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Breeze · 10-09-2013, 11:53 AM

2013 SCAT Fall Invitational - Results

Brett

200 IM – 2:56.92 – So this race started with the 50 fly leg, and Brett's fly is still very stiff and painful to watch, but despite all that he is starting to understand the form, he just needs to get stronger with it and relax and race rather than focus on the form. He was last a way behind the field after the fly, but by the end of the back, he had caught the trailing swimmers, and by the end of the breast he was middle of the pack. He held on to his spot in free and posted a personal best of 2:46.58, an improvement of 10+ seconds...and still with the slow fly leg...

100 FR – 1:09.04 – Given this race was just 2 weeks removed from time trials I didn't expect a huge improvement here, but I was wrong...1:06.24, dropped 2.8 seconds in 2 weeks...

50 FL – 38.41 – After watching Brett swim this race, I take back what I said, I do think he is capable of swimming the 100 fly (maybe even the 200), but it would be painfully slow and potentially embarass him...so I'm glad he didn't have to do it. Finished with a 42.55...this is the one stroke that is still way below average

50 BR – 38.38 – Brett enjoyed this one, and he looked very smooth. Seemed to find a nice compromise between, stroke and glide. Dropped 1.5 seconds and posted a personal best 36.88 - he also finished 3rd overall for 13 year olds in this event.

200 FR – 2:29.65 – The improvements in this stroke in the 100 over the last two meets, carried over in this one, as he dropped 8.44 seconds from his personal best and finished with a 2:21.21 (some very interesting split information on this event that I'll post later at the bottom).

50 FR – 32.88 – Brett's sprints still need some work. Unlike the good sprinters with their powerful kicks creating a white froth in the water, Brett's feet barely break the surface...however, he is still improving with a drop of 1.81 seconds fora time of 31.07

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Bear

200 IM – 2:52.71 - Bear’s fly looked like Brett's...in was errie how similar they were. So obviously Bear has some work to do. As it turns out, he posted an almost identical time to his seed...2:52.74. His improvements in breast weren't apparent here, and his back was stiff. His free looked good, but his fly is worse than it used to be...for now...

100 Breast – 1:37.02 – After the fly leg in the IM I didn't expect much here, but he surprised me with a 1:35.73

200 Back – NT – Did pretty well here with a 2:45.26...only 3 seconds from a state cut...I still think that Bear has done this event in the past, but it appears that SwimAtlanta purged all the times he posted while swimming for them from the USASwimming site. I have an old spreadsheet somewhere with most of that data on it...I'll see if I can dig it up...

200 Free – 2:30.79 – This is one of the two events that Bear was looking forward to...and he did a very nice job with a 2:23.73...only 2 seconds from a state cut.

100 Fly – 1:26.59 – Painful...1:30.60...

500 Free - 6:36.38 – This was the one Bear was most excited about. He really felt he could sprint the entire thing. His coach however didn't want him to overwork at the start of the season, and told him to go out controlled. Of course that concept was lost on Bear and he isn't sophisticated enough right now to understand controlled vs. slow...and he took it out way to conservatively. We finally got his attention and he posted a strong tail end of the race to end up with a huge negative split and an excellent time of 6:20.64, and our first state cut of the season (not counting carryovers from long course). Here are his splits...with coaches comments...

Code:


50    -     36.80
100    -     41.51 (1:18.31) - what the heck was that...tell him to go faster
150    -     39.58 (1:57.89) - shakes his head, still needs to pick it up a little
200    -     38.79 (2:36.68) - That's better...
250    -     39.20 (3:15.88) - 
300    -     38.17 (3:54.05) - Now he's gotten into a better rythem.
350    -     36.44 (4:30.49) - Holy crap...he has so much left it's ridiculous...tell him to go harder
400    -     36.35 (5:06.84) - keep pushing him to go hard...he's doing great
450    -     37.19 (5:44.03) - 
500    -     36.61 (6:20.64) - Wow...what a finish...last two 100s...1:12.79, and 1:13.80...Opening 100 was 1:18.31, followed by 1:18.37 and 1:17.37

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Bailey

200 IM – 2:49.98 – didn't look great...bad dive, rested WAY to much on the back leg, and breast is still a challenge for her. Dropped 1.45 seconds 2:48.53

100 Breast – 1:34.77 – still needs work. A bit better than the end of the year last year, but way off when she was swimming the stroke well... 1:40.35

200 Back – NT – Good swim 2:43.82, but could have used a bit more effort here....

200 Free – 2:31.13 – All her talk about being excited to do the longer races appears to be more about convencing herself she can do it...as she actually added time here...2:31.54 - way behind the boys' times...which is surprising...

100 Fly 1:15.17 – Form is still good...arms appear to be getting a bit to wide so she isn't getting a deep strong, efficient pull, but she did manage to drop some time 1:14.84

100 IM – 1:17.43 – should have been DQed, started out with a quick Free stroke, but all the officials (and there were 3 that were right there looking at the race and any one of them could have seen it)...she said her goggles came off a bit and she panicked when it did, and she forgot what she was doing. She also figured she was DQed so she sort of coasted to a 1:21.91

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Here are the 200 Free Splits for Brett and Bear...

Code:


          Brett    Bear
50        33.57    33.43
100       35.44    37.48
150       36.68    36.54
200       35.52    36.28

other than the second 50 for Bear they were almost identical...
by the way...coach wasn't happy with that second 50...
told Bear he coasted too much...

