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Peirsol shaves time off his world record
Saturday, Apr 2, 2005 @ 11:56 PM
As dominant as Michael Phelps has been -- the greatest swimmer ever, experts have said -- there is one swimmer perhaps more dominant.
His name is Aaron Peirsol, and his game is backstroke.
Peirsol, in a post-Olympic year that is supposed to signal a lull, set a world record in the 100-meter backstroke Saturday night in the World Championship Trials.
His time of 53.17 seconds broke the record of 53.45 he set in leading off the winning 400-meter medley relay Aug. 8 at the Athens Olympics.
A crowd of 1,413 witnessed the first world record set at the Natatorium at IUPUI since April 6, 2003, when Phelps set one in the 400-meter individual medley. The top two in each event qualify for July's World Championships at Montreal.
Phelps won his second race in as many nights, in the 200 freestyle, but this was Peirsol's showcase. Phelps swam to the ledge of a warm-up pool to slap hands with Peirsol before the backstroker addressed the media.
Question-and-answer soon became stream of consciousness.
"That was interesting. I don't know what that was about," Peirsol said.
And later, "I don't know what to say. Really, ridiculous."
And finally, "I don't know what I did. Cool, man. Whatever happens, dude. I'll write a book and tell you about it later."
Phelps, 19, who does have a book published, could only smile when asked about his colleague.
" eirsol's Peirsol. He's his own person," Phelps said.
Peirsol, 21, a former University of Texas swimmer from Irvine, Calif., won three gold medals at Athens and three more in October's short course World Championships at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Peirsol followed the fast start by Randall Ball, who touched first at 50 meters in 25.92. Bal finished second in 54.01, and Olympian Bryce Hunt of Newburgh, Ind., was fifth in 55.83.
Longhorn Aquatics coach Eddie Reese called Peirsol "the quintessential backstroker" and said the swimmer has been doing more weight training.
On Tuesday, in what could be the highlight of the six-day trials, Peirsol is to race Phelps and Ryan Lochte of the University of Florida in the 200 backstroke. Phelps was second to Peirsol in last year's Olympic Trials, and Lochte set a short course American record this year in the 200-yard backstroke.
Saturday's 200 freestyle represented a reunion. The four men who upset Australia to win Athens gold in the 800 freestyle relay -- Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller and Lochte -- finished in that order.
Finishing fifth, and thus qualifying for Montreal as a relay alternate, was Westfield, Ind., resident Jayme Cramer of Stanford.
Phelps' time of 1:46.44 was not far off the American record of 1:45.32 he set in winning a bronze medal at Athens.
This has become a season in which Phelps is freewheeling in freestyle. He won Friday's 400, and he is in Monday's 100.
"As the race gets shorter, his fitness won't matter as much," said his coach, Bob Bowman, of the University of Michigan. "Talent will take over."
Talent clearly counts. There's no other explanation for Keller's third-place finish. He intended to retire after holding off Australia's Ian Thorpe on the anchor leg of a dramatic 800 freestyle relay at Athens.
Keller took four months off and gained an estimated 35 to 40 pounds. He kept getting chided by former Michigan coach Jon Urbanchek and finally relented.
Keller returned to Ann Arbor and trains there now with Phelps, Vanderkaay and Saturday's 200 butterfly winner, Davis Tarwater.
"I didn't know what I was going to do. Just moving on," Keller said. "It's great to be back in the pool racing."
That's a sentiment shared by Natalie Coughlin. She won the women's 100 backstroke, an event in which she won a gold medal at Athens.
She broke her foot in September, keeping her out of the short course worlds and out of the pool for three months. Paradoxically, it was that injury that restored post-Olympic motivation.
"I was very, very happy to get back and train and be in shape again," Coughlin said.
Katie Hoff, 15, of Abingdon, Md., won her second race in as many night, clocking 1:59.56 in the women's 200 freestyle. Hoff set an American record Friday in the 200 individual medley.
