Swimming 2022 Discussion Thread

[intoronto 6,905]

Day 1 of Canadian Trials to select teams for the Worlds and Commonwealth Games (A standard is selected for Worlds)

 

Women's 200 IM

Sydney Pickrem  2:10.58

Marie-Sophie Harvey  2:10.98

 

Men's 200 IM

Finlay Knox  1:57.50 (New NR)

 

Women's 100 Backstroke

Kylie Masse 58.48

Taylor Ruck  59.67

 

Men's 100 Backstroke

Javier Acevado 54.37 - Did not hit A standard, but me Swimming Canada's B standard of A time + 1%

 

Women's 400 freestyle

Summer Mcintosh 4:01.59 (New NR)

 

Men's 400 freestyle 

No one qualified

[dullard 744]

Was really thinking Summer would improve her PB by more than that. Perhaps she isn't fully rested for trials.

[JoshMartini007 2,863]

2 hours ago, dullard said:

Was really thinking Summer would improve her PB by more than that. Perhaps she isn't fully rested for trials.

 

She wasn't really pushed in that race either. She won by almost 10 seconds

[intoronto 6,905]

4 hours ago, dullard said:

Was really thinking Summer would improve her PB by more than that. Perhaps she isn't fully rested for trials.

There is no real point in going even faster this early in the season. I'm sure she will win the 400 I'm but at a time that is more than her pb. As long as she qualifies for the World's.

[NMQ 243]

She is still quite faster than Ledecky at the same age 

[intoronto 6,905]

Day 2 of Canadian Trials to select teams for the Worlds and Commonwealth Games (A standard is selected for Worlds). 

 

Kylie Masse broke the NR in the 50m back (27.18)

 

Women's 100 fly

Maggie MacNeil 57.13

Katerine Savard 58.01

 

Men's 100 fly

Josh Liendo 50.88 (New NR)

Finlay Knox 51.86

 

Women's 1500m

Abby Dunford 16:20.86 (only 15 years old)

 

Men's 800m

No one qualified

[dullard 744]

9 hours ago, NMQ said:

She is still quite faster than Ledecky at the same age 

The thing about Ledecky's best time at 15 is it was set in the first 400 of the 800 final at the London Olympics so it undoubtedly would've been faster if she swam the 400 but she still didn't possess the speed McIntosh has already. I get the impression McIntosh's sweet spot is 200-400 like Titmus while Ledecky's is 800-1500.

[NMQ 243]

1 hour ago, dullard said:

The thing about Ledecky's best time at 15 is it was set in the first 400 of the 800 final at the London Olympics so it undoubtedly would've been faster if she swam the 400 but she still didn't possess the speed McIntosh has already. I get the impression McIntosh's sweet spot is 200-400 like Titmus while Ledecky's is 800-1500.

Yeah, I was comparing with her time at trials that year (4:05.00), but she was about 5 months younger than Summer and would have been faster at the Olympics for sure. But she didn't swim it there and I still think McIntosh is a bit ahead in the progression for this event at least. 

 

Agree with the 200-400 sweet spot, at least on free, because her 400 IM and 200 fly seem even better.

[phelps 8,724]

Earlier Today, the 2022 Italian Spring Nationals started in Riccione...

 

here some of the most interesting results...

 

Women's 800m Free: 1.Simona Quadarella, 8.24.23 (World Champs qualifying time)

 

Men's 400m Free: 1.Marco De Tullio, 3.44.47 (World Champs qualifying time); 2.Lorenzo Galossi, 3.45.93 (Junior European Record, born in May 2006); 3.Gabriele Detti, 3.46.12

 

Women's 100m Breaststroke: 1.Benedetta Pilato, 1.05.70 (World Champs qualifying time), 2.Arianna Castiglioni, 1.06.17 (World Champs qualifying time); 3.Lisa Angiolini, 1.06.82

 

Men's 200m Fly: 1.Giacomo Carini, 1.55.53; 2.Alberto Razzetti (Short Course World Champion), 1.55.79; 3.Federico Burdisso (Olympic Bronze Medallist), 1.56.16

 

Men's 50m Free: 1.Luca Dotto (32 years old, World Silver Medallist back in 2011), 21.86; 2.Lorenzo Deplano, 21.87

 

no remarkable clockings in the men's 50m Backstroke nor in the women's 400m IM...

[dullard 744]

That 400 free from Galossi is Ian Thorpesque and Lukas Märtens' 3:41.60 in the 400 free was extremely impressive also.

 

It's a shame Winnington choked so terribly in Tokyo because his window of opportunity for a global championship gold medal may now be closed.