2008 NCAA Div I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships

I don't think Arizona will get caught and they will win the NCAA title and this will be a sweep of both titles this year. The biggest shock/upset of the day was Ben Hensen not making the final in the 200 Back and missed making 8th place by .01 seconds. I saw the race he had with Patrick Shirk at the Big Ten Championships when he went 1:40.85 to Shirk's 1:40.87. Seeing as how Ben did a :44.72 and being only .12 off Ryan Lochte's record of :44.60, I was going to pick him tonight. Now I going to pick Shirk to give Penn State its first NCAA title. The question is will he go under 1:40 tonight. In the 100 Free, history will be set tonight as Cesar Cielo will be the first man to go under :41.00 and the question is will he win by more than a second. Its been a long time since a barrier has been broken. In 1975, it was Andy Coan going under :44.00, in 1981 it was Rowdy Gaines going under :43.00, and in 1985 it was Matt Biondi going under :42.00, so this is long overdue. In the 200 *** I am picking Scott Span to win and I wonder if he can go under 1:52.50 and be near the American Record. He has dropped his time by 3 seconds and at the Big Ten Championship he went 1:53.17 to break the great school record by Mike Barrowman,which was an American Record for over 10 years. He still has 2 years of college left and he is a swimmer to watch in this event at Olympic Trials. In the 200 Fly, I think the 17 year old NCAA Record of 1:41.78 by Melvin Stewart is going to be broken tonight by a Georgia swimmer. Which one I am not sure. I saw Mark Dylla go a 1:42.23 at the SEC Championships on TV and he looked real good. But his teammate Gil Stoval qualified today with a 1:41.86 so he could win too. I see a 1-2 finish by Georgia in this event. In the 400 Free Relay, its hard to pick against Auburn with sprinters like Cielo and Puninski. The question is can they break there record of 2:46.86

I don't think Arizona will get caught and they will win the NCAA title and this will be a sweep of both titles this year. The biggest shock/upset of the day was Ben Hensen not making the final in the 200 Back and missed making 8th place by .01 seconds. I saw the race he had with Patrick Shirk at the Big Ten Championships when he went 1:40.85 to Shirk's 1:40.87. Seeing as how Ben did a :44.72 and being only .12 off Ryan Lochte's record of :44.60, I was going to pick him tonight. Now I going to pick Shirk to give Penn State its first NCAA title. The question is will he go under 1:40 tonight. In the 100 Free, history will be set tonight as Cesar Cielo will be the first man to go under :41.00 and the question is will he win by more than a second. Its been a long time since a barrier has been broken. In 1975, it was Andy Coan going under :44.00, in 1981 it was Rowdy Gaines going under :43.00, and in 1985 it was Matt Biondi going under :42.00, so this is long overdue. In the 200 *** I am picking Scott Span to win and I wonder if he can go under 1:52.50 and be near the American Record. He has dropped his time by 3 seconds and at the Big Ten Championship he went 1:53.17 to break the great school record by Mike Barrowman,which was an American Record for over 10 years. He still has 2 years of college left and he is a swimmer to watch in this event at Olympic Trials. In the 200 Fly, I think the 17 year old NCAA Record of 1:41.78 by Melvin Stewart is going to be broken tonight by a Georgia swimmer. Which one I am not sure. I saw Mark Dylla go a 1:42.23 at the SEC Championships on TV and he looked real good. But his teammate Gil Stoval qualified today with a 1:41.86 so he could win too. I see a 1-2 finish by Georgia in this event. In the 400 Free Relay, its hard to pick against Auburn with sprinters like Cielo and Puninski. The question is can they break there record of 2:46.86