November 23, 2008 Anyone notice the ssecond-plae finisher in the women's 200 fly at the Terrapin Cup Satrurday evening in College Park?
Her last name is "DeScenza" and she swam a pr 1:58.17.
Did Mary D. somehow regain eligiblity from the NCAA and decidee to swim for Maryland?
Not quite.
It's her younger sister Patricia, a junior for the Terps, who's startring to make her mark on the swimming world.
While the time isn't exactly earth-shattering it is her career-best and a start towards making NCAA cuts.
Another Terp who showed promise this weekend is flyer Jen Vogel, a junior, who set school records while winning the 100 (53.64) and 200(1:57.72)at the Terrapin Cup.
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William & Maary junior sprinter Katie Radloff splashed to a pair of "blistering" 50-100 free clockings in College Park (22.55/48.61) swimming prs, W&M + Colonial Athletic Assn. recods in the process.
She keeps this up she could score @ NCAAs, something no W&M swimmer has done.
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On the left coast, San Jose St. junior Heather Denman clocked a pair of prs/Sparttan records with her 54.86 100 back
and 53.97 100 fly wins at the Nike/UCI Cup meet @ Belmont Plaza.
She went even faster leading of San Jose's 400 MR (54.84.
She's got a ways to go before she's in WAC (Western Athletic Conference) terrritory, however. Trhe conference record in the 100 back belongs to former Hawaii All-America Nicole Mackey (53.35) and the 100 fly standard is 53.06 by former British Olympian Georgina Lede while she was @ SMU.
But keep an eye out for Ms. D the rest of the season. She could be the real deal.
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While it wasn't exactly a swim of record-breaking proportions, former Northwestern All-America/Bulgarian Olympian/NCAA champ Mike Alexandrov showed he's still alive and kicking @ Evanston last eve.
He swama 52.92 exhibition 100 brerast at the TYR/Northwestern Invitational.
Alexandrov is U.S. Open/NCAA record-hoilder off his 51.56 from NCAAs last season (2007).
Former Tennessee NCAA champ Jeremy Linn is the American record-hilder in trhe 100 breast with his 51.86 from the 1997 SECs @ Georgia.
He and former Terxas star Brendan Hansen (51.96) are the only two Americans under 52.0 and -- along with Alexandrov -- comprise the only members of that rather exclusive club.
Alexandrfov raced to a 51.80 @ last year's U.S. Open in Atlanta -- hstory's second-quickest performance -- so it will be interesting to see if he shows up there again in a couple of weeks.
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Stanfords freshman Bobby Bollier is showing he and collegiatge swimming are made for each other off his showing so far in the first two days of the Aggie ("24.999 yards") Invitational in College Station.
Bollier has swum prs in three eventgs (200-500 frees; 100 fly)with the former pair also nation-leading times.
He raced to a 1:34.30 200 free leading off the Cardinal 800 relay last nite and won the 500 free a day earlier in 4:15.82.
In the 100 fly he cut four tenths off his old pr w/a 47.31.
I realize this is herese but he could be the next (dare I say it?) Michael Phelps!
His teammate, junior backstroker-flyer Eugene Godsoe, did a nation-leding 46.09 100 back leading off the Cardinal 400 medley relay Friday (pr), then went even faster to win the 100 back itself last night (45.94).
He also doubled in the 100 fly (pr 46.99).
That race was won by Cardinal sophomore Austin Staab (nation-leading 46.09). Card John Criste sliced several tenths off his 100 breast pr w/a nation-leading 52.13, defeating teammate and defending NCAA champ Paul Kornfeld.
Stanford has a LOT of talent on this year's team and the Cardinal appear poised to make a strong run at the NCAA Championship come Msarch.
This is especially true since defending champ Arizona's cupboarfd appears to be rather barren due to graduation of such staers as Darian Townsend and Albert Subriats, among others.
Auburn lost arguably the greatest sprinter in NCAA history and certainly the fastest in Cesar Cielo and theydidn't evenwin last season so...
But my crystal ball tends to get a tad fogged over at times:
As an example, I took SC and GAVE 25 points against Oregon State!!!
Submitted by:
slickwillie32
November 23, 2008 Alexandrov's time stands as an American record as USA Swimming did not make the record-keeping change until this year.
Now, you have to have your sports citizenship as the U.S. to set an American record. Before that vote, the rule was just being a U.S. citizen. Alexandrov was a dual citizen when he posted his top time in the 100 breast, and that time stands as the American record.
Submitted by:
Jason Marsteller
November 23, 2008 Good point.
I had forgotten Mike had dual citizenship.
Stanford's Paul Kornfeld is anotehr dual-citizen swimmer.
He swam last year @ Canada's Pan-Am Games trials but didn't make the team and I believe did likewise this year @ their Olympic Trials.
And back in the '80s and '90s the Zuberos wesre dual citizens too of U.S. and Spain altbhough they onlyh swam for latter country inernationally -- with David winning a medal in 100 fly @ Moscow and Mrftin winning the 200 back gold 12 years later in Barcelona.
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slickwillie32
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