LONG BEACH, California, March 5. SIMILAR to being the Home Run King in baseball, there is just something special about being able to call yourself the Fastest Man on the Planet. California's Nathan Adrian took a step closer to that elite status as he became the Fastest American on the Planet during the Pacific 10 Championships.
Adrian rocketed to a time of 18.82 to break Ben Wildman-Tobriner's American record of 18.87 set as a relay leadoff for Stanford at the 2007 NCAA Championships held in Minneapolis, Minn.
Adrian still has a ways to go before becoming the best in the world in the event as Cesar Cielo still owns that status with a ridiculous time of 18.47 set at the 2008 NCAA Championships at Federal Way, Wash.
Adrian returned just a few minutes later to prove the time wasn't a fluke with another 18.82 as the relay leadoff of the California 200 free relay. Cal's Adrian, Graeme Moore, Josh Daniels and Bennett Clark took second in 1:16.36 to Stanford's quartet of Alex Coville, Austin Staab, David Dunford and Jason Dunford that went 1:15.54.
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March 5, 2009 Watch out for Yale's Alex Righi...18.90 Submitted by: Arandall
March 6, 2009 Um, NO?
Who wrote this article?
Since when does the mantle of "fastest" American or "fastest" swimmer EVER get awarded to a YARDS swim?
Never, to my knowledge.
This is an interesting take on his swim (which is excellent....don't get me wrong) although wrong to give him that title.
The Crown of Fastest American still rests on the head of Garrett Webber-Gale...21.47. Fastest SWIMMER, not fastest starter and turner.
If Adrian wants that crown, he needs to show up at World Trials or World Champs and take it from Gale in the pool where it is bestowed. Submitted by: rcoach
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