2012 Div 1 NCAAs

here's USA Swimming's NCAA Event Rank Search put in NS in the "Cut/Standard:" field to show all swimmers Look up individual Div 1 NCAA swimmers with: NCAA DIVISION I TIMES SEARCH

.. aw, what's the use.Okay, I’m a grumpy and bitter… I swam in the Big 8 way back in the day. Now it’s the Big 12 and only 3 schools have Men’s swimming and only 1 from the old Big 8. But enough about longing for the good old days. This looks like another great year of conference and NCAA swimming. I’m looking forward to this weekend’s meets.:bliss: Go Cyclones!:cheerleader:

ECAC Championships @ the Naval Academy start on Thursday with an LCM Invitational, followed by the normal SCY championship meet on Friday-Saturday-Sunday. Since ECAC's are usually filled with D1 mid-majors, it will be interesting to see how many swimmers actually compete in the LCM Invitational, and how many of them make Trials cuts. www.ecacsports.com/.../2012_Open_Preview Are there any other LCM Invitational-type events going on at conference meets this weekend?

Just another urban legend… Colleges do NOT “have to get rid of other programs” they can work to keep and expand varsity and club offerings. But they need to be willing to work. Really? You are right. They do not "have" to get rid of anything, but the reality is, it is easier to drop programs that cost money than... aw, what's the use. UT has a very young team. Look at the SEC results, many youngsters on the UT team. Lars had them prepared. They need to add some milers. www.jonesaquaticcenter.com/.../

the 2012 Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championships begins today

A fierce opponent of title IX he was. Petitioned against it to the NCAA when it was created, stating that it would lead to gender inequality for men of sports in the future. (not to far off the mark he was) Yeah, gotta' hate how much money is spent on those damn women's sports in comparison to the men!!!

Bussard's shadow will follow the sport of swimming for the foreseeable future. He wasn't known as the innovator for nothing. ie; the grab start, the freestyle flipturn, the transition turn from back to ***, the NCAA honest effort rule, the tradition of shaving the head for important competitions, pouring home water into enemy waters. All are documented changes in the sport of swimming that got their start at the Student Aquatic Center at UT, among others. A fierce opponent of title IX he was. Petitioned against it to the NCAA when it was created, stating that it would lead to gender inequality for men of sports in the future. (not to far off the mark he was) The SEC would not be the swimming powerhouse it is today if Bussard didn't dominate the conference during the 1970's. It made the others catch up. Florida didn't catch them until 1979. During the eighties even LSU got in on the action. The UT guys team did a very good job this year for being surrounded by death and downfall for the better part of 2 years. They should be commended. T - E - double N - E - double S - double E, Tennessee! Long live The Great White Bird.

Yeah, gotta' hate how much money is spent on those damn women's sports in comparison to the men!!! I see what you are saying. I believe it is somewhat equal. But, in being equal, the university has to add women's sport programs, but has to keep the football program competitive because it makes the money. By doing that, they have to get rid of other programs. Swimming being one of them. I can name ten men's swimming programs on one hand that have been cut due to title IX. Bussard saw this coming in 1979. He tried to stop it.

WHOA! Breeja Larson just blasted this awesome prelim swim: Event 25 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== Big 12 Meet: ! 58.83 2011 Laura Sogar, Texas Big12 Conf: * 58.51 2011 Breeja Larson, Texas A&M NCAA 'A': ~ 59.65 NCAA 'B': + 1:02.98 NCAA: # 58.06 2010 Ann Chandler, Arizona Name Age School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Breeja Larson 19 Texas A&M 58.68 57.92#q r:+0.82 12.71 27.34 (14.63) 42.32 (14.98) 57.92 (15.60)

WHOA! Breeja Larson just blasted this awesome prelim swim:She's been rocking fast all year ... it will be interesting to see if she can be in the mix behind Soni for the #2 spot in Omaha.