2012 Div 1 NCAAs

I was there tonight. Very exciting! A couple observations. Tom Shields has incredible underwaters. Texas is behind, but they sure aren't going away. Great come from behind victory tonight in the 800 relay. It could be a barn burner tomorrow! One more thing, Austen Thompson split 1:00 on the *** leg of his 400 IM. This was the easiest looking 1:00 100 *** I've ever seen in my life. Honestly it looked like he was loafing.

Last night was a milestone for ND men's swimming when So. Frank Dyer placed 4th in the 200 Fr, (1:34.00) and scored the first ND men's points ever in the championships. I think only a handful of male swimmers have qualified in the past. Thanks Ande for posting the links to watch it happen, and good luck to all of you Texas, Cal, Arizona, Auburn, MI, and other fans and alums. Looks like quite a battle today and likely to produce incredible swims today, both prelims and finals tonight.

Here are a few photos I took last night. www.flickr.com/.../

Here are a few photos I took last night. www.flickr.com/.../ Fantastic photography; thanks for sharing! :applaud:

Thank you Elaine! And I should mention that--with apologies to Tennessee Williams--I owe the great seat I had to the kindness of forumites. Well, one forumite in particular, Mr. PWB! The seat is in the second row near the turn end of the pool.

Thank you Elaine! And I should mention that--with apologies to Tennessee Williams--I owe the great seat I had to the kindness of forumites. Well, one forumite in particular, Mr. PWB! The seat is in the second row near the turn end of the pool. Nice going, Patrick! That was a great vantage point for some close-up action photography. :applaud:

Here are a few photos I took last night. www.flickr.com/.../Those are awesome shots; I guess you're not just using your Blackberry camera like I was!

Thanks Kirk, terrific photos, especialy liked your shots of starts and br.

Thank you Elaine! And I should mention that--with apologies to Tennessee Williams--I owe the great seat I had to the kindness of forumites. Well, one forumite in particular, Mr. PWB! The seat is in the second row near the turn end of the pool. It's looks like you owe Patrick a :chug: just like Elaine!! :D Awesome shots. It's almost like I'm there live!

That was an epic 1650. And there were no commercial breaks during the race on ESPN3! Event 15 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= Championship: C 14:26.62 3/24/2001 Chris Thompson, Michigan American: A 14:26.62 3/24/2001 Chris Thompson, Michigan U. S. Open: O 14:26.62 3/24/2001 Chris Thompson, Michigan Name Year School Seed Finals Points ========================================================================= 1 *Martin Grodzki JR Georgia 14:48.26 14:24.08C 20 r:+0.72 24.08 49.89 (25.81) 1:16.14 (26.25) 1:42.47 (26.33) 2:08.97 (26.50) 2:35.45 (26.48) 3:01.91 (26.46) 3:28.24 (26.33) 3:54.52 (26.28) 4:20.70 (26.18) 4:46.93 (26.23) 5:13.24 (26.31) 5:39.52 (26.28) 6:05.78 (26.26) 6:32.19 (26.41) 6:58.61 (26.42) 7:25.04 (26.43) 7:51.47 (26.43) 8:18.07 (26.60) 8:44.52 (26.45) 9:11.00 (26.48) 9:37.41 (26.41) 10:03.75 (26.34) 10:29.96 (26.21) 10:56.35 (26.39) 11:22.79 (26.44) 11:49.06 (26.27) 12:15.04 (25.98) 12:41.06 (26.02) 13:07.07 (26.01) 13:33.13 (26.06) 13:59.12 (25.99) 14:24.08 (24.96) 2 Chad La Tourette SR Stanford 14:41.90 14:24.35C 17 r:+0.81 24.19 49.89 (25.70) 1:16.16 (26.27) 1:42.49 (26.33) 2:08.96 (26.47) 2:35.46 (26.50) 3:02.15 (26.69) 3:28.60 (26.45) 3:54.93 (26.33) 4:21.18 (26.25) 4:47.41 (26.23) 5:13.75 (26.34) 5:40.12 (26.37) 6:06.32 (26.20) 6:32.66 (26.34) 6:59.14 (26.48) 7:25.42 (26.28) 7:51.81 (26.39) 8:18.15 (26.34) 8:44.38 (26.23) 9:10.87 (26.49) 9:37.12 (26.25) 10:03.34 (26.22) 10:29.60 (26.26) 10:56.20 (26.60) 11:22.82 (26.62) 11:49.24 (26.42) 12:15.69 (26.45) 12:41.70 (26.01) 13:07.82 (26.12) 13:34.15 (26.33) 14:00.29 (26.14) 14:24.35 (24.06)