The incredible part is Adrian and Fiegen finishing 1-2 - both freshman.
Adrian's a sophomore. His freshman season was two years ago and he redshirted last year to train for the Olys.
AUB did great, much stronger on bet they went in with the attitude
"let's win one for Richard"
I'm proud of the horns
Here's a few Monday morning quarterback calls
Scott Spann redshirted
he had knee surgery that got staff infection so he was out for the season
scott was runner up last year in 200 *** & top 8 in 100
maybe if he was in top form, UT would have scored more points in 100 & 200 br and placed better in the medley relays
divers didn't score any points in 3 meter
ricky berens didn't final in 200 fly
heard his GF had a car accident on the way to the meet
his 200 fly was off
don't know if all the above would have over come 39 points
surprise of the meet was Jimmy Fiegen
2nd in 50 fr 18.8 & 100 free 41.4
maybe put jimmy on the 4 x 100 medley instead of walters
he improved from 19.4 & 43.49 last year
diver surprise was Livingstone win 1 meter & 2nd on 10 meter
outstanding 4 x 100 fr relay
wonder how NCAA's would have gone if teams could only have US citizens?
Did Auburn do better than expected or did UT do worse?
Did Auburn do better than expected or did UT do worse?
Probably a combo of the two. Texas swimmers went slower in many finals than they did in prelims and that hurt.
I know nobody cares about the distance events, but I'd like to point out UVA's Matt McLean's performance at NCAA's.
Dude all but dominated ACC's, and came into the NCAA meet seeded 4th in the 200, 1st in the 500 and 1st in the 1650.
Results:
500 free - best individual race, but just off his ACC time and 3rd place finish
200 free - 31st in prelims; relay split from 800 free relay would have landed him a 6th place in the individual event
1650 free - seeded first by 4 seconds and adds 15 seconds to his time to finish 12th
wonder what the deal was here...
I was thinking about this same thing while watching the NCAA diving competitions.
I actually love watching diving of all levels. But it is such a completely different sport.
Sure there must be some good history that explains combining the two sports that we don't know about. Or like most things, a financial decision.
But I would like to see a pure swimming competition as well.
Have to say though, I think Dana Vollmer was happy there was a diving final before her last relay swim!
With USA Diving getting more involved with the NCAA, similar to how USA Swimming has partnered with the NCAA on ever-deeper levels, there's talk of adding synchronized diving at the NCAA level. There are two major issues that diving reps want to work out. First, is getting assistant coaches for diving teams with enough divers. The reasoning behind it is that teams like golf with 6-8 players on a team have a full-time assistant, so a diving squad with 6-8 divers of different gender really need an extra coach.
The synchro conversation is a part of the Olympic development process. One thing about adding synchro is that it would likely eliminate the two divers = one swimmer rule (or 3 divers = 1 swimmer in D2 and D3 if I remember right). Because, divers would then have the same amount of national meet opportunities to compete and add to the team total as swimmers.
