2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships
- Dates:
- Diving: Sunday, February 15–Tuesday, February 17
- Swimming: Tuesday, February 17–Saturday, February 21
- Location: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
- Defending champions: UVA women (6x); Cal men (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video: ESPN+ ($)
- Schedule of Events (PDF)
- Championship Central
- Pre-Scratch Psych Sheet
- Teams: Boston College, Cal, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami (women swimming & diving/men diving), NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Event Schedule
Sunday
- Men’s 1-Meter
- Women’s 3-Meter
Monday
- Women’s 1-Meter
- Men’s 3-Meter
Tuesday
- Platform
- 200 Medley Relay
- 800 Free Relay
Wednesday
- 200 Free Relay
- 500 Free
- 200 IM
- 50 Free
Thursday
- 400 IM
- 100 Fly
- 200 Free
Friday
- 200 Fly
- 100 Back
- 100 Breast
- 400 Medley Relay
Saturday
- 200 Back
- 100 Free
- 200 Breast
- 1650 Free
- 400 Free Relay
2025 Final Standings
- California — 1271.5 points
- Stanford — 1065 points
- NC State — 1021 points
- North Carolina — 852 points
- Louisville — 814.5 points
- Virginia Tech — 654 points
- Florida State — 639 points
- Virginia — 529.5 points
- Georgia Tech — 465 points
- Pittsburgh — 456.5 points
- SMU — 434 points
- Duke — 171 points
- Boston College — 123 points
- Miami — 84 points
- Notre Dame — 45 points
The ACC has been in flux over the last few seasons, to say the least. In addition to the general upheaval we’ve seen in college sports lately, multiple ACC teams have faced suspensions, and three new teams have joined the conference. And while we’re not sure what the future of college athletics will look like, this year’s ACC Swimming & Diving Championships should be the first time we see all fifteen men’s teams competing without any teams being affected by suspensions.
Last year, the newly arrived West Coast teams dominated, as Cal and Stanford finished #1 and #2 in their first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference. But several of the traditional ACC powerhouses have reloaded this season, while others have been making unprecedented strides.
All that to say, in the topsy-turvy world that is college athletics, the ACC Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships promises to be one of the most exciting meets of the year. Without further ado, here’s our breakdown of each team’s stars, the top races to watch, and our predictions for the final team standings.
STARS
Boston College – Matt Cinque (freshman – distance free)
The Eagles usually struggled to score even when there were three fewer teams in the conference, and while they’ve made some strides over the last few years, once again, most, if not all, of their points are likely to come through relays.
Freshman Matt Cinque comes in with a 1650 seed time (15:26.19) that’s only three seconds away from the school record, and he looks to be the Eagles’ best chance to score individual points this year.
California – Lucca Battaglini (sophomore – sprint free), Ryan Erisman (freshman – distance free), Keaton Jones (junior – back/free/IM), Humberto Najera (junior – back/IM), Yamato Okadome (sophomore – breast), Evan Petty (fifth year – free/fly)
The Golden Bears are rebuilding this year after graduating their top eight scorers from last year’s ACCs, but they’re certainly not bereft of top talent. Sophomore Lucca Battaglini has improved this season from 19.15 to 18.78 in the 50 free (where he sits atop the psych sheet) and from 42.60 to 41.56 in the 100 free, and he should vie for an A-final appearance in the 100 fly as well.
Freshman Ryan Erisman‘s first season at Cal has been going swimmingly, as the distance swimmer has notched lifetime bests in the 200 free (1:33.28), 500 free (4:12.78), and 1650 free (14:50.68). He could be even faster than that in the 1650, as he’s entered in the 1650 with a time of 14:44.27 that appears to be an LCM conversion, and he could challenge for wins in both of the longer freestyle races.
