August 1, 2010 Erica Morningstar's 200 IM last nite is her career-best time while Wilkinson -- NCAA 100 free champ last spring for Texas A&M (and no offense, Juiia, but I have to pinch myself when I write that!) -- is Canadian record-holder in this event with a 2:12.03 from the semis @ Beijing.
She's third all-time on the Canadian 100 m free list (54.33 leading off the relay at the Olympics two summers ago) with Morningstar's 54.08 ranking No. 1 and Victoria Poon's 54.2 next.
She's also penned a fascinating article in latest SwimNews Magazine regarding" buterflies" and reveals how before big meets she becomes so anxious/unnerved she literally "loses it" if you catch my drift.
Who wudda thunk it?
Travis Nederpelt's 2:00.44 IM is really a swim from left field. His old pr is 2:01.97 and he's much more noted as a strong 200 flyer/400 IMer. This swim moves him into third all-time among active Aussie IMers (sixth overall) and is likely going to give Australian coaches thoughts about maybe having him swim this race @ Irvine (Pan-Pacs) in a couple of weeks.
Nearly a decade ago when he was in his mid-teens he dominated the Sydney Youth Olympics meet, causing some U.S. coaches to suggest he might be the next Thorpedo.
Hasn't quite worked out that way but maybe this is the start of a renaissance for Nederpelt.
Canadian Brain Johns, winner of the "A" 200 IM final, is No. 2 all-time in his country's rankings (1:59.45 from the Beijing prelims) and is No. 1 in the 400 IM (4:11.41, again from the Olympics).
Former Stanford swimmer Tobias Oriwol, at the ripe old age of 25, is starting to show some life too and appears to be ready to dip into the sub 2:00.0 category (his pr is 2:01.88 from last April's Canadian Nationals in Montreal).
Oh, and Andrew Ford's time was 2:03.61, NOT 2:02. -- still his pr.
Look out, Mikey, Ryan, Tyler, Austin [Surhoff]?
And as has been noted before, Surhoff's dad B.J. was an outstanding pro baseball player for several teams, including the Baltimore Orioles, and was the No. 1 overall pick in the Major League draft 25 years ago out of the University of North Carolina.
His mom Polly hs an impressive athletic lineage of her own as a former UNC Atlantic Coast Conference medley champ for then Coach Frank Comfort and a 400 IM medalist at the 1983 Pan-Am Games in Caracas.
All Austin did this past spring was help Texas win NCAAs by splashing to gold in the 200 IM, the Longhorn's only individual swimming title.
Surhoff, Texas' first 200 IM gold-medalist in a decade, also has a couple of talented younger sisters who swim for NBAC. The family has reportedly already made reservatons for London!
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