Tom Dolan's 1997 NCAA 1,650 Freestyle Pacing
Friday, February 27, 2009
These are the splits for Tom Dolan's American-Record 1,650 YD Freestyle Swim at the 1997 NCAA Men's Swimming Championships.
48.96
52.29
52.86
53.15
53.53
53.32
53.21
53.47
53.67
53.70
53.40
53.15
52.57
52.76
52.50
52.64
24.13 for his last 50.
These splits are from the book "Swimming Fastest" which does into this swim in a bit more detail. The most important thing that the book points out is that his 200 yard of the race was about 8 seconds slower than his best 200 yard swim and his 500 yard was also 8 seconds slower than his best 500 yard swim. His 1st 500 split was 4:20.79 then his 2nd 500 split was 4:27 and his 3rd 500 split was 4:23.
source: "Swimming Fastest" by Ernest Maglischo.
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