Video edit is courtesy of Coleman Hodges.
Men’s 100 Butterfly – Texas Invite – as reported by SwimSwam
In prelims of the men’s 100 fly, that famous Arizona mid-season taper reared its head, and senior Giles Smith took the top seed in the men’s 100 fly in 44.75. That time would’ve placed him behind only the now-graduated Tom Shields at NCAA’s last season, in a race where Smith was 6th. Since graduating high school, doing a year at Tennessee, and transferring to Arizona, there have been a lot of people who have had high expectations for Smith. He has been very good, and won a ton of All-American awards, but this singular swim is the one we’ve been waiting for. This might be the swim that launches him into a huge senior NCAA Championship and a successful pro career after that.