After this mornings prelims and if the places scored out exactly liked the prelims, Arizona would win by 6 points. I think the meet will go down to the last relay, just like last year. Auburn wants to win for Marsh going out and Arizona wants to win for the first time. The most exciting race of the night will be the 100 Free with Kara Lynn Joyce going for history as being the only swimmer (both male & female) to win 4 straight 50 and 100 Free NCAA titles in the 50 and 100 Free. Think of all the great sprint swimmers in NCAA history and no one as ever done that. It will be tough because Lacey Nymeyer has the fastest qualifying time and won the 200 Free. Lacey Nymeyer has never beaten Kara Lynn but was not caught in last years 400 Free Relay when Georgia had to beat Arizona to win the title and came up short.
Kirk, I was at the Michigan HS State Championship meet today and everyone was talking about Ava Ohlgren's great time in the 400 IM at the NCAA's which is now the 3rd fastest time in SCY history. Considering that her best time last year was 4:16.82 that is phenomenal improvement. Last summer at Nationals she went 4:49.04 to Katie Hoff's 4:35.82 and the 4:04.08 compares to Hoff's 4:03.46 in SCY. Now that is quite an improvement. Look for Ava to make a run and be a force in Omaha in the 2008.
After this mornings prelims and if the places scored out exactly liked the prelims, Arizona would win by 6 points. I think the meet will go down to the last relay, just like last year. Auburn wants to win for Marsh going out and Arizona wants to win for the first time. The most exciting race of the night will be the 100 Free with Kara Lynn Joyce going for history as being the only swimmer (both male & female) to win 4 straight 50 and 100 Free NCAA titles in the 50 and 100 Free. Think of all the great sprint swimmers in NCAA history and no one as ever done that. It will be tough because Lacey Nymeyer has the fastest qualifying time and won the 200 Free. Lacey Nymeyer has never beaten Kara Lynn but was not caught in last years 400 Free Relay when Georgia had to beat Arizona to win the title and came up short.
Kirk, I was at the Michigan HS State Championship meet today and everyone was talking about Ava Ohlgren's great time in the 400 IM at the NCAA's which is now the 3rd fastest time in SCY history. Considering that her best time last year was 4:16.82 that is phenomenal improvement. Last summer at Nationals she went 4:49.04 to Katie Hoff's 4:35.82 and the 4:04.08 compares to Hoff's 4:03.46 in SCY. Now that is quite an improvement. Look for Ava to make a run and be a force in Omaha in the 2008.
