Former Auburn Swimmer Whips Michael Phelps

by Jay Coulter on May 18, 2009 6:00 PM CDT in News

AUBURN, Ala. - World record holder Fred Bousquet claimed gold for the second time in as many days at the 2009 Charlotte UltraSwim. The former Auburn sprinter hit a new meet record time of 48.22 in Sunday evening's 100-meter freestyle finals, beating out runner-up Michael Phelps (49.04) by over eight-tenths of a second. The Perpignan, France native set the new US Open record for his performance in Saturday's 50m free competition.

Bousquet recently became the first man in history to swim the 50m free in under 21 seconds, dropping a 20.94 in last month's French nationals.

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Anyone else think

that Phelps is a punk, or is it just me?

by War Eagle Atlanta on May 19, 2009 10:07 AM CDT reply actions

I'm not a fan, either.

by Rene4AU on May 19, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Never

Been a fan of the guy. Good work ethic, but he doesn’t seem down to earth.

If hip hop is dead, then it happened the day that Dilla died.
-Akrobatik

by Bestjagfan on May 19, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Hard to be down to earth

when the whole world spent three months talking about how you are the best athlete ever. I think he is an exceptional athlete, but not the best athlete ever. I also think way too much was made of him smokin bud. I mean he is still a kid pretty much.

"Jay Jacobs can't go to the bathroom without Bobby Lowder's permission" - Paul Finebaum

by GumptownTiger on May 19, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Nah Bro

I wasn’t talking about the smoking a joint thing. He’s only like 22, I agree that a big deal was made out of something that almost everyone will/has do/done at some point in their life. But I was talking about the interviews and shows I had seen him on. The dude just didn’t seem like a chill guy.

If hip hop is dead, then it happened the day that Dilla died.
-Akrobatik

by Bestjagfan on May 19, 2009 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions