Previews & Recaps
2019 Men’s NCAA Championships: Top 10 Teams Point Changes
The story of this year’s NCAA championships was the performance of Cal’s sophomores.
Who Returns the Most Points? Looking Ahead to 2020 D1 Men’s Champs
Cal won the NCAA title last weekend, and they were good enough that they look like early favorites for next year too.
Cal Ties for #7 All-Time Total NCAA Team Titles Won
After winning their first NCAA team title since 2014, the Cal Bears moved up in the all-time rankings for the total team championships won.
2019 Men’s NCAAs: How Did SwimSwam’s Power Rankings Hold Up?
After spending the entire year tracking and projecting the men’s NCAA Championships, it’s time to look back at how our Power Ranks held up. Spoiler alert: it’s not great, thanks to major overperformers like Harvard and Ohio State.
2019 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Race Videos
Watch all the race videos from the final day of the 2019 men’s NCAA Championships.
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Andreas Vazaios Explains What Sets NC State Environment Apart (Video)
NC State’s Andreas Vazaios used some massive underwaters to defend his 200 fly title and give NC State its first event win of the meet in the very last individual event
Cal Coach Dave Durden Describes Build Up to National Title (Video)
Cal scored 560, the 9th most points any men’s team has ever scored at NCAA’s and the most by any team at this meet since 2004
How Important Was Winning the 400 Free Relay For Texas? (Video)
Texas made a bold relay call, swapping out freshman Drew Kibler (who has generally been good on relays this week) for John Shebat
Dave Durden: “On a scale of 1 to 10, we were an 11” (Video)
Cal scored 560, the 9th most points any men’s team has ever scored at NCAA’s and the most by any team at this meet since 2007
John Shebat on 1st NCAA Title in Last NCAA Race: “Surreal” (Video)
Texas’s John Shebat blasted a huge front half to lead the 200 back field, hurting near the end but hanging on and holding off teammate and defending champ Austin Katz by a hair at the wall
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2019 Men’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform as Freshmen?
Last spring, the debate was Reece Whitley vs. Drew Kibler for the #1-ranked recruit in the nation. Turns out, neither of them were the highest-scoring freshman at NCAAs. Say hello to Minnesota’s Max McHugh.
20 Headlines for 20 Teams at the 2019 NCAA Men’s Championships
The Cal men, for the first time in program history, had an A finalist in every swimming event at the 2019 NCAA Championships.
2019 Men’s NCAA Predictions: How Did the Comment Section Do?
Two of the better predictions revolved around John Shebat in his non-backstroke events.
Only Four Texas Pool Records Survived 2019 NCAAs
Five more Texas pool records were broken on the final day of the 2019 Men’s NCAA Championships, leaving only four records untouched after the four days of competition.
Top 25 Quotes from the 2019 Men’s NCAA Championships (Video)
This year was all about 2nd chances for 1st times
