Chris DeSantis joins Garrett McCaffrey on this week’s episode of Open Turn to geek out on what should be some fast high school swimming this weekend as well as championship season in college swimming. McCaffrey makes a bold guarantee about one of the high school swimming superstars who will be chasing records this weekend, while DeSantis starts false rumors that are sure to anger the Machine, Braden Keith. They also get side tracked on what the NCAA record board may look like if Michael Phelps would’ve swam in college. All that, plus some college championship season discussion.
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Missy is not best swimmer in the world. Ye Shiewen is. She won IM
She is indeed, and often overlooked (I assume because she is from China, or the suspicion that she dopes).
She is indeed, and often overlooked (I assume because she is from China or because of the suspicion that she’s doping).
Amazing split. The college guys must be scared to death of Conger- Just imagine what he’ll be going by his senior year….
^20.13 fly split
^20.13 fly split
I don’t think anyone is “scared to death “of conger, anymore then they were scared of Nolan, Youngquist,or Murphy.Athletes at that level don’t think like that, only non athletes and parents think that way.
Yes, I suppose you’re correct on that one, but they still have good reason to be concerned about him and Murphy.
so who had the best meet of the three stars? Ledecky..not your favorite, Missy. My point is there are other GREAT swimmers in the USA and all the focus shouldn’t go to Missy. She is a great swimmers no doubt and I am taking anything away from her.
And the rest of the world’s point is that there is much, much more to Missy Franklin than her swimming, which is why she gets more attention.
You all are very conservative on Conger. I say he goes 4:12 and 44.80
4:13.8
You all are very conservative on Conger. I say he goes 4:12 in the 500 and 44.8 in the 100 bk.
19.9 fly split
42.8 leadoff of 4 free relay
4:10.9 500
44.8 100 back
19.90 would be amazing- sheilds went 19.80 on the fly at NCAA’s last year!
20.13 was the fly split.
20.99 FLY split for conger in prelims.
so that is a new national high school record for ledecky… in prelims
my prediction is looking good….she is after hoff’s record ….
prelims for the 500 and the 400 free relay are going on tonight. ledecky went 4:33.14 in the 500, conger went 4:20
question is… how much more do they have left in the tank? its really nice that they get a day in between their swims and dont have to come back in 4 or 5 hours and swim it again.
very true. they do have prelims for all the other events tomorrow though
Wait, I’m confused. Don’t they swim prelims in the morning and finals at night? Isn’t that the way it is usually done?
Only the 500 and 400 relay prelims were tonight, rest of the prelims tomorrow morning. Finals at night tomorrow