If it's true that this guy is clean, I see Usain Bolt taking his records even lower. I'm not even sure who can touch him right now - or ever.
August 2009 Archives
On Thursday a foursome of York YMCA swimmers made quite a splash in the pool at the Jr. Nationals in Federal Way, Wash.
The team of Sada Stewart, Hali Flickinger, Sarah Dotzel and Julia Kucherich entered the day seeded last out of 38 teams in the women's 800 free relay.
However, after Stewart led off the race with an Olympic Trail cut time (2:03.34) the four ended up in ninth place after posting a 8:24.90, an amazing jump.
All four swimmers bested their personal best by at least two seconds. Wow.
Flickinger is a Spring Grove student, Dotzel attends York Catholic, Stewart and Kucherich are students at York Suburban.
Also on Thursday, Stewart placed 21st in the 200 free with her time of 2:04.61.
Although none of the York Y swimmers that competed on Friday qualified for the finals, it was still an outstanding performance by coach Michael Brooks' crew, which posted a total of four Olympic Trial cut times this week.
That's the question many Philadelphia Eagles fans -- and indeed fans all around the league -- must be asking themselves now. No doubt the Eagles signing of Michael Vick came as a huge shock, and it certainly sparked the anger of many fans and animal rights activists, including some in York County.
But Vick is trying to show the public he is, indeed, a different person. He has partnered with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to try and educate inner-city youths about the evils of dogfighting and animal torture.
While reporting for our local reaction story on Vick on Friday, I stumbled onto an interview with HSUS' Chief Operating Officer, Michael Markarian, who offered an interesting take on Vick's efforts with the HSUS, and just how much he could mean to the effort to stop dogfighting.
Continue reading Has Vick really changed?.
It's been a busy few days for York YMCA swimmers at the Jr. National meet in Federal Way, Wash. as Sada Stewart placed 24th in the women's 200 butterfly (2:16.78) and came back Wednesday to finish 21st in the 100 fly (1:01.99).
Teammates Hali Flickinger (4:52.51) and Julia Kucherich (4:53.24) finished 11th and 14th respectively in the women's 400 individual medley.
Both Flickinger and Kucherich swam Olympic Trial cut times as did Stewart in the 100 fly.
These are great performances against some of the nation's best at the meet which runs through Friday.
Cliff Lee was great on the mound, but was also 2-for-4 at the plate, including a double and a run scored in his Phillies debut at San Francisco.
Lee, who was a victim of shoddy run support with Cleveland, pitched with a lead most of the game, something that rarely happened with the Indians.
Gee ... maybe the Tribe offense would have been better if they let Lee hit.
