By David Rieder
Simon Burnett now coaches at the University of the Pacific, and last week he returned to the McAuley Aquatic Center at Georgia Tech for the women’s NCAA championships where he saw his own name inscribed on the pool record board. Still standing was the 1:31.20 that he clocked in the 200 free on March 24, 2006. Not only had no one swum faster in that pool, but nobody had ever gone faster, period.
That U.S. Open record survived the suit era and repeated attempts on its existence from the likes of Ricky Berens, David Walters, Scot Robison and others. Even Michael Wynada could not take it down despite splitting a 1:30.60 on a relay for the Michigan Wolverines in 2014. No way, the oldest men’s short course yards U.S. Open record and its accompanying pool mark finally meet an expiration date at this year’s meet, right?
Two days ago, no one would have dared argue with that statement. After every single Georgia Tech pool record went down at the women’s meet last week, this mark looked like the safest bet to last through the men’s. (Peter Vanderkaay’s 500 free pool record, also from 2006, ended up going untouched on Thursday.)
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