2012 Div 1 NCAAs

www.collegeswimming.com/.../ is a pretty good roll-up of the championships happening this weekend.

CAA Feb. 22-25 at George Mason. psych sheets: www.nmnathletics.com/.../caa 2012 preliminary psych.pdf results: caasports.xosn.com/.../index.htm

Ooooooouuuuuuucccccccccchhhhhhhh I was reading through some conference championship results and came across this 1000 free result. (Yes, some conferences run the 1000 in their championship meets) He nicely dropped his time from 10:04 to 9:43, and negative split the race, but was DQ'd... due to a false start! Name and school changed to protect the guilty... -- Redacted, Johnny FR College 10:04.87 DQ False start r:+0.79 26.84 56.81 (29.97) 1:27.23 (30.42) 1:57.30 (30.07) 2:27.21 (29.91) 2:57.08 (29.87) 3:27.02 (29.94) 3:56.77 (29.75) 4:26.05 (29.28) 4:55.52 (29.47) 5:24.50 (28.98) 5:53.26 (28.76) 6:22.29 (29.03) 6:51.36 (29.07) 7:20.50 (29.14) 7:49.68 (29.18) 8:18.53 (28.85) 8:47.38 (28.85) 9:15.87 (28.49) DQ (27.77)

Elizabeth Beisel posted 3:58.35 for her 400 IM. Just missed the record. That should be a great race at NCAA's! NCAA: N 3:58.23 2/26/2010 Julia Smit, Stanford American: M 3:58.23 2/26/2010 Julia Smit, Stanford US Open: O 3:58.23 2/26/2010 Julia Smit, Stanford SEC Record: S 4:00.83 2011 Elizabeth Beisel, Florida 4:05.65 A NCAA A 4:19.69 B NCAA B Name Year School Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Beisel, Elizabe FR Florida-FL 4:03.27 3:58.35SA 20 25.81 55.51 (29.70) 1:25.51 (30.00) 1:54.80 (29.29) 2:28.63 (33.83) 3:02.83 (34.20) 3:31.02 (28.19) 3:58.35 (27.33)

How can it be a false start when the reaction time is +.79? I'm guessing he never stopped moving prior to the buzzer going off.

Ooooooouuuuuuucccccccccchhhhhhhh I was reading through some conference championship results and came across this 1000 free result. (Yes, some conferences run the 1000 in their championship meets) He nicely dropped his time from 10:04 to 9:43, and negative split the race, but was DQ'd... due to a false start! Name and school changed to protect the guilty... -- Redacted, Johnny FR College 10:04.87 DQ False start r:+0.79 26.84 56.81 (29.97) 1:27.23 (30.42) 1:57.30 (30.07) 2:27.21 (29.91) 2:57.08 (29.87) 3:27.02 (29.94) 3:56.77 (29.75) 4:26.05 (29.28) 4:55.52 (29.47) 5:24.50 (28.98) 5:53.26 (28.76) 6:22.29 (29.03) 6:51.36 (29.07) 7:20.50 (29.14) 7:49.68 (29.18) 8:18.53 (28.85) 8:47.38 (28.85) 9:15.87 (28.49) DQ (27.77) How can it be a false start when the reaction time is +.79?

Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace led off the 400 free relay with a 46.61, which broke the NCAA record... NCAA: N 46.81 2/19/2011 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Auburn American: M 46.84 12/4/2011 Natalie Coughlin, California US Open: O 46.81 2/19/2011 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Auburn SEC Record: S 46.81 2011 Ariana Vanderpool-Wallace, Auburn 47.84 A NCAA A 50.19 B NCAA B Event 41 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay ================================================================================== NCAA: N 3:09.88 3/21/2009 University of California Wilson, Jensen Daag, Vollmer American: M 3:11.03 3/19/2011 University of Georgia Scroggy, Romano, Margalis, Schmitt US Open: O 3:09.88 3/21/2009 University of California Wilson, Jensen, Daag, Vollmer SEC Record: S 3:12.00 2009 Auburn University Ohlgren, Vanderpoo-Wallace, Marck, Geary 3:14.93 A NCAA A 3:24.67 B NCAA B School Seed Finals Points ================================================================================== 1 Auburn-SE 'A' 3:15.62 3:12.85 A 40 1) Vanderpool-Wallace, Arianna F 2) Riordan, Hannah JR 3) Fonteno, Megan M FR 4) Krakoski, Haley E SO 21.98 46.61 (46.61) 1:09.66 (23.05) 1:35.23 (48.62) 1:57.96 (22.73) 2:23.82 (48.59) 2:46.94 (23.12) 3:12.85 (49.03)

Yup. Reaction time is the time from the start to when the feet leave the blocks. It's not the time to the first movement. This suggests that the swimmer may have flinched significantly, may have even recoiled backwards, and then started. We had a DQ in a double-dual meet two weeks ago in the 1000 free on a false start, dual-confirmed by the referee and the starter. -Rick

Elizabeth Beisel posted 3:58.35 for her 400 IM. Just missed the record. That should be a great race at NCAA's! At the Big Ten meet Alyssa Vavra of Indiana swam a 4:01 so she could be in the mix, but I think it will be a battle between Beisel, Hosszu and Leverenz.

Matt Kredich, UT womens coach, was named SEC women's coach of the year. www.utladyvols.com/.../completeresults.html Kredich is a tremendous coach. I know UT has totally separate men's and women's athletic departments but he would be ideal for running both swim teams. He's a hot commodity.