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Marconi Transatlantic Invite - RESULTS

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Brett

#2 (d1/s1): B 13 & Over 200 Medley (2:31.32Y ) – 2:31.12…an improvement, but just. This race concerned me immediately. His fly was a 34.76, which isn’t bad for him, but he typically swims that time in the first 50 of a 100 fly leg in a 400 IM. I was hoping he might go 33 mid or high. Also his Breast leg was almost a 42…which is his words was AWFUL. He looked sluggish, this had me very worried about the taper.

#6 (d1/s1): B 13 & Over 50 Free (28.34Y ) – 28.61…better than I expected given his kick recently hasn’t been as good as it was earlier in the season.

#14 (d2/s2): B 13-14 200 Free (2:08.68Y ) – A 2:10.89 isn’t a personal best but it is 4 seconds better than the last two times he swam it. His back half splits were both over 34 seconds, indicating fatigue setting in on the longer race, something that obviously occurs, but probably shouldn’t to that level.

#22 (d2/s2): B 13-14 100 Back (1:12.19Y ) – 1:11.44, a drop of .75 seconds and a nice improvement for Brett. There’s clearly more there for him to drop, but it is a positive step.

#30 (d2/s2): B 13-14 100 Breast (1:15.70Y ) – Quick start for Brett opening with a 34.7, but finished with a 39 mid. Brett was the fastest in his heat, and won it going away, which might have hurt his overall time. Regardless it was good enough to beat 2 guys in the fast heat, but he wasn’t happy because his friends Tommy and Riley both beat his time – 1:14.17

#84 (d3/s5): B 13-14 100 Free (1:01.16Y ) – dropped .04…1:01.12…

#90 (d3/s5): B 13-14 200 Back (2:28.59Y ) – Added time finishing in a 2:30.06. I do believe after the improvement in the 100, we’ll see an improvement in the 200 down the road, I just don’t think he had the stamina to push on a 200…

#96 (d3/s5): B 13-14 200 Breast (2:37.34Y ) – Was racing Tommy and Riley in this one, and he wanted to beat them. He and Tommy were neck and neck in the opening 50 and 100, but then Tommy slowly pulled away with each stroke, as again we see the impact of the extended taper and Brett being unable to maintain his energy. He actually added time finishing in a 2:38.57. He did beat Riley…

#102 (d3/s5): B 13-14 100 Fly (1:21.35Y ) – Improved his time with a 1:20.24, but it was a bad swim. He’s gone 1:18s swimming the fly at the beginning of a 400 IM. He should be around a 1:15 at this point. Being this was the last event of the meet, not sure if he was tired, didn’t want to do it, or still doesn’t believe in his fly stroke, but he can do much better than this time.

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Summary

The extended taper definitely hurt Brett. It was unfortunate because I think he would have shown steady improvement in this meet had it be handled better. I know that many of the parents on both sides (Senior State Qualifiers vs non-State Qualifiers) were unhappy with results and I expect that Gold will be getting an ear full on this. In fact, one family with 2 national championship qualifiers went so far as to say, this gets worked out or we’ll find somewhere else that can handle it…