2024 US Olympian Keaton Jones stands in the wake of a long tradition of Cal backstrokers. While he’s a bit stronger in long course, he could compete for a title in the 200 back, although teammate Humberto Najera has been faster so far this season (1:39.93 vs 1:40.30). Evan Petty has made the most of his fifth-year season, logging personal bests in the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 back. He’s seeded 3rd in the 100 back (44.83) and 8th in the 50 free (19.15).
As a freshman last year, Yamato Okadome surged towards the top of the national rankings in both breaststroke events. He’s continued the momentum into his sophomore campaign, and he sits at the top of the psych sheet in the 100 breast (50.48) and 2nd in the 200 breast (1:50.04).
Duke – Kalen Anbar (junior – breast/IM), Jack Smith (junior – breast)
Right now, it looks like Duke should be dueling with Boston College to stay out of last place among the teams that have a swimming program, but the Blue Devils appear to have a better chance of picking up a few individual points.
Kalen Anbar led the Blue Devils in swimming points in 2024. While he failed to score last year, he is seeded to score in both breaststroke events this year. Breaststroke seems to be Duke’s best chance in individual scoring this year — Jack Smith has improved by over a second in the 100 breast this year, from 54.06 to 52.95, and could pick up some points in that event.
Florida State – Michel Arkhangelskiy (sophomore – fly), Tommaso Baravelli (senior- breast), Logan Robinson (sophomore – fly), Max Wilson (senior – back/free)
The Seminoles have been on a roll so far this season. Most notably for a team that’s generally known for its sprinting, they hold the top seed in the 800 free relay (6:10.65), as well as the 200 medley relay (1:22.23).
Michel Arkhangelskiy was the breakout star last season, setting numerous school records, and he leads the psych sheet with a 44.43 in the 100 fly. His classmate Logan Robinson broke the 200 fly school record multiple times last year, and he has the fastest 200 free time in the conference this season (1:31.77, also a FSU record).
Tommaso Baravelli was one of the Seminoles’ leading scorers last year as a junior. This year, he’s seeded 6th in the 100 breast with a time of 51.68, already faster than he was at this meet last year.
Georgia Tech – Joao Caballero (senior – breast), Max Fowler (junior – diver)
Having lost quite a few big names to graduation over the last few years, the Yellow Jackets don’t have the star power in the pool they once did, and it’s hard to see a path for them to get back into the top half of the conference standings.
Diver Max Fowler returns after having been the Yellow Jackets’ leading scorer the last two years. He’s the defending conference champ in the 1m, and it seems like a foregone conclusion that he’ll be Georgia Tech’s leading scorer once again. Joao Caballero scored points in both breaststroke events last year, and he’s currently seeded 13th in the 100 breast.
Louisville – Tommy Bried (senior – IM/fly/breast), Guy Brooks (senior – sprint free), Gregg Enoch (sophomore – IM/fly), Jackson Millard (senior – IM), Nikita Sheremet (freshman – free).
The Cardinals haven’t had the same level of success over the last few years as they did in 2021, when they won the conference title, but they’ve been consistently solid and always seem to get the most out of their roster, even when it lacks true star power.
Tommy Bried returns after leading the team with 74 points last year, including a win in the 400 IM. He’s “only” seeded 8th in that event this year, but senior Jackson Millard holds the top seed with a 3:39.11 as the only man seeded under 3:40 heading into this week. The Cardinals are in position to haul in a lot of points in the 400 IM, as sophomore Gregg Enoch is also seeded in the top 8 with a 3:40.84.
Guy Brooks continues to serve as the Cardinals’ key sprint freestyler. He has the #2 seed in the 200 free (1:31.95), and he is also seeded in the top 8 in the 100 free. Nikita Sheremet should complement Brooks well. The freshman has consistently highlighted the Cardinals’ relays this season, and he’s seeded 3rd in the 50 free with a time of 18.92.
