Sorry for the lack of a wrap-up last night. Immediately after Finals ended Tjitske and I were in the car for the four hour trip to Virginia. Well as you all know now, Haverford's Brendan Hansen failed to qualify for the Olympic Team in the 200 Breaststroke last night. Hansen was in control of the race until the last 25 meters when three swimmers, including eventual winner Scott Spann, caught and passed Hansen. Spann's time of 2:09.97 makes him only the second American in history under 2:10. Spann is hitting his stride right now and I see him going even faster in Beijing. Also a big congratulations goes out to Eric Shanteau who finished second in the race to punch his ticekt to the Games. Shanteau trains with Brendan at Texas and will now be his teammate in Beijing.
Credit must be given to Hansen for handling the situation with the utmost class. Instead of making excuses which could take away from the accomplishments of his teammates Spann and Shanteau, Hansen congratulated his teammates and was genuine about it. Instead of talking about what he did wrong to lose the race he spoke of how he left everything in the pool. Rowdy Gaines made an excellent point last night by saying Brendan can now concentrate solely on the 100 Breast and I would not be surprised at all if he wins his first individual Gold Medal and break his own World Record.
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