2012 Div 1 NCAAs

1 California 3:06.70 3:03.24 40 1) Gydesen, Mathias SR 2) r:+0.16 Koon, Nolan SR 3) r:+0.10 Shields, Thomas JR 4) r:+0.20 Messerschmidt,yler FR r:+0.64 21.90 46.07 (46.07) 1:09.81 (23.74) 1:38.00 (51.93) 1:58.15 (20.15) 2:21.56 (43.56) 2:41.04 (19.48) 3:03.24 (41.68) 43.56 43.56I got the privilege of seeing this live ... it was a work of art ... he crushed every wall nearly to the 15M mark, but the last wall, in particular, was stunning. I hate to say it again ... but ... Cal swimmers looked the best as a team in the pool tonight ... and ... why does Cal still not have any divers?

New American record in the prelims! Event 11 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== Championship: C 50.86 3/27/2009 Damir Dugonjic, California American: A 51.35 12/3/2010 Michael Alexandrov, Northwestern U. S. Open: O 50.86 3/27/2009 Damir Dugonjic, Cal/SLO Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Cordes, Kevin FR Arizona 51.76 51.32A r:+0.72 10.99 24.02 (13.03) 37.52 (13.50) 51.32 (13.80)

What strange hormones are they putting in collegiate waters these days? Unbelievable times. It makes you feel like you are from a separate and decidedly inferior species. I know first hand as a slower D1 male swimmer.

Another American record for Arizona: Event 7 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay ================================================================================== Championship: C 1:22.36 3/27/2009 Auburn J White, M Silva, M Targett, G Louw American: A 1:23.97 3/27/2009 University of Texas S Jostes, A Magruder, H Taylor, J Feigen U. S. Open: O 1:22.36 3/27/2009 Auburn J White, M Silva, M Targett, G Louw School Prelims Finals Points ================================================================================== === A - Final === 1 Arizona 1:24.23 1:23.53A 40 1) Friedemann, Mitchell SO 2) r:+0.12 Cordes, Kevin FR 3) r:+0.21 Smith, Giles JR 4) r:+0.24 Small, Adam SR r:+0.63 10.57 21.28 (21.28) 31.85 (10.57) 44.53 (23.25) 53.67 (9.14) 1:04.75 (20.22) 1:13.61 (8.86) 1:23.53 (18.78) 2 California 1:24.51 1:23.91 34 1) *Gydesen, Mathias SR 2) r:+0.10 *Liivamagi, Martin SR 3) r:+0.43 Shields, Thomas JR 4) r:+0.23 Messerschmidt,yler FR r:+1.07 10.88 21.67 (21.67) 32.09 (10.42) 45.28 (23.61) 54.37 (9.09) 1:05.08 (19.80) 1:14.02 (8.94) 1:23.91 (18.83)

Day 2 Div 1 Men's NCAAs Session 3 - 12:00 PM Friday 03/23/12 #7 Men 200 Medley Relay Prelims #8 Men 400 IM Prelims #9 Men 100 Fly Prelims #10 Men 200 Free Prelims #11 Men 100 *** Prelims #12 Men 100 Back Prelims #14 Men 800 Free Relay #13 Men 3 mtr Diving Prelims Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6 01. Cal Berkeley 157.5 02. Stanford 140 03. Texas 128.5 04. Arizona 118 05. Auburn 106.5 06. Michigan 84 07. Southern Cali 79 08. Florida 58 09. Louisville 46 10. Texas A&M 43 11. Ohio St 42 12. Indiana 40 13. Arizona State 31 14. Georgia 25.5 15. Florida St 25 16. Penn St 22 17. UNC 20.5 18. Missouri 13 19. Clemson 12.5 20. Virginia Tech 12 21. Minnesota 10 22. Kentucky 6 22. Virginia 6 24. U of Iowa 4 25. Brigham Young 3 25. Tennessee 3 27. Wisconsin 2 27. Purdue 2 Men's Swimming & Diving Division I Championship - NCAA.com Begin this Today Prelims: Noon (Pacific Time) Finals: 7:00 pm (PST) Thu March 22 - Sat 24 Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center Seattle, WA WATCH LIVE RESULTS / Heat Sheets PSYCH SHEET Team Scores Based on the PSYCH SHEET Seed Times

43.56 He's definitely got a shot at breaking the NCAA and American record in the individual event. Austin Staab has it with a 44.18. I remember when Staab swam that time someone who was at the meet told me he basically swam the last 30 yards no breath. He didn't breathe into the third turn, didn't breathe at the wall, and did the last 25 no breath!

1 California 3:06.70 3:03.24 40 1) Gydesen, Mathias SR 2) r:+0.16 Koon, Nolan SR 3) r:+0.10 Shields, Thomas JR 4) r:+0.20 Messerschmidt,yler FR r:+0.64 21.90 46.07 (46.07) 1:09.81 (23.74) 1:38.00 (51.93) 1:58.15 (20.15) 2:21.56 (43.56) 2:41.04 (19.48) 3:03.24 (41.68) 43.56 43.56

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He's definitely got a shot at breaking the NCAA and American record in the individual event. Austin Staab has it with a 44.18. I remember when Staab swam that time someone who was at the meet told me he basically swam the last 30 yards no breath. He didn't breathe into the third turn, didn't breathe at the wall, and did the last 25 no breath! amazing

I got the privilege of seeing this live ... it was a work of art ... he crushed every wall nearly to the 15M mark, but the last wall, in particular, was stunning. I hate to say it again ... but ... Cal swimmers looked the best as a team in the pool tonight ... and ... why does Cal still not have any divers? Cal is again in good form, but it remains to be seen if they can overcome a lack of participants in the cannonball competition. Q: Why no divers? A: One outdoor 50m pool with no diving well; no tower; sketchy weather from October to April; water polo and swimming are the culture.