Miami (FL) – Mohamed Fourak (grad – diver), Jake Passmore (sophomore – diver), Matteo Santoro (freshman – diver)
It looks like there are only three men on Miami’s roster, so we’ll list ’em all. Last year, Miami’s only competitor, Max Flory, scored 84 points on his own. He’s gone, but Mohamed Farouk, who scored 77 points across three top-eight finishes in 2024, returns. He’ll be joined by Jake Passmore, who represented Ireland in the 3m event at the 2024 Olympics, and Matteo Santoro, who medaled at the 2022 FINA World Junior Diving Championships in the 1m.
North Carolina – Ben Delmar (junior – breast), Louis Dramm (senior – IM/freestyle), Seb Lunak (senior – IM/fly), Xavier Ruiz (sophomore- breast)
While the Tar Heels as a whole haven’t been breaking records with the frequency they did throughout last season, junior Ben Delmar continues to build on his strong sophomore campaign. At midseason, Delmar set a new school record in the 200 breast with a 1:49.76, which is currently the top time in the conference so far this season.
Senior Louis Dramm is seeded 2nd in the 200 IM (1:41.92) after finishing 4th in that event last year. Xavier Ruiz is seeded in the top ten in both breaststroke events, joining with Delamr to give UNC a formidable 1-2 punch in that discipline.
After finishing 3rd in the 200 fly last year, senior Seb Lunak is seeded in that same position heading into this week’s competition. He’s been 1:42.09 so far this season, but with a best of 1:40.12 from last year’s ACC Champs, he should be in the thick of things in this race.
NC State – Max Carlsen (freshman – distance free),Daniel Diehl(junior- IM/back), Jerry Fox (junior- free), Aiden Hayes (senior – fly/free) Quintin McCarty (junior – free), Hudson Williams (junior – back/free) Kaii Winkler (sophomore – free)
As always, NC State is so deep that most of the roster would be listed in the stars section for most other teams, but we need to keep this to a manageable length, so we’re focusing primarily on the guys projected to score 60+ points.
Sophomore Kaii Winkler has taken significant strides forward this season, having set new bests in the 50 free (19.00), 100 free (41.31), and the 200 free (1:32.14), 100 fly (45.52), and 100 back (45.46). He’s listed on the psych sheet in all five events, and ranks in the top five in all five. His strongest event is probably the 100 free, where he’s seeded 2nd.
Quintin McCarty is the defending champion in the 50 free (18.63), having won last year in a heat that included teammates Jerry Fox and Drew Salls.
Aiden Hayes returns after a redshirt, and should challenge for wins in the 100 fly, 200 fly, and 100 back, where he holds lifetime bests of 44.35, 1:38.79, and 44.55, respectively.
Like Winkler, Hudson Williams has set numerous personal bests this season, including the 50 free (19.15), 100 free (41.57), 200 free (1:33.00), and the 100 back (44.49). As a high school recruit, backstroke seemed to be his biggest strength, and he’s seeded 2nd in the 100 back.
Last but not least, freshman Max Carlsen broke the NC State record in the 1000 free last month, and he holds the #2 seed in the 500 free with a time of 4:11.89.
Notre Dame – Patrick Branon (freshman – free/fly), Shane Eckler (freshman – free), Marcus Reyes-Gentry (junior-back), Tommy Janton (junior-back)
The Fighting Irish return to full competition after the men’s swim team was suspended last year (although the diving team competed), and after a coaching change, so it’s a bit tough to assess how their prospects look.
Although he sits fairly low on the psych sheets, the biggest name on the roster is still Tommy Janton, who went 44.58/1:38.36 as a freshman in 2024, and who represented the USA at last summer’s World Championships.
Freshman Shane Eckler is seeded to score in all three sprint freestyle events and should score around 50 points if he can hold his seed positions. Classmate Patrick Branon has hit bests in the 200 and 500 free events this season, and is seeded 8th in the 500. Like Janton, veteran Marcus Reyes-Gentry sits a bit further down the psych sheets, but his lifetime bests of 45.12/1:40.35 in the backstroke events put him in line for a pair of A-final appearances.
