WHEEEEE! Happy Birthday Brendan!!!

As it's already Brendan's Birthday in China I figured I'd go ahead and get this posted. Make it a good one Bren! xoxox


Artwork by Alexandra from Hungary

Happy 26th!

Its Brendan's Birthday everyone. How time flies. He is now beginning his big crunch year leading up to Olympic trials and the Beijing Games.

OOh and special for Brendan's birthday, (well maybe not for that actually but very well timed) Swimming World Magazine posted this article going over the fact that only three men in history have swam sub one minute in the 100 breaststroke. Out of 20 times the barrier has been broken, B Han has done it 11 times! These are quoted statistics from that article:

100 Breaststroke (Sub-Minute Performances)
Name Country Site Date Time
Brendan Hansen USA Irvine, Calif. Aug. 1, 2006 59.13
Brendan Hansen USA Long Beach, Calif. July 8, 2004 59.30
Brendan Hansen USA Montreal July 25, 2005 59.37
Brendan Hansen USA Irvine, Calif. Aug. 2, 2005 59.51
Kosuke Kitajima Japan Montreal July 25, 2005 59.53
Brendan Hansen USA Indianapolis Aug. 3, 2007 59.59
Kosuke Kitajima Japan Montreal July 24, 2005 59.71
Brendan Hansen USA Montreal July 24, 2005 59.75
Kosuke Kitajima Japan Montreal July 24, 2005 59.78
Kosuke Kitajima Japan Barcelona July 21, 2003 59.78
Brendan Hansen USA Melbourne March 26, 2007 59.80
Brendan Hansen USA Montreal July 24, 2005 59.84
Brendan Hansen USA Irvine, Calif. Aug. 1, 2006 59.87
Brendan Hansen USA Victoria, Canada Aug. 18, 2006 59.90
Roman Sloudnov Russia Fukuoka, Japan July 24, 2001 59.94
Kosuke Kitajima Japan Melbourne March 26, 2007 59.96
Kosuke Kitajima Japan Melbourne March 25, 2007 59.96
Roman Sloudnov Russia Moscow June 29, 2001 59.97
Brendan Hansen USA Indianapolis Aug. 3, 2007 59.98
Kosuke Kitajima Japan Barcelona July 20, 2003 59.98

So I while I was looking for news I found this interview from when he was in Mondavi, Italy last year. The translation is hilarious so I have to share it.

Brendan Hansen is told
Interview to the world-wide champion of the frog


Mondovi' - the eighth edition of the International Meeting of Swim City of carried out Mondovi' the 22-23 you open them past, organized from the Libertas Mondovi', enriched from the presence of many big Italian and foreign which Pippo Magnini, Roland Schoeman, Salem Iles, Jennipher Thompson and Brendan Hansen have given the possibility to us to meet the champion and primatista of the 200 world of 100 and frog, the Brendan American Hansen. Having passed with he two entire days, it is to edge bathtub that to supper, we have been able to appreciate its dowries of likeable boy, always ready to the joke, but also extremely serious, determined and scrupulous in the allenementi you always turn to the attainment of the maximum in order to try to improve itself constantly.

Hello Brendan, thanks for your availability. How six approached the swim and which age to you?
I have begun to swim to the age of four years, because my parents have pushed to me in water to swim, and from that day I have continued, also because I love to be in water.


It tells one your day to me type of training. Which are the aspects of the training that you prefer and those that they weigh to you mainly?
I raise myself to the 6,30 of the mattino, from the 7 to the 9 I train in bathtub swimming all the styles, then I go in arena to make weights from the 13 the 15 and from the 15 to the 17 anchor training in water in an olympic swimming pool from 50 meters, then I go to house and to rest. The thing that it appeals to to me tantissimo is to train with my friends the olympic champions to me Aaron Peirsol, Neil Walker, Ian Crocker, that one that hung to me more is the training in if, decidedly boring.
Which is your better quality and peggior the defect? My friends say that they are a lot amusing and likeable, make to laugh. I do not know which defect, also because my friends me do not find any; they are perfect, (n.d.r. says it joking).

To outside of the swim and the study, which are yours hobbyes?
I love to go hunting and to peach I have also a dog, but it appeals to also the bicycle to me and to exit with the friends to amuse to me.

Six satisfied of the slid season culminated with the title world-wide it in 100 and 200 frog to Montreal?

Totally they have been satisfied of the slid season with the gold gained in 100 and 200 frog to the World-wide ones. I think the end of the 100 frog the best one having struck the Katajima Japanese, than it had preceded to me to Giochi di Atene, although two months before you had established the supremacy of the world to Long Beach. This Victoria wanted to us, it has been one rivincita and are successful to obtain it because second me they are successful to train best to me and I have believed to us until in bottom.

Which is your relationship with your society the Club Longhorn Aquatics and the technician Eddy Reese?
My trainer is like a father for me, in how much my parents live in Pennsylvania, while I train myself in Texas, feel much the lack also because I see two times to them alone the year, therefore the trainer and the society is my family in Texas.

