Reported by Jared Anderson.
FINAL TEAM SCORES
Texas held off a tough Cal charge to win its fourth-straight NCAA title – this one far, far closer than any of the previous three. Cal was second by just 11.5 points, with Indiana third, 27 back of Texas.
1. Texas 449 2. California 437.5 3. Indiana 422 4. NC State 385 5. Florida 347 6. Southern California 253 7. Stanford 205 8. Michigan 168.5 9. Louisville 156 10. Georgia 129 11. Tennessee 123 12. Auburn 98.5 13. Alabama 95 14. Texas A&M 75 15. Minnesota 67 16. Arizona 64 17. South Carolina 60 18. Harvard 58 19. Purdue 54 20. Arizona St 45 21. Florida St 42 22. Denver 31 23. Missouri 29 23. Notre Dame 29 23. Lsu 29 23. Cornell 29 27. Miami 27 28. Ohio State 25 29. Virginia 19 30. Penn State 14 31. Towson 11 32. Utah 10 33. Duke 9 33. Virginia Tech 9 35. Grand Canyon 7 36. UNC 6 36. Hawaii 6 38. West Virginia 2.5 39. Iowa 2 40. Wyoming 1 40. Southern Methodist University 1
I noticed all the Longhorn swimmers flashing the Wolfpack sign after NC State demolished the Texas 400 free relay record and out swimming thrm during the meet. It’s nice to see other teams giving respect and admiration. Eddie is s great coach for teaching that.
That’s class, few and far between these days. Kudos to Eddie for building true champions
I cannot wait till April 4 for the replay of these championships. Espnu 5 p.m. e.t.
Zhipeng Zeng was the highest scorer for Tennessee Diving and Swimming team BY FAR. Some schools choose to emphasize diving over swimming like TN. Hey it is their choice. I agree diving and swimming are very different sports. It makes sense to me to COMBINE the Mens and Women’s NCAA SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP and at that time remove diving from the meet. For those who wish to support diving have an NCAA DIVING combined M/W Meet at a separate location scored separately OR not scored as a team sport.
Cal would have also won if many of their guys swam better. If Seliskar would have swam better in finals than prelims (minus 200 breast), if Hoffer would have swam as good as he did in high school, if Cal would have not sucked in the 800 free relay (perhaps by putting Mefford on it). Texas would have won by more if Schooling would have showed up, or if they didn’t suck in the 400 medley in the morning, or Shebat was healthy all year, or they got a decent breaststroker. To say Cal actually won the meet – that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. They should have won anyway. But they didn’t.
eddie seemed kinda sad and different than normally. anybody know what was going on, or am i imagining things?
Just get the sense he didn’t feel he did his best coaching job this year. Haas was good, as predicted, he got Shebat ready, and got Katz off to a great start. Zero relay magic as in all past years with stud performances. A few breakthroughs, but not the usual “Eddie magic” taper. And then there was Schooling. Had to be a bittersweet win. He’d probably be the first to say he rode them too hard.
To me he always comes across as EXTREMELY humble. I also think he never would’ve wanted it to be as close as it was. No matter the demeanor, he’s a competitor and the best there is. If you were him would you be thrilled with this meet? I wouldn’t be. I feel bad for Joe Schooling… but he was really needed at this meet and he wasn’t anywhere near at his best. I think Eddie may already be thinking how he’s going to tweak his program… always trying to get better.
Well said. And I am sure he already has a list of things he thinks did wrong preparing his team for this NCAAs.
To me, the 100 free was the reason for Cal’s second place finish. They should have picked 12 points there…
Yup. That will be painful for these Bears to live with. They should’ve had another 1 up & another 1 down, worst case. But that’s sports. You gotta show up & in this sport you gotta do it in the morning at NCAAs. No excuses.
Nope. It was the 200 Back. Cal won the meet if the 200 Back was separated from the meet. It was an unfair advantage to Texas to have that event in the meet.
Here we go again. This subject comes up after every NCAA meet. Unfair implies that the other teams were not allowed to have divers. Since all teams are allowed divers and Cal had 2 divers at the meet, I assume you mean it was unfair because Texas divers were better than the Cal divers. Such as it is now, the divers are part of the team. It would be like a football team not investing in a good kicker. If you don’t cover all the positions with good players, you ain’t gonna win.
More like being it in a non-competitive conference and not have to deal with unpredictable nature of double taper (and the risk of mssing both)
No one forces other teams to taper for conference
Exactly!!!
In fact, there is no better feeling than having your swimmer qualify with the 25th best time (placing them outside the pyramid) and making the A-Final swimming in “clean water”, then Winning the event. All your swimmer’s need is a lane at the Championship. There are no points for seeding, qualify un-shaved, if you can, then let it RIP when it counts. Also, having your swimmers drop BIG time at NCAA’s in prelims, while other’s are just struggling to get back to their seed times, is a HUGE psychological advantage for the individual and other team members.
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