Pitt – Cameron Cash (senior – diver), Julian Koch (sophomore – free)
Cameron Cash is the Panthers’ top individual returner after netting 54 points last year, including 3rd-place finishes in both the 3-meter and platform diving events.
Julian Koch‘s been on fire throughout his sophomore campaign, and he’s notched lifetime bests in each of the four events he’s entered in (the 50/100/200 free and 100 fly). He’s the surprise #1 seed in the 100 free, with his time of 41.15 having come leading off Pitt’s relay at midseason.
Southern Methodist – Jack Berube (junior- back), Kristnaps Mikelsons (junior – breast/IM), Luke Sitz (Sophomore – Diver)
The Mustangs continue to improve in their second season in the conference. They continually rewrote their relay record book last season, and they’ve continued that trend so far this season with a school record in the 400 free relay.
Having said that, their presumptive leading scorer will be a diver, Luke Sitz. As a freshman last year, Stitz scored 78 points by virtue of three top-seven performances.
Jack Berube, son of US Olympian Ryan Berube, swam a 1:40.15 lifetime best and school record in the 200 back at midseason, putting him as the #4th seed. He should also score in the 100.
Junior Kristaps Mikelsons broke through the 52-second barrier in the 100 breast for the first time this season, and set PRs in the 200 breast and 200 IM as well. He’s seeded between 9th and 11th in all three events.
Stanford — Ethan Ekk (freshman – distance free/back/IM), Rafael Gu (senior – free/fly), Daniel Li (sophomore – breast/IM), Henry McFadden (junior- freestyle), Josh Zuchowski (senior – back/fly/IM)
The Cardinal have gotten a lot of grief over the years for not developing some of their top recruits as well as swim fans think they should, but this is still a very strong lineup that returns most of the stars that helped them to a second-place finish last year.
Henry McFadden is the defending champion in the 200 free and the highest-finishing returner in the 500 free, where he finished 3rd last year as a sophomore.
Freshman Ethan Ekk holds the top seed in the 500 free (4:11.10), sits 4th in the 200 back (1:40.02), and should score in his third race, either the 1650 free or the 400 IM.
Daniel Li hit a couple of personal bests just last month, and he’s now seeded 3rd in the 200 breast (1:50.79), one of six sophomores seeded in the top eight in that event. He’s also seeded 8th in the 100 breast and 12th in the 200 IM, putting him in position to nearly double the 38 points he scored last season.
Senior Rafael Gu could be knocking on the door of a sub-19 swim after hitting a lifetime best of 19.13 at the SMU Invite. That’s good for the #3 seed on the psych sheet, and he should add points in the 100 free and 100 fly as well.
Virginia – Jack Aikins (senior – back/free), Thomas Heilman (freshman – fly/fre), Spencer Nicholas (sophomore – fly/back), David King (sophomore – freestyle), Maximus Williamson (freshman – IM/free)
The Cavaliers bring in a loaded freshman class, but as always seems to be the case, they seem to be missing some potentially big points off the psych sheet. Case in point is Sebastien Sergile, who qualified for NCAAs last year and helped set a school record in the 800 free relay, but who hasn’t competed since midseason and doesn’t appear on the ACC psych sheet.
UVA brought in a legendary recruiting class, and freshmen Thomas Heilman and Maximus Williamson should lead the Cavaliers in points. Heilman’s exact lineup isn’t clear, but he should challenge for wins in both butterfly events and should score in whatever his third event ends up being, out of the 200 free, 200 IM, and 50 free. Williamson holds the top seed in the 200 IM and has the fastest lifetime best in the 200 free, although he’s seeded 5th based on times from this season.
David King emerged as a star last year as a freshman. He sits atop the psych sheet with a 1:39.37 in the 200 back, and is seeded 3rd in the 200 free (1:32.10) and 6th in the 100 back (45.59). Classmate Spencer Nicholas had a strong midseason showing last year, but faltered at ACCs and NCAAs. Senior Jack Aikins has always been stronger in long course, although his personal bests in the 50 free and each backstroke put him in line for three A-final appearances if he can match his best times.
