2021 NCAA MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- When: Wednesday, March 24 – Saturday, March 27, 2021
- Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center / Greensboro, NC (Eastern Time Zone)
- Prelims 10 AM/ Finals 6 PM (Local Time)
- Short course yards (SCY) format
- Defending champion: Cal (1x) – 2019 results
- Streaming:
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
Reported by Nick Pecoraro.
1650 FREE – TIMED FINALS
- NCAA Record: 14:12.08, Bobby Finke (Florida) – 2020
- American Record: 14:12.08, Bobby Finke (Florida) – 2020
- U.S. Open Record: 14:12.08, Bobby Finke (Florida) – 2020
Meet Record: 14:22.41, Clark Smith (Texas) – 2017Pool Record: 14:23.52, Connor Jaeger (Club Wolverine) – 2014- 2019 Champion: Felix Auboeck (Michigan), 14:23.09
- 2020 Top Performer: Bobby Finke (Florida), 14:12.08
SLOWER HEATS RECAP
Top 3:
- Bobby Finke (Florida)- 14:12.52 *Meet/Pool Record
- Jake Magahey (Georgia)- 14:28.69
- Ross Dant (NC State)- 14:31.17
After the 250-yard mark, no one could match Bobby Finke‘s pace during the fastest heat of the 1650 free. The question was not if Finke would win the title, but if he could break his 14:12.08 records from the 2020 SEC Championship final. At the touch, the title was Finke’s, touching in at 14:12.52. This is now Finke’s third 14:12 performance and the third-fastest swim in history.
Picking up second place for the Bulldogs was Jake Magahey, hitting 14:28.69. Moving up to third place was NC State sophmore Ross Dant, whose time of 14:31.17 makes him the 15th-fastest American in history.
Out of heat four, Arizona’s Brooks Fail dropped 13 seconds from his seed time to place fourth overall at 14:31.48, just 0.31s behind Dant. That also mints an Arizona program record. Rounding out the top six times were Notre Dame’s Jack Hoagland (14:33.93) and former ND teammate Zach Yeadon of Cal (14:36.06).
I like Coleman’s interviews, he asks good questions that drill down a little bit. I hate how most swimming interviews are like “how’d you feel about the race?” Then the swimmer goes “oh I went out pretty hard and thought I would die but then I held on.” That’s not interesting to listen to
You can tell Coleman’s interview skills have really improved throughout the pandemic with the hundreds of SwimSwam Podcast episodes
Yo you should watch Brett Hawke’s interviews, he’s built up his skills rather nicely after the dozens of hour long interviews he’s done
What is his best time in 1500 LCM? Any chance for a medal in Tokyo with Welllbrock, Romanchuk, Paltrinieri and super talented & young Franko Grgic (18 yers and already 14.46 in LC). Americans are losing perspective swimming sc yards (nobody else in the world does it).
Finke was 14:48 3 years ago, back before he broke the AM in yards. So one can certainly hope he’ll be with the big boys this summer in Tokyo.
Thanks for your reply, very good time indeed. I think it will take under 14.40 to medal in Tokyo though
Well on the bright side…… at least he is consistent lol.
Yep. Better to be consistent than be 14:12,14:30.14:23 for example. Shows his grit in training and determination to be on his best every taper meet.
Good interview! I like his perspective and modesty! I especially was impressed with his after race interview on deck when he also thanked his club coach, Fred Lewis. I know many swimmers had to go home to train during part of the pandemic. But many times they don’t take the opportunity to thank them. Club coaches I’ve the athletes the background and mentality to. Be the best they can be!
Missed the on deck interview, but yes THANK YOU Fred; keeps churning them out.