Disclaimer: Dolfin Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of the week, but rather one Featured Swim to be explored in deeper detail. The Dolfin Swim is an opportunity to take a closer look at the context of one of the many fast swims this week, perhaps a swim that slipped through the cracks as others grabbed the headlines, or a race we didn’t get to examine as closely in the flood of weekly meets.
Missouri State’s Artur Osvath broke school and pool records last week in a stellar 1:53.68 200 breast that should book him a return trip to the NCAA Championships.
Osvath had previously gone 1:55.88 at the Iowa Invite back in December. But he torched that time over the weekend at the Shamrock Invitational hosted by Notre Dame. His 1:53.68 was the fastest 200 breast of the week by nearly two full seconds. (No one else has broken 1:55 since the beginning of 2019). For the full season, the time ranks 5th in the nation, and sits well under the 1:54.49 it took to qualify for NCAAs last year.
After swimming at NCAAs as a freshman and sophomore, Osvath missed the cut last season by about two tenths of a second. His swim this year not only all but guarantees him an invite, it puts him in the hunt for an A final appearance: last year, it took 1:53.10 to make the A final out of prelims.
Osvath had a good week all-around. His 53.12 in the 100 breast was another season-best, and was the third-best swim in the nation in that event this week. He also went 1:43.98 in the 200 fly, good enough for #2 in the nation for the week.
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Reece Whitley swam a 155.29.. so not the best time this week by nearly 4 seconds
Times from the Cal-Arizona State meet aren’t yet appearing in the NCAA ranks. We’ve updated the story.
Not stated in the article or other news coverage i’ve seen is that Artur’swim was done in a time trial by himself during a break in the session. It was the gutsiest swim i’ve witnessed in many years
Swimmers: “Time Trials give swimmers an advantage! They shouldn’t count!”
Also Swimmers: “It’s so hard to swim fast in a time trial! What a gutsy swim!”
This sport thrives on cognitive dissonance. I’m convinced this is the only reason anybody still swims.
Great