Virginia Tech – Landon Gentry (senior IM/fly), Will Hayon (senior – fly/free), Eli Martin (sophomore – breast), Brendan Whitfield (junior sprint freestyle)
The Hokies are in rebuilding mode after losing their key stars (and relay legs) to graduation. Brendan Whitfield is now the face of the team after making A-finals in the 50 and 100 free and the C-final in the 200 free last year. He’ll also likely be called upon to swim at least four relays.
Landon Gentry scored nearly 40 points last year, courtesy of an A-final in the 200 fly and additional points in the 200 IM and 100 fly. Will Hayon will complement Whitfield as a sprint freestyler, and probably take over fly duties on the relays.
Sophomore Eli Martin has been on a tear this season. He came into the campaign with a personal best of 53.12 in the 100 breast, and has improved on that mark five times so far this season, mostly recently with a 51.56 barely ten days ago.
Showdowns
800 Free Relay
It feels like it could be a five-way race for the wall in this event on the opening night. The Florida State Seminoles have a history of winning the shorter relays at ACCs, but they’ll arrive in Greensboro with the top seed in this event, courtesy of a 6:10.65 effort from misseason.
Last year, the Cal Bears won this event in a meet-record time. All four men who were on that relay have now graduated, and they’re only seeded 10th, but it feels like the Bears are always dangerous in mid-distance and could do something sneaky from the first heat.
NC State probably has the most depth in this event, with Kaii Winkler, Jerry Fox, Hudson Williams, and Daniel Diehl all seeded within the top 11 individually.
It’s hard to tell if UVA will load up this relay or focus on the 200 medley relay, but Maximus Williamson, Thomas Heilman, and David King give them what should be three sub-1:32 legs, and even without Sebastien Sergile, they should find a fourth leg to keep them in the hunt.
Stanford has four men seeded in the top 20 in the individual event, led by Henry McFadden, so they should be in contention for the title as well.
200 Back
We’ve got all sorts of storylines running through this event. UVA sophomore David King is the top seed (1:39.37), and teammate Jack Aikins will surely be looking to get well back under 1:40 after not having gone a best time in this event since 2022. Cal’s got the backstroke legacy, with Humberto Najera holding the #3 seed (1:39.93) and Keaton Jones sitting 6th at 1:40.30.
Stanford freshman Ethan Ekk (1:40.02) has had a great rookie campaign, and Josh Zuchowski (1:40.98), a former NAG record holder in backstroke events, is still looking for his first ACC title as a senior.
You can’t forget about NC State junior Daniel Diehl, who has a lifetime best of 1:39.01 from the 2024 NCAA Championships.
100 Fly
This always feels like a fun event, and this year should be no exception. Florida State’s Michel Arkhangelskiy, who had a dynamite campaign as a freshman last year, sits atop the psych sheet at 44.43. UVA freshman Thomas Heilman, who has Olympic experience in the long course version of this event, is seeded 2nd in 44.54, but he went 43.86 in late 2024 when he was still in high school.
Continuing down the psych sheet, we next have two veterans in Rafael Gu and Aiden Hayes. Gu, a Stanford senior, hit a new lifetime best of 44.83 at midseason. Hayes returns after redshirting last year. He was the 2023 NCAA champion in the 200 fly, and his 100 fly lifetime best of 44.35 also came from that meet.
100 Free
There are a whopping 10 men who have broken 42 seconds in the 100 free in the ACC this season, led by Pitt’s Julian Koch in 41.15, which means that a place in the ‘A’ final will be a hard-fought prize. Four of those ten come from NC State, in the form of Kaii Winkler (41.21), Jerry Fox (41.31), Hudson Williams (41.57), and Quintin McCarty (41.78), three of whom were in the ‘A’ final last year, but 2025 champion Jack Alexy has now graduated and left the crown up for grabs. Cal’s Lucca Battaglini (41.56) will aim to keep the Bears on top, while we will also see #2 recruit Maximus Williamson and Louisville’s 50 free WJR holder Nikita Sheremet in action. Expect a dogfight in both prelims and finals.