Your relationship with the companions of square of National the USA?
Aaron Peirsol is my better friend. The boys of the national one train themselves in various places of the United States. Every time that we find again ourselves, we feel a great group of friends, we amuse ourselves together, we are well and we share the same experience.

Which are yours object you for this season, and in perspective for the Games of Beijing 2008?
The more important appointment to short is the Pacific Pan games in program to August and obviously the objective is that one to improve the record of the world in 100 and 200 frog. The in the mid term perspective is that one to gain all the medals of gold to the World-wide ones of Melbourne 2007 and Olympic Giochi of Beijing 2008. I am working a lot hardly and seriously in bathtub just in order to center all this.

In last the two very many years six improved from the cronometrico point of view, establishing the records of world 59,30 on the 100 frog and 2.09.04 on the 200. Where you think of being able to improve ulteriorly on the short one or the double distance? Which contest you prefer?
Task to improve ulteriorly on the double distance, contest that is my preferred one.

A your judgment on the Italian swim, as it judges turns out you of Montreal 2005 and Shanghai 2006 for the blueta? Which athletes you know?
I have not participated and not followed the World-wide ones of Shanghai. To Montreal the test of Pippo Magnini has been much entusiasmante, has demonstrated of being able to carry the blue swim to highest international levels. The blue swimmer that I know better is just Filippo.

E' before the time that you swam in Italy? What appeals to you of our country?
E' before the time that I come in Italy to swim to Mondovi. It appeals to the red wine to me, appeals to people very to me, always much cordial, you are simpati to us and available, quality that I appreciate truly a lot. I feel also a po' Italian, my maternal grandfathers make Savini of last name and are original of the Abruzzi.



It appeals to this created formula to you to the Meeting di Mondovì to bind together the young swimmers to the big with the final involvement of all in the staffettone, rising of passage of witness between the swim of the future and the champions it asserts to you, in this great festivity of the swim?
, extraordinary what is one because it promotes the swim, these children swims to flank of world-wide champions when tomorrow between they us it could be an asserted champion.

Brendan thanks for your enormous sympathy and availability.
Thanks to you, hello.

THE BRENDAN CARD HANSEN

Brendan Hansen is been born 15 August 1981 to Havertown in Pennsylvania. High E' 1,83 cm and hung 83 kg. It studies in the college of the University of Texas to Austin. Its hobbyes are hunting and peach. He has others two siblings swimmers, the brother greater Sean, and the smaller sister Megan who swims for the Southern Connecticut.
He brings to light himself to 19 years in 2000 to the Trias Americans reaches third party is in the 100 that in the 200 frog.
It makes part of National the USA from 2000. In its most prestigious agonistica career he boasts seven supremacies of the world, two established in July 2004 to Long Beach on 100 and 200 frog and five obtained in the mixed couriers 4x100. Giochi has collezionato 14 medals in the great international competitions which Olympic and It samples to you World-wide.

After this article was written Brendan lowered the World standard in the 100 Breast once and the 200 twice.

Here's to Brendan seeing all his birthday wishes come true!

Yay it's Monday!

My swimming instructor is polite enough not to ride on my back and whip me with a stick, but in so many other ways this video is uncomfortably familiar...



(Grabbed that link while checking out Uinnista.)

Belated Happy Birthday to Bee!

Brendan's Greatest Hits pt. 4

Psych sheet anytime soon FINA? USA Swimming? Anyone?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIMMAY!

Missouri Wrap-up and Austin here we come!

Hooked Horn

In a battle of Longhorn Aquatics teammates, Eric Shanteau scored an unlikely victory.

Shanteau took down world-record-holder Brendan Hansen in the 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:13.06. Hansen was second at 2:13.60.

It was the first time Shanteau beat Hansen in a competition.

"It's huge for every reason, basically," Shanteau said. "Brendan's the best at what he does, and he's held the world record for a number of years now and doesn't lose too many breaststroke races. It's huge for both us, for me to have the confidence to win and also for him" to have "a little bit more motivation."

The duo dominated the race. The third-place finisher was more than 3 seconds back. Hansen had the lead by four-tenths of a second at 100 meters, but Shanteau closed the gap by the final turn and slowly nudged ahead for the win in the final 50 meters.

"Inside the pool, we're competitors, but when it's all said and done, we're still friends and we're still going to be happy for each other no matter what happens," Shanteau said. "He's also a big part of the reason why I swam as fast as I did tonight. He helps me out a lot with technique and training advice."

100 Breast Prelim Results from Monday

1 Hansen, Brendan 1:01.92
2 Swander, Kevin 1:03.01
3 Usher, Scott C 1:03.79
4 Shanteau, Eric 1:04.06
5 Pogioli, Giorda 1:04.25
6 Velez, Dan N 1:05.60
7 Phelps, Michael 1:05.74
8 Rogers, Dale E 1:05.98

Blair is here and we're leaving for Short Course Championships in Austin as soon as my boys get home from band practice. Can't wait to see all you other BHOer's who are going. Be sure to find us in the stands! I'll post more from the meet tomorrow night and will hopefully have some video to post over the weekend. Wheeeeee!

Happy Belated 21st Birthday Erin!