Reported by James Sutherland.
WOMEN’S 50 FREE FINAL
- US Open Record: 24.13, Cate Campbell, 2008
GT Pool Record: 24.87, Amy Van Dyken, 1996
- Simone Manuel, UN, 24.73
- Madison Kennedy, MAC, 25.22
- Olivia Smoliga, ABSC, 25.24
Simone Manuel erased a 21-year-old pool record with a clocking of 24.73 in the women’s 50 free to win by nearly half a second. She knocked seven tenths off her morning swim, and just missed her season best 24.66 that ranks 7th in the world.
Madison Kennedy and Olivia Smoliga both dropped over three tenths from the morning to take 2nd and 3rd respectively, and Grace Ariola knocked off four tenths for 4th in 25.40. Mallory Comerford (25.44) and Sandrine Mainville (25.59) took 5th and 6th. Kelsi Worrell clocked 26.41 swimming butterfly, getting her 7th as Michelle Toro was DQed.
Amanda Weir won her second B-final of the night in 25.72.
Simone is a superstar, she will world record this year, otherwise she will fade away
You do realize that Simone is a baby still. She’s 20. Some sprinters don’t peak until their late 20s.
Infamous is an interesting word to use for the title
Is 0 breaths rare for girls? I know many collegiate guys go zero breath and it’s not a huge deal
Yard or meter? Short course or that was a long course?
I find it easier to do no breath 50s in long course as I’m not having to blow out a ton of air on the turn like in scy.
Nose plug helps with this!
Not among the elite sprinters. I know Sjostrom does not breathe during her fly or free 50’s.
I have also found that it is significantly easier to take fewer breaths in short course (even in short course meters, where the distance is the same). For example, in short course I usually took one breath on the first 25 shortly before the flags and then no breaths on the final 25, while I found that three were needed for the long course 50 (and I have seen a similar trend with the swimmers that I coach). The turn, glide, and underwater phases consume much less oxygen than the same amount of time spent sprinting on the surface, so I do… Read more »
Doug Martin, age 63 at the time, won the 50 LCM free at Master’s Nationals last year with no breaths. I don’t know what everyone is complaining about.