400 Medley Relay
The top four teams were separated by just 0.71 seconds last year, and the field looks just as close in 2025. NC State (3:01.81) and Florida State (3:02.52) are the clear top two on the psych sheets, but Cal is surely better than their 7th-place seed (3:05.26), and Virginia has at least a couple of seconds to drop from their entry time of 3:04.05. There should be a lot of to-ing and fro-ing in this race – can Florida State go one better than last year and take a relay win? Every leg looks like it will be faster than last year for the Seminoles, and Michael Arkhangelskiy has the talent to blow the field apart on fly.
Selections
With an abundance of changes, it’s helpful to take a look at our Swimulator projections and see how this meet would score based on best times so far this season. As of writing, here’s how this looks:
Current Swimulator Projections (excludes diving)
| NC State | 1076 |
| California | 1007 |
| Stanford | 920.5 |
| Louisville | 873.5 |
| Florida St | 615 |
| Virginia | 585 |
| UNC | 574.5 |
| SMU | 441 |
| Virginia Tech | 388.5 |
| Notre Dame | 309.5 |
| Pittsburgh | 287 |
| Georgia Tech | 248.5 |
| Duke | 144 |
| Boston College | 140 |
By the time this publishes, two of the three men’s diving events will already be complete, which helps provide some additional clarity for our picks.
At NCAAs, Cal has lost close meets to Texas due to diving, but with 60 points already on the ledger, it looks like diving could again be the difference in a tight race with NC State. Cal will still need some of its lower-seeded swimmers to move up to make that happen, but there’s a sense that momentum could be on the Bears’ side. The wild card for NC State is Arsenio Bustos, who scored 68 points in 2024 but currently isn’t seeded to score after redshirting last season due to injury.
Stanford finished ahead of NC State last year, but this season it feels like the Cardinal will need to hold onto a lot of their top seeds to repeat that result. They have a cluster of former top-ten recruits all projected to score between 35 and 55 points. If a few of those swimmers can take a step forward, Stanford could challenge Cal and NC State at the top.
Louisville is projected to finish just behind the top three and feels like a strong bet for fourth place.
After that, the prognostication gets much trickier. UNC finished fourth last year, but they’ve had a far quieter season so far, are missing PJ Foy, and don’t appear poised to get as many diving points as they did a year ago. Florida State has been on fire all season, but the question is whether the Seminoles can carry that momentum into ACCs. Virginia has the top-end talent to compete in this tier, but the back half of the roster will need to step up, especially given that the Cavaliers don’t have a diving program. Sergio Lopez always seems to coax something special out of Virginia Tech, but it’s hard to see where the points come from to match last year’s sixth-place finish.
SMU, Pitt, and Notre Dame should all put swimmers into A finals, while Georgia Tech figures to get a significant boost from diving. The remaining question is whether Miami’s diving-only program can outscore Duke and Boston College. Given that the Hurricanes already have 139 points after the first two diving events, it’s looking promising.
SwimSwam Picks:
- Cal
- NC State
- Stanford
- Louisville
- Florida State
- UNC
- Virginia
- Virginia Tech
- Notre Dame
- SMU
- Georgia Tech
- Pitt
- Miami (FL)
- Duke
- Boston College
ESPN showing the diving well during the relays–is anyone awake there?
Cameron Cash is not returning for Pitt, he graduated.
“The Cardinal have gotten a lot of grief over the years for not developing some of their top recruits as well as swim fans think they should” dropping this on Stanford and then not for UVA is wild
Childish dig.
It is objectively true that we haven’t seen “vintage Stanford men’s swimming” for some years now & that the post Skip Kenney years have been a challenge to find a new identity & more consistency, but they’ve got a loaded young group now. This year’s Stanford team has nothing to do with past years teams.
