2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap
18.00? Down. 43.00? Down. 40.00? This morning, Caeleb Dressel takes aim at the 40-second barrier as he heads up both the 100 free and Florida’s 400 free relay.
Texas’s Windle Qualifies #1 On Platform, Steele Johnson 9th
Texas freshman Jordan Windle looks like the class of the field on platform, besting defending NCAA champion David Dinsmore by 10 points in this morning’s prelims.
Projecting Men’s NCAA Point Fluctuations From Prelims Scoring
Townley Haas has been consistently better from prelims to finals, and he’s sitting 7th in the 100 free with just about no place to go but up. Where else does a look at point floors & ceilings along with prelims-finals trends suggest a fluctuation in tonight’s brutally close projected scores?
And Then There Were Three: Scoring Outlook For Men’s NCAA Day 4
We started with five viable NCAA contenders, and although the meet isn’t over ’til it’s over, we’re effectively down to three contenders, barring any miracles. Let’s take a look at day 4 scoring chances for Indiana, Texas and Cal.
2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap
Indiana leads a brutally-close team battle, and also has several event title contenders tonight: among them Ian Finnerty (pictured) in the 100 breast and Blake Pieroni in the 200 free.
Ress Still Entered In 100 Free, Very Few Scratches For Day 4 Prelims
Heat sheets for Saturday morning’s last prelims session at the 2018 NCAA Championships show only a handful of scratches and Justin Ress still entered in the 100 free despite a back injury.
2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap
Five teams are within 16 and a half points of one another for the NCAA crown at the moment, with today’s meet-high 7-event prelims session holding perhaps the most valuable key to securing a team championship.
Indiana Puts 3 Divers Into 3-Meter A Final, Texas Adds Two
For the second day in a row, Indiana and Texas will get big boosts from their divers. Indiana has two of the top four qualifiers and three in the top eight, while Texas has two in the championship final.
2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Relay Speculation
Where does Florida coach Gregg Troy use versatile sprint weapon Caeleb Dressel on tonight’s 200 medley relay?
Caeleb Dressel Dealing With Groin Pain After Medley Relay, Sources Say
Coming off a historic day that included two 17-second flat-start 50 frees, one 17-second flying start 50 free and a 50.6 breaststroke split, Caeleb Dressel is feeling some ill effects heading into day 3.
2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap
It’s been a night of Florida domination, with 50 frees of 17.81 and 17.63 from Caeleb Dressel, a 200 IM win from Jan Switkowski and a national title in the 200 free relay.
2018 Men’s NCAA 200 IM Yields 5 of 11 Fastest Swimmers In History
In a massive surge of IM performances, this year’s NCAA Championships produced 5 of the fastest 11 200 IMers in history.
2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap
A pair of Florida Gators will look to defend their 2017 national titles. Caeleb Dressel is the headliner – the do-everything star will try to win his fourth-straight NCAA 50 free title and challenge his own American record of 18.20.
Indiana Sits 1-2 In 1-Meter Diving With 3 Scorers
Indiana and Texas should roll in some big diving points tonight with 3 scorers each, and IU sits 1st and 2nd coming out of 1-meter diving prelims.
2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Relay Speculation
Cal could swap Justin Lynch to fly on the 400 medley relay, throwing in Ryan Hoffer or Michael Jensen as they seek to run down Indiana for the NCAA title.