Fifth was Kaitlin Sandeno, a triple Olympic medalist at Athens and winner of four golds at the short course worlds. She can be on the 800 freestyle relay team but has yet to qualify for Montreal in an individual event.
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mike还是没有参加200蝶的比赛，好奇怪啊……
Kaitlin这次成绩很不好呢，持续奇怪中……
Women’s 100m Backstroke 2 APR 2005 - 18:00
FINAL RESULTS
WR 59.58 COUGHLIN NATALIE Fort Lauderdale (USA) 13 AUG 2002 USA
AR 59.58 COUGHLIN NATALIE Fort Lauderdale (USA) 13 AUG 2002 USA
US 59.58 COUGHLIN NATALIE Fort Lauderdale (USA) 13 AUG 2002 USA
1. COUGHLIN NATALIE 82 0.52 29.71 1:01.08
2. MOSS JERI 84 0.70 30.34 1:02.30
3. ROGERS LAUREN 87 0.63 30.08 1:02.36
Men’s 200m Freestyle 2 APR 2005 - 18:10
FINAL RESULTS
WR 1:44.06 THORPE Ian Fukuoka (JPN) 25 JUL 2001 AUS
AR 1:45.32 PHELPS MICHAEL Athens (GRE) 16 AUG 2004 USA
US 1:45.63 THORPE IAN Long Beach (USA) 12 JUN 2004 AUS
1. PHELPS MICHAEL 85 0.81 25.00 51.84 1:19.37 1:46.44
2. VANDERKAAY PETER 84 0.71 25.24 52.74 1:20.60 1:48.27
3. KELLER KLETE 82 1.18 26.05 53.75 1:21.79 1:48.67
4. LOCHTE RYAN 84 0.69 25.63 53.38 1:21.33 1:48.89
Men’s 100m Backstroke 2 APR 2005 - 18:31
FINAL RESULTS
WR 53.45 PEIRSOL AARON Athens (GRE) 21 AUG 2004 USA
AR 53.45 PEIRSOL AARON Athens (GRE) 21 AUG 2004 USA
US 53.64 PEIRSOL AARON Long Beach (USA) 9 JUL 2004 USA
1. PEIRSOL AARON 83 0.66 25.96 53.17 WR
2. BAL RANDALL 80 0.56 25.92 54.01
3. GREVERS MATT 85 0.64 26.57 54.59
3. MARSHALL PETER 82 0.56 26.30 54.59
5. HUNT BRYCE 82 0.72 27.52 55.83
Women’s 200m Freestyle 2 APR 2005 - 18:40
FINAL RESULTS
WR 1:56.64 van ALMSICK Franziska Berlin (GER) 3 AUG 2002 GER
AR 1:57.41 BENKO LINDSAY Barcelona (ESP) 24 JUL 2003 USA
US 1:58.02 POLL CLAUDIA Los Angeles (USA) 15 JUL 2000 CRC
1. HOFF KATIE 89 NBACMD 0.77 29.12 59.42 1:29.66 1:59.56
2. DESCENZA MARY 84 ABSCGA 0.72 28.69 59.30 1:30.06 1:59.93
3. MYERS WHITNEY 84 UN-2AZ 0.68 28.63 59.28 1:29.95 2:00.14
5. SANDENO KAITLIN 83 TROJCA 0.72 28.99 59.55 1:30.25 2:00.33
Men’s 200m Butterfly 2 APR 2005 - 19:02
FINAL RESULTS
WR 1:53.93 PHELPS MICHAEL Barcelona (ESP) 22 JUL 2003 USA
AR 1:53.93 PHELPS MICHAEL Barcelona (ESP) 22 JUL 2003 USA
US 1:54.31 PHELPS MICHAEL Long Beach (USA) 10 JUL 2004 USA
1. TARWATER DAVIS 84 0.75 27.15 57.32 1:27.53 1:58.71
2. RAAB MICHAEL 82 R 0.75 26.85 56.85 1:27.85 1:58.79
3. MADWED DANIEL 89 0.79 27.16 57.53 1:28.99 2:00.15
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