Anyone else a competitive swimmer?

[TheyCallMeDale]

Phelps begins his quest for 8 olympic golds at 12 et today on NBC when he competes in the 400 meter IM final.

Anyone else here swim competively? I swim up at SLU and was wondering if anyone else shares the same second hobby

[Digitalwave]

I used to, quit last year after 12 years. It gets old :)

[CobraKai]

I used to for like...5-6 years...I quit when I was like 11-12...It does get old after awhile but I've been thinking of getting back in the water.

[GaryE30]

I met a guy last summer in Montreat, NC during a church trip who knows TJ. We were in the same group. He swims/swam and he said he and TJ competed together. I forgot his name though.

But me on the other hand, I just swim in my pool. Nothing competitive.

[TheyCallMeDale]

it definately gets old, but i like the competition.

Plus swimming is one of the best ways to keep the beer gut off for a few more years

If anyone out there does / did swim what your events and times. Im a sprint freestyler mostly, with my times being 21.6, 49.5, and 1.50.3 in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyles respectively.

[CobraKai]

I forget what all my best times were..They werent that great because I was young but they were good for my age group.

[Digitalwave]

it definately gets old, but i like the competition.

Plus swimming is one of the best ways to keep the beer gut off for a few more years

If anyone out there does / did swim what your events and times. Im a sprint freestyler mostly, with my times being 21.6, 49.5, and 1.50.3 in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyles respectively.

Let's see... 1:45.0 200 free, 4:44 500 free, 16:21 mile, 1:55 200 IM, 4:12 400 IM.

[TheyCallMeDale]

damn nice times, youd be top three in every event in my conference minus the 200. Youd need to go sub 144 to get into the top 5


im hoping this year I can bust out a 145 in the 200. My turnover is too slow to expect much more in the 50. 48 low would be nice in the 100

[Digitalwave]

Yeah, I don't know how I did a 1:45, I even split it. I was a distance swimmer, never did anything under a 500. The mile was one of my best events.

[TheyCallMeDale]

nice man, when I went my 150 I think I went out in a 50. and came back 1.00. I only swam it once last year at states cause our third seed had agroin injury. Maybe this year I can do a little better if I actually swim it a couple times

[Digitalwave]

Funny thing is my 50 fly was as fast as my 50 free (23.0). I went high 52's on both splits of that 200. I was lead off on our 800 free relay at nationals so I wanted to go fast :) My high school team was 2 time consecutive state champs... the second year we won with only 5 guys, and the runner up team had 16.

[TheyCallMeDale]

damn impressive man

our 200 free relay team this year was the first team to miss the cut for Division 3 nationals by only .02 seconds. Talk about a heartbreaker.