Evening Prelims are Hell on Earth...

Having now experienced 2.5 days of morning finals I have to give it a thumbs down. Speaking solely from a fan POV, morning finals lack excitement and enthusiasm and it's damn near torture to sit through 4-5 hours of prelims at the end of a long day - I can only imagine what it's like for the swimmers. The big guys seem to be doing a little better than the rest at dropping their times from prelims to finals but for the most part finals have been a good deal slower than prelims and swimmers and crowd alike are moving around like a bunch of people who just woke up. It's going to take more than some loud music to get everyone pumped up and ready to go.

So, aside from that, looking at the positives...the results may show this meet as one ruled by Wolverines but for some of us it's been all about Ryan Lochte's suit and his issues with it. I've never seen a swimmer spend so much time adjusting himself on deck. It's a great looking suit though - a shade of white that seems lit from within and it says Brazil on the butt in blue. The price one pays for fashion.



Another highlight has been the appearance of the littlest Vanderkaay, Dane.



A future Michigan swimmer you think? Certainly the cutest Vanderkaay so far.

For those of you looking for things like results and split times, you can find them at Swimming World and USA Swimming. In all honesty, the only swim that had any excitement was the 400 Medley Relay where Michigan's Allison Schmitt had an amazing final leg to give Wolverines the win over Georgia.