Men’s 400m Free – Finals – 2014 Austin Grand Prix – reported by Jared Anderson / SwimSwam
Yannick Agnel continues to impress on American soil after joining Bob Bowman’s North Baltimore Aquatic Club for his training. After a runner-up finish in the 100 free, Agnel showed his fantastic freestyle range, winning the 400 free just 4 events later. Agnel went 3:49.78 to best a tough field of distance specialists. Michael McBroom, who swam most of his college years in Austin, fought hard, going 3:50.47 and sticking with Agnel up and down the pool; he finished second.
Tunisian Olympian and Club Trojan member Ous Mellouli was third in 3:50.85. Tyler Clary showed off his versatility alongside Agnel, going 3:52.86 for fourth place – Clary typically swims backstrokes and IMs, but showed here he’s got an awfully tough freestyle as well.
Clary’s Club Wolverine teammate Michael Klueh finished 5th, going 3:52.94. Jeremy Bagshaw was 6th for California, North Baltimore’s Matt McLean took 7th and 18-year-old Mexican national Julio Andres Olvera Alejos finished 8th.
No language is easy to learn unless they are similar like Spanish and Portuguese. English has a lot of irregular verbs that don’t follow normal rules, so it can be a challenge. Most latin languages have very similar verb conjugation rules……
To learn a language well, it’s gonna take at least two years fully submerged in a culture where it is spoken. I know because it’s what I went through and I was very determined to learn a new language.
Yannick is doing a great job with English!
His English is very very good. I wonder where he learned it so well. Almost no trace of an accent whatsoever.
Foreign languages are not easy to learn at all. I’m impressed!
Most of French people are very bad in foreign languages.
Mr Agnel has improved a lot since last year. He’s in Baltimore since last April or May so it’s logic to improve. Nothing is better than listening and speaking the language 24/7 in the country.
English is the easiest language to learn. French is very hard in comparison.
I remember asking -in english- for direction at Charles de Gaulle airport at the *information desk* and this lady answered me in French…..
mmmkkkaaaayyyy…..
CONGRATS YANNICK!
Now, please win the 200 free in 1.46 today.
He seems cool for a French guy
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Please, don’t make your Psychodad! 😆