Men's 2005 Div 1 NCAA championships

This morning I thought that Stanford might have a slight chance to catch Auburn. The were behind by 52 after Day 1 and cut that to 38. They did not swim as well as Auburn today and had a hugh loss with Andy Gant getting a DQ in the 200 Back after taking 3rd in the 200 Free. They are going to have to win the 100 Free and 200 *** and hope Auburn gets a DQ someplace. Not likely to happen. Auburn will win 3 straight but will do it by 50 to 70 points. In the 200 Back tonight I believe Ryan Lochet will win it but won't break his record from the SEC championships. I believe "Saving Swimmer Ryan" is actually not fully tapered and is actually saving himself next week for the WC trials. He will make up for the 100 Back loss. Tonights 100 Free is the event of champions. You have the 50 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly, and 100 Back champions from this meet and that is half the field. You also have 6 foreign swimmers out 8 in the finals. Duje Drangja will be the favorate but I will think Rolandas Gimbutis will break thru for a win. Actually any one of the 8 has a chance tonight. Gary Marshall is going to need a win for Stanford to have any hope but I think lightening can strike twice for Northwestern in 47 years and I will pick Mike Alexandrov to win in a very close race with Polyakov from Alabama. Can a University of Kentucky swimmer win an NCAA title? I don't know if they ever have but Daniel Cruz has a legit shot tonight. He tied Davis Tarwater from Michigan today and one of those guys will win tonight. I make Cal a slight favorate tonight in the 400 Free Relay because they will probably substitute Duje for someone and they have been hot in relays. I pick Peter Vanderkaay to win the 1650 Free in a close race with Lars Jensen.

This morning I thought that Stanford might have a slight chance to catch Auburn. The were behind by 52 after Day 1 and cut that to 38. They did not swim as well as Auburn today and had a hugh loss with Andy Gant getting a DQ in the 200 Back after taking 3rd in the 200 Free. They are going to have to win the 100 Free and 200 *** and hope Auburn gets a DQ someplace. Not likely to happen. Auburn will win 3 straight but will do it by 50 to 70 points. In the 200 Back tonight I believe Ryan Lochet will win it but won't break his record from the SEC championships. I believe "Saving Swimmer Ryan" is actually not fully tapered and is actually saving himself next week for the WC trials. He will make up for the 100 Back loss. Tonights 100 Free is the event of champions. You have the 50 Free, 200 Free, 100 Fly, and 100 Back champions from this meet and that is half the field. You also have 6 foreign swimmers out 8 in the finals. Duje Drangja will be the favorate but I will think Rolandas Gimbutis will break thru for a win. Actually any one of the 8 has a chance tonight. Gary Marshall is going to need a win for Stanford to have any hope but I think lightening can strike twice for Northwestern in 47 years and I will pick Mike Alexandrov to win in a very close race with Polyakov from Alabama. Can a University of Kentucky swimmer win an NCAA title? I don't know if they ever have but Daniel Cruz has a legit shot tonight. He tied Davis Tarwater from Michigan today and one of those guys will win tonight. I make Cal a slight favorate tonight in the 400 Free Relay because they will probably substitute Duje for someone and they have been hot in relays. I pick Peter Vanderkaay to win the 1650 Free in a close race with Lars Jensen.