And what does any of the above have to do with Virginia? Nothing. Nothing whatsoever.
First off, don’t get me wrong, I think Stanford was well deserving of a lot of the criticism they received for lack of development over the past years. They had a lot of difficulty developing very high level recruits, and certainly have gotten their fair share of criticism for it. However, they’ve been performing far better than previous years in last season and this one, so you have to give credit where credit is due.
In addition, I think it is ABSOLUTELY relevant to Virginia to discuss recruitment development on one team that’s been overcoming their previous struggles, while not even mentioning it for a team that’s come under way more fire in the past 2 seasons especially. They’re both… Read more »
Sorry this SwimSwam piece didn’t drop the negative prose on Virginia, as hoped for, but instead wrote it out in the article for the Stanford commentary.
Just kidding. Not sorry.
The cheap takes from the cheap seats has gotten old. Very old.
With all due respect, no way Cal wins this one. The race will be between NC State and Stanford.
UVA Men walking on eggshells.
Swim too fast = not enough left in the tank for NCAAs, failure of a season
Swim too slow = Todd doesn’t know what he’s doing (with men), pressure grows for a young team going into NCAAs leading them to shrink in the spotlight, failure of a season
Hopefully the Cavalier men keep their facial hair this week as a visual indicator of where their heads are at.
I really hope the Hoos swim well at both meets
The biggest question for me is which version of Williamson we will see?
Same. This meet and NCAAs could result in him making some big decisions
It’s getting old. No…it’s been old for more than a year now.
This is his first rested NCAA meet, hasn’t come to the starting blocks yet & the Texas, et. al. fanatics are geared up again to start touching themselves if they see an off swim from this guy in hopes he bails their way.
Jeez, let the guy have a college student athlete experience. It is his life & it is his swimming career.
If anything, the continuation of this childish & vapid nonsense from such comment board gaslighting types makes me hope he throws down a 1:29 lead off tonite just to stuff the naysayers into the dark closet they belong in.
You’re gonna be in for a surprise post NCAAs. David King now follows Texas. Something is coming
Cool story Bobthebuilderrocks, if that is your real name.
How’d you know?
Heilman follows basically every top men’s program, but King and Williamson following ONLY UVA and Texas swimming is concerning, especially if it’s new. But it could just be carryover from recruiting…?
As a UVA fan I’d hate it if they left, but I can’t say I’d blame them.
I think I jumped the gun on Heilman.
Williamson never unfollowed Texas after recruiting, he got rid of UF’s account (which was supposedly his second choice) and ASU, but kept Texas in his following.
King’s is all new. Bob was maybe a month ago, the Texas account itself must have been in the last week.
What throws me off is King hasn’t been swimming poorly. I’m wondering how bad the culture is if what that guy a few days ago said was true, like Nichols assaulting someone, etc.
I’ve heard through a reliable source that Virginia AD has been worried about the return on investment from the men and that if they can’t REALLY perform over the next few years they could be dropped. Last I heard the criterion for success was an NCAA team title.
This was prior to this season, but after the current guys had all committed. I doubt that the swimmers have been given any formal notice from the program, so it’s unlikely it is driving anyone’s potential moves, but the fact it’s out there at all even as a rumor could be a factor.
I thought I commented on this, but Williamson’s kept Texas since recruiting, but he’s unfollowed UF (his supposed second choice) and ASU. King following Texas must have been in the last week. First he followed Bob which I didn’t think too much about but it’s been a week and now follows Texas. I don’t know what to expect from Heilman, I think he stays at UVA but I also never would have guessed Maurer leaves Stanford
1. NC State
2. Cal
Yes, I think NCS has the squad this year.
Cal, we just don’t know. Will the shock & awe Durden taper meet happen here or will this go according to recent history that the big drops pop in March at NCAAs.
If the latter, it’ll be the Wolfpack taking the ACC scepter.