Projecting the Cutline – 2020 NCAA Men’s Division I Championships
Texas leads with 18 swimming qualifiers to Cal’s 14 in our early projections of the NCAA cutline based on this morning’s psych sheets.
2020 Zone A: Virginia Women Add 2 More NCAA Divers On Day 2
The Virginia women are getting boosts to their NCAA title hopes: two more divers qualified for NCAAs, bringing the Cavaliers to 3 women’s divers invited.
2020 Zone B: Down-Jenkins Wins Again, Georgia Men Add Diver On Day 2
South Carolina’s Anton Down-Jenkins is 2-for-2 so far in Zone B after a day 2 win on the 1-meter platform. Georgia’s men also qualifed a diver.
2020 Zone D: Texas Men Add 4th & 5th NCAA Diver On Day 2, Cuts Looming
Jordan Windle won his second-straight event in Zone D, and the Texas men have tough decisions looming with five divers now invited to NCAAs.
Maxime Rooney to Swim 50 Free, 100 Free, and 100 Fly In His Final NCAAs
Texas senior Maxime Rooney will be swimming his 4th different NCAA lineup in 4 NCAA campaigns, focusing on shorter events this year.
Yeager, Varozza Among Texas Roster Cap Casualties On NCAA Psych Sheets
Two-time qualifier Chris Yeager is one of six Texas swimmers who don’t appear on NCAA psych sheets, perhaps due to roster limits.
Florida’s Kieran Smith to Swim 200 Free Instead of 400 IM at NCAAs
While Smith swam the 400 IM at SECs in a time that then led the nation, he won’t be entered in it at NCAAs. He’ll instead be the top seed in the 200 free.
Cal’s Hugo Gonzalez Goes with 200 Breast Over 200 Back at NCAAs
His time from the 200 breast time trial at Pac-12s ranks him 4th in the nation, while his time in the 200 back ranked 8th.
Texas A&M’s Shaine Casas Chooses 400 IM Over 100 Back for NCAAs
This season, he’s dropped the 100 back on day 2 for the 400 IM. He was the 4th fastest 100 backstroker in the nation this season.
2020 Zone D: Texas Men Go 1-2, Qualify 3 Divers For NCAAs On Day 1
Returning NCAA A finalists Jordan Windle and Grayson Campbell went 1-2 on 3-meter in the tough Zone D, and Texas qualified 3 divers for NCAAs.
2020 Zone E: Stanford Women Get 3 Divers to NCAAs On Day 1 of Zone Es
The Stanford women got a big boost to their NCAA title hopes in the form of three qualifying NCAA divers on the 1-meter springboard.
2020 Zone B: Song Wins, Madden Fails To Qualify on 1-Meter On Day 1
Florida International freshman Mandy Song won the Zone B 1-meter title in an event where the non-qualifiers are as newsworthy as the qualifiers.
2020 Zone A: Buchter Wins By 35, Virginia Men & Women Qualify Divers On Day 1
Navy’s returning NCAA scorer Bradley Buchter won by almost 36 points in Zone A to lock in a return NCAA trip on the 1-meter springboard.
Making Assumptions and Projecting the Cutline for the 2020 Men’s NCAA Champs
It’s sort of like if we played pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey with cut lines. Tait Pinnow knows about where the target is, but it’s a little fuzzy still.
Pancake Hot Take: Top 5 Swim(mer)s & Surprises from Des Moines/Pac-12s
This weekend really blew my socks off for a beginning of March, in-season meet. We saw many top times in the world & so many historic, top-10 all-time swims.
