Bjorn Seeliger

2022 Minnesota Invite: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

The first prelims session of the 2022 Minnesota Invite is underway in Minneapolis. This morning’s session will feature the 500 free, 200 IM, and 50 free. 

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2022 Minnesota Invite: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Look for some close team battles between Texas and Cal on both the men’s and the women’s sides tonight, as the 200 MR and 800 FR will be contested on day one.

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2022 Minnesota Invite Psych Sheets Show Notable Absences For Texas & Cal

Texas will be without 2022 NCAA runner-up Caspar Corbeau at the Minnesota Invite this week as he prepares for the Short Course World Championships.

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Races To Watch, All The Links You Need For The 2022 Minnesota Invite

Carson Foster and the Texas men will take on Cal in a must-see showdown at the Minnesota Invite this weekend.

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Tennessee Sophomore Jordan Crooks Swims 18.27 in 50 Free, Ties as #2 in History

Jordan Crooks’ swim ties Cal junior Bjorn Seeliger as the #2 performer in history in the 50 yard free; his time is the best outside of championship season.

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Jordan Crooks Blazes Nation-Leading 18.68 50 Free, Just Off Dressel’s Midseason Record

Tennessee sophomore Jordan Crooks reached the wall in 18.68, just .02 seconds behind the fastest mid-season time ever clocked by Caeleb Dressel in 2017.

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Gabriel Jett Rips 21.9/46.8/1:43 Backstroke PBs At Cal-Stanford Tri-Distance Meet

In #1 Cal’s victory against #7 Stanford at the triple-distance meet, Gabriel Jett experimented with a discipline that he doesn’t typically race and set PBs.

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The Week That Was In College Swimming (Week 4)

Welcome to The Week That Was In College Swimming, where every week we’ll take a look at some of the highlights from around the NCAA.

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What Happens When You Put an 18.2 Sprinter in the 500 Free?

We learned a lot of interesting things from Cal’s dual meet against Pacific, where most star swimmers, including Bjorn Seeliger, swam secondary events.

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Commonwealth Games Champion Pieter Coetze Verbally Commits To Cal For Fall 2024

Coetze is set to make an immediate impact when he arrives at Cal, holding long course times that would already be in NCAA scoring range if converted to yards.

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The Week That Was In College Swimming (Week 2)

Welcome to The Week That Was In College Swimming, where every week we’ll take a look at some of the highlights from around the NCAA in all three divisions.

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Seeliger Splits 18.90, Stadden Swims 1:52 in the 200BK in Combined Dual with Utah

Cal hosted the Utah last week at Spieker Aquatics Complex, sweeping their conference opponent by convincing margins in both the men’s and women’s meets. 

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Sprinters Shine On First Day Of Tennessee vs. NC State