Day 4 At Trials

Day 4 saw Bryan hit the water for his first event. Swimming in the last heat in lane 1 Bryan did not get off to his best start and over swam the first 20 meters with his arms, his tempo was to fast. Bryan did not make it into the semi finals, although his time was only .3 off his best. He told me tonight that he is going to Time Trial the 100 tomorrow and see what he can do.

The swims tonight at finals were good races, although no world records were set. I think we are being spoiled:). Two American records and a US Open were set though. In the Men's 100 Fr Jason Lezak 31 years old, beat his American Record and missed the world record by .08. He is the first American to go under 48 sec for the event.

In the women's 200 Fr final the top 6 make the team. It took a 1:57 to do that. In 2004 it took a 2:00.0. Great race.

In the 200 Fly, Michael Phelps looked strong and won pretty easily, but the fight for second was won by Gil Stoval a UGA swimmer. His time of 1:53 was very impressive. Also his "victory yell" was even more impressive.

In the women's 200 Fly a lot of girls went 2:08 or better, which means an unbelievable final tomorrow night. Our local GA girl Kathleen Hersey is going into finals with the 2nd place time. We are all pulling for her.

The men's 200 BR was a little bit of a let down as Brendon Hanson, clearly held back his last 50. I hope he goes for the world record tomorrow night, he can do it. Also a local guy Eric Shanteau is also 2nd going into the finals.

The best race was the last one. The women's 200IM. Natalie Coughlin went out in a 59 for the first 100. Katie Hoff and Ariana Kukors ran her down on the BR. But Coughlin the great competitor she is fought back to claim 2nd behind Hoff, but lost her American Record to Hoff.

The photo is of the water fall that is behind the winners podium, its pretty cool.