No. Her 50 free LCM time is faster than the first 1.5 heats of men were.

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Aug 3, 2024
7:32:26am

Squeegee All-American

No. Her 50 free LCM time is faster than the first 1.5 heats of men were.

They didnt make the Olympics cuts, but got in under universality rules.

https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/sport/swimming/event/men-50m-freestyle/phase/swm010900/doc/results/

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I know I have no hope of competing with the men; I could beat some people in the

BaseCoug

Aug 2, 6:12pm

There were two 14+ second runners in the womens prelims, but if we exclude those two, the next slowest runner was 13.6.

scootsy

Aug 2, 6:23pm

Doesn't sound hard actually. I was running that in 8th grade.

Tesla Coug

Aug 2, 6:25pm

There are plenty of people who can no longer do what they could do in 8th grade

Tricky

Aug 2, 6:28pm

They were very slow times. The girls state finals times from 1A schools in Utah this year were all faster. But as a rule

scootsy

Aug 2, 6:34pm

I can run about a 13 sec 100m but I ran track in high school and am still in

BaseCoug

Aug 2, 6:44pm

Fair. What are you doing on CB then? You're younger than the average user by about 30 years.

scootsy

Aug 2, 6:46pm

Here for the expert BYU sports analysis

BaseCoug

Aug 2, 7:03pm

That's all slower than every Utah girl that places in the state finals last year

fattycoug

Aug 2, 6:39pm

Yes, from 6A all the way down to 1A. Very slow 100m times. But the person in question is a marathon runner from Solomon

scootsy

Aug 2, 6:43pm

13.6 does not translate to a 4.9, unless she stopped running second half.

RugbyCoug

Aug 2, 6:42pm

Pull out your calculator and do 13.6/109.36. Then multiply by 40.

scootsy

Aug 2, 6:45pm

That calculation ignores acceleration. Real 40 time would be slower since

David Lo Pan

Aug 2, 6:57pm

My daughter realized she could beat some of the men in 50 freestyle prelims

Squeegee

Aug 2, 7:25pm

She’s not confusing yards/meters or short course and long course, is she?

thirdgencoug

Aug 3, 2:51am

No. Her 50 free LCM time is faster than the first 1.5 heats of men were.

Squeegee

Aug 3, 7:32am

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