10-09-2013, 11:53 AM	#339
Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	2013 SCAT Fall Invitational - Results Brett *200 IM – 2:56.92* – So this race started with the 50 fly leg, and Brett's fly is still very stiff and painful to watch, but despite all that he is starting to understand the form, he just needs to get stronger with it and relax and race rather than focus on the form. He was last a way behind the field after the fly, but by the end of the back, he had caught the trailing swimmers, and by the end of the breast he was middle of the pack. He held on to his spot in free and posted a personal best of 2:46.58, an improvement of 10+ seconds...and still with the slow fly leg... *100 FR – 1:09.04* – Given this race was just 2 weeks removed from time trials I didn't expect a huge improvement here, but I was wrong...1:06.24, dropped 2.8 seconds in 2 weeks... *50 FL – 38.41* – After watching Brett swim this race, I take back what I said, I do think he is capable of swimming the 100 fly (maybe even the 200), but it would be painfully slow and potentially embarass him...so I'm glad he didn't have to do it. Finished with a 42.55...this is the one stroke that is still way below average *50 BR – 38.38* – Brett enjoyed this one, and he looked very smooth. Seemed to find a nice compromise between, stroke and glide. Dropped 1.5 seconds and posted a personal best 36.88 - he also finished 3rd overall for 13 year olds in this event. *200 FR – 2:29.65* – The improvements in this stroke in the 100 over the last two meets, carried over in this one, as he dropped 8.44 seconds from his personal best and finished with a 2:21.21 (some very interesting split information on this event that I'll post later at the bottom). *50 FR – 32.88* – Brett's sprints still need some work. Unlike the good sprinters with their powerful kicks creating a white froth in the water, Brett's feet barely break the surface...however, he is still improving with a drop of 1.81 seconds fora time of 31.07 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bear *200 IM – 2:52.71* - Bear’s fly looked like Brett's...in was errie how similar they were. So obviously Bear has some work to do. As it turns out, he posted an almost identical time to his seed...2:52.74. His improvements in breast weren't apparent here, and his back was stiff. His free looked good, but his fly is worse than it used to be...for now... *100 Breast – 1:37.02* – After the fly leg in the IM I didn't expect much here, but he surprised me with a 1:35.73 *200 Back – NT* – Did pretty well here with a 2:45.26...only 3 seconds from a state cut...I still think that Bear has done this event in the past, but it appears that SwimAtlanta purged all the times he posted while swimming for them from the USASwimming site. I have an old spreadsheet somewhere with most of that data on it...I'll see if I can dig it up... *200 Free – 2:30.79* – This is one of the two events that Bear was looking forward to...and he did a very nice job with a 2:23.73...only 2 seconds from a state cut. *100 Fly – 1:26.59* – Painful...1:30.60... *500 Free - 6:36.38* – This was the one Bear was most excited about. He really felt he could sprint the entire thing. His coach however didn't want him to overwork at the start of the season, and told him to go out controlled. Of course that concept was lost on Bear and he isn't sophisticated enough right now to understand controlled vs. slow...and he took it out way to conservatively. We finally got his attention and he posted a strong tail end of the race to end up with a huge negative split and an excellent time of 6:20.64, and our first state cut of the season (not counting carryovers from long course). Here are his splits...with coaches comments... Code: 50 - 36.80 100 - 41.51 (1:18.31) - what the heck was that...tell him to go faster 150 - 39.58 (1:57.89) - shakes his head, still needs to pick it up a little 200 - 38.79 (2:36.68) - That's better... 250 - 39.20 (3:15.88) - 300 - 38.17 (3:54.05) - Now he's gotten into a better rythem. 350 - 36.44 (4:30.49) - Holy crap...he has so much left it's ridiculous...tell him to go harder 400 - 36.35 (5:06.84) - keep pushing him to go hard...he's doing great 450 - 37.19 (5:44.03) - 500 - 36.61 (6:20.64) - Wow...what a finish...last two 100s...1:12.79, and 1:13.80...Opening 100 was 1:18.31, followed by 1:18.37 and 1:17.37 -------------------------------------------------------------- Bailey *200 IM – 2:49.98* – didn't look great...bad dive, rested WAY to much on the back leg, and breast is still a challenge for her. Dropped 1.45 seconds 2:48.53 *100 Breast – 1:34.77* – still needs work. A bit better than the end of the year last year, but way off when she was swimming the stroke well... 1:40.35 *200 Back – NT* – Good swim 2:43.82, but could have used a bit more effort here.... *200 Free – 2:31.13* – All her talk about being excited to do the longer races appears to be more about convencing herself she can do it...as she actually added time here...2:31.54 - way behind the boys' times...which is surprising... *100 Fly 1:15.17* – Form is still good...arms appear to be getting a bit to wide so she isn't getting a deep strong, efficient pull, but she did manage to drop some time 1:14.84 *100 IM – 1:17.43* – should have been DQed, started out with a quick Free stroke, but all the officials (and there were 3 that were right there looking at the race and any one of them could have seen it)...she said her goggles came off a bit and she panicked when it did, and she forgot what she was doing. She also figured she was DQed so she sort of coasted to a 1:21.91 ------------------------------------------- Here are the 200 Free Splits for Brett and Bear... Code: Brett Bear 50 33.57 33.43 100 35.44 37.48 150 36.68 36.54 200 35.52 36.28 other than the second 50 for Bear they were almost identical... by the way...coach wasn't happy with that second 50... told Bear he coasted too much... Last edited by Breeze : 10-09-2013 at 11:54 AM.