Reported by James Sutherland.
2018 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, February 14 – Sunday, February 18
- Rec Center Natatorium, College Station, TX (Central Time Zone)
- Prelims 10AM / Finals 6PM
- Defending Champion: Florida (5x) (results)
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheet
- Live results
- Live Video (finals)
MEN’S 200 FLY PRELIMS
- SEC Meet Record: 1:40.59, Hugo Morris (AUB), 2016
- Brock Bonetti, TAM, 1:41.83
- Fynn Minuth, SCAR, 1:42.53
- Jose Martinez, TAM, 1:42.54
- Jan Switkowski, FLOR, 1:42.68
- Gunnar Bentz, UGA, 1:43.07
- Harrison Jones, LSU, 1:43.31
- Camden Murphy, UGA, 1:43.32
- Micah Slaton, UMIZ, 1:43.57
Texas A&M put two men into the top three of the men’s 200 fly, as Brock Bonetti paced the prelims in a time of 1:41.83. Bonetti becomes the first Aggie ever under 1:42, snagging the school record. His teammate Jose Martinezqualified 3rd overall in 1:42.54, just behind South Carolina’s Fynn Minuth (1:42.53).
100 fly winner Jan Switkowski of Florida was right there in 4th (1:42.68), and Georgia’s Gunnar Bentz (1:43.07) qualified 5th. With just over a second separating qualifiers 2 through 8, tonight’s final will no doubt be a barn burner.
He’s being a) realistic; he missed 2 or 3 crucial months of training and there’s no way to make that up for college season; b) he’s an Olympian soon-to-be pro thinking about his next steps.
Rationalizing?
He’s an Olympian, so he likely has goals beyond your comprehension, or that would make little sense to you. You are…?
Seems like there are plenty of other Olympians doing just fine in this meet with what I presume are similar goals. Loosen up your tighty whities a bit.
Completely agree with Voice of Reason. You don’t have to downplay the importance of NCAA’s just because you don’t anticipate being at your best.