Andrew Seliskar Looks to Teammates for Inspiration (Video)
Cal’s Andrew Seliskar had a monster weekend, finishing in the top 8 in all 3 individual events and nearly racing to an NCAA title in the 200 Breast
NCAA Champ Freshman Austin Katz Explains What Sets Texas Apart (Video)
Texas teammates went 1-2 in the 200 back, with freshman Austin Katz closing hard to finish in 1:37.53
Caeleb Dressel on 39.9 100 Free: “I was tired” (Video)
Florida’s Caeleb Dressel did it one more time, breaking the 40-second barrier for the first time in history with a 39.90 to win his last individual title of a storied NCAA career
Eddie Reese: “I never talk about winning an NCAA Championship” (Video)
Texas held off a tough Cal charge to win its fourth-straight NCAA title
Dave Durden Post-Race Interview on Tight Team Battle (Video)
Cal scored the most swimming points with 437.5 followed by NC State with 385, Texas with 368, and Florida with 347
Abrahm Devine has Transformed as a Swimmer (Video)
Blasting to the front of the pack during the breaststroke leg and surging home with a killer instinct on free, Devine’s 3:35.29 ultimately obliterated the field by three seconds.
Ray Looze Previews IU’s Day 4 on Eve of Battle (Video)
With one day of racing to go, it’s still Indiana leading team points. They are 19 points up on Texas and 33.5 ahead of Cal, with NC State and Florida mostly relegated to fighting for the 3-5 spots tomorrow
100 Fly B-Final Pushed Coleman Stewart to NCAA Title in 100 Back
In what was easily the closest race of these championships so far, NC State’s Coleman Stewart had the outside smoke, coming from lane 1 to win the event in 44.58
Santo Condorelli Post-Race Interview on USC’s NCAA Relay Title (Video)
USC went 1:21.82, getting the fastest breaststroke split in recorded history from Carsten Vissering at 22.56.
Steele Johnson wins 3m Diving Title on Broken Foot (Video)
To make things more dramatic, Johnson actually changed his final dive from the board to grab a higher degree of difficulty to overcome what was a solid lead from Zeng.
Caeleb Dressel 42.8 100 Fly Post-Race Interview (Video)
Caeleb Dressel has the best burst in swimming, and he showed it, going out in 19.99 and finishing in 42.80 to become the first man ever under 43
Ian Finnerty: “Freshman year I actually broke 3 of my ribs” (Video)
Indiana’s Ian Finnerty might have the best second-25 in swimming. He powered away from the field over that lap and carried his speed through to the first sub-50 in breaststroking history at 49.69.
Townley Haas on 1:29.5 200 Free National Title: “It means everything”
Texas’s Townley Haas wanted that American record back, apparently. The junior flew through the individual 200 free, breaking the two-day-old American record with a 1:29.50.
Switkowski on National Title: “Last year at NC’s tipped the scale”
After finishing in the B-final in all 3 of his individual races at the 2017 NCAA championships, Jan Switkowski told himself enough was enough.
Townley Haas on 200 Free: “It’s going to be a crazy race” (Video)
Haas surged home in 23.94 to hang on for the win, his second NCAA 500 free title in three years.