Psyche sheets are up from Men's Div I NCAA to be held the weekend of March 25th at the "Goodwill Games" Pool on L.I.
You can check them out at: www.collegeswimming.com/
This year, they will compete SCM (as we discussed elsewhere our esteemed leaders decided not to compete LCM until more schools had 50 meter). The meters option is only for Olympic years.
The meet is likely to produce a number of NCAA records and a few world records (relays and some standout individuals).
Predictions for top five finish? Here's mine:
1) Auburn (Marsh accomplishes first back-to-back double/double)
2) Texas (proof that this is truly a team sport...you need more than 3 big horses to win)
3) Standford ("hollywood" of US swimming cannot win the big prize again)
4) California (the "other" bay area program with some truly incredible sprinters)
5) Florida (my heart's with Minn but have to pick the once again strong Florida program)
BTW, Kenyon men win their 25th consecutive title--the most successful NCAA program ever. Only one close is the Kenyon women 20 out of 21 national titles and Auburn wins narrowly over Georgia.
I'm a few days late on this, but just watched the tape of the women's meet last night. Tara Kirk is incredible. The women's breaststroke events at OTs should be very interesting! And boy did Coughlin die in the 200 back! Rowdy Gaines' commentary was right on, basically "wow, she really worked that third 50, will she be able to hold on?" Obviously the answer was no. Her last 50 was terrible. I was impressed with her positive demeanor when they interviewed her after that race later, though.
I'm a few days late on this, but just watched the tape of the women's meet last night. Tara Kirk is incredible. The women's breaststroke events at OTs should be very interesting! And boy did Coughlin die in the 200 back! Rowdy Gaines' commentary was right on, basically "wow, she really worked that third 50, will she be able to hold on?" Obviously the answer was no. Her last 50 was terrible. I was impressed with her positive demeanor when they interviewed her after that race later, though.
