 500 I’d start calling distance.
John
The 100 LCM is much closer to a mid-distance race than the 100 SCY is. 100 Yards is absolutely a sprint. You have to have some training in order to “sprint” 100 LCM. That is why guys like Gary Hall Jr. and Anthony Ervin don’t excel in the 100 LCM. True “drop dead sprinters” have a tough time with Long Course 100 meters.
With that said, the 100 LCM is still a sprint, but it requires more conditioning for the last 25 meters than SCY does. I’ve seen lots of people have a piano dropped on their back during the last 10-25 meters of a 100 LC. That doesn’t happen as often for 100 yards.
I also remember guys like Tom Jager, who was a fanstastic 50 swimmer, but wasn’t quite as good in the 100 (still awesome compared to ordinary shmucks like me). The reason I ask is that the 100 isn’t, in my mind anyway, a true sprint. It’s kind of an in between event in that there is some pacing involved, and you get guys who are very good at the 200 and 400 able to race down as well as the 50 guys (the true sprinters) able to race up.
Though you could argue that Cielo’s starting to slide into a post-taper funk at this point. Same goes for a couple of other college kids like Dana Vollmer.
Kind of funny to read the gamesmanship from the Americans racing this weekend involving a dozen reports of “I can’t believe I swam that fast. I’ve been practicing so had this week I could barely move my arms above my head to wash my hair” and topped off by the reports of Michael Phelps scratching out of the 400 free prelims because he was exhausted enough that he was falling asleep on the diving tower in between events.
Phelps is definately a 100 free guy. It is not his best event, but he is so good that he leads off the 4X100 relay usually. It’s just that he is so much more dominant in other events, that it appears sometimes that he is not a great sprinter too. As others have said, the 100 is a sprint, and some 50 guys can swim up, and some 200 guys can swim down. Phelps is in that swim down category. And don’t let the 400IM fool you into thinking he is a distance swimmer. That is also a sprint, even though it is a 400. You have to be able to sprint each 100 within the race, and changing strokes allowes you to do that, vs swimming 400m free…Flanagan is right too in that Phelps is not tapered yet, and to be so close to a gut that is on the best form in the world right now is a great sign for him. IF his 100free is on, the rest of his events will be looking good because that is where he has the toughest comp…There is no doubt about his endurance, it will follow whatever speed he has…
devil’s advocate: the men are one week closer to ncaa’s than the women, and men tend to hold a taper better. however, point well taken. not likely as much hype for cielo’s events this past weekend compared to his races at ncaa’s.
that is a pretty funny story about phelps. i think his 48:4x in the 100 is very impressive, especially since he was 3 seconds off his best in the 200 free. does that mean he has 1.5 seconds faster in the 100 once he is tapered? 46.9 would be insane.
also, did you see hoff’s 800? that was pretty good. what about phelp’s 100 breast? that is almost as fast as guys like kurt grote used to go “back in the day”. the 100 breast is probably phelps’ 13th best event…or basically his worst event…
Saw Hoff’s time, and I’m really looking forward to Kate v. Katie at both Trials and Games.
Phelps swam the 200 breast at summer nationals last year, and ended up only in the B final for the event. What was cute is that they were running full meet coverage online, and they had Michael’s mother on the air during his swim there, and she was such the stereotypical swim team parent- knew his best time in that event and when it happened, knew that the current swim was looking like it would be a best time there, and excusing herself because she had to interrupt the discussion to yell “Go Michael!” a couple of times.