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2016 U.S. Winter Nationals

• Wed. Nov 30 – Sat. Dec 3, 2016
• Georgia Tech McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
• Short Course Yards format
• Wed: Relay Finals 6 PM Eastern Time
• Thurs-Fri: Prelims 9 AM / Finals 5 PM Eastern Time
• Sat: Prelims 9 AM / Finals 4:50 PM Eastern Time
• Meet site
• Live stream (added when available)
• Live results (added when available)

4 Swimmers To Watch

There are plenty more than four swimmers worth noting this weekend, but here’s 4 with some extra intrigue:

1. Caeleb Dressel: An Olympic gold medalist and double NCAA champ last year, Dressel is always a headliner. But this week he’ll be even more interesting to follow given his wide-ranging event lineup. Eschewing the traditional one-dimensional nature of drop-dead sprinters, Dressel will pair his 50 and 100 frees with the 200 IM, 200 free and 100 breast. In particular, keep an eye on his 200 free battle with Florida teammates Mitch D’Arrigo and Maxime Rooney in the 200 free.

2. Miranda Tucker: Tucker was part of a stellar freshman breaststroke duo at Indiana last season, finishing 2nd in a 1-2 of the 200 breast at NCAAs. Now, though, she faces her former team after transferring to Big Ten rival Michigan. Tucker won’t face NCAA champ Lilly King (who isn’t competing in this meet), but draws Olympian Breeja Larson, blue chip Minnesota freshman Lindsay Horejsi and current high school standouts Nikol Popov and Margaret Aroesty in what should be some of the best races of the meet.

3. Kevin Cordes: Previously famous as the fastest short course yard breaststroker in American history, Cordes hasn’t swum a full short course meet since his senior year of college – March of 2015. He returns to the short pool after making the U.S. Olympic team in the big pool this past summer. Don’t overlook Cordes on the heat and psych sheets, where he’s entered with his long course times and will likely swim in early heats.

4. Danielle Galyer: The first-ever NCAA champ in Kentucky swimming history, Galyer could hunt a pair of wins this weekend. She’s the top seed in both the 100 and 200 backs, aiming to defend her national title in the latter. Galyer should be pushed especially in the 100 back, which is loaded up with big names and could be one of the most competitive races of the meet.

Schedule

The meet will follow the format of an NCAA invitiational.

Wednesday

• 200 medley relay
• 800 free relay

Thursday

• 500 free
• 200 IM
• 50 free
• 400 medley relay

Friday

• 400 IM
• 100 fly
• 200 free
• 100 breast
• 100 back
• 200 free relay

Saturday

• 1650 free
• 200 back
• 100 free
• 200 breast
• 200 fly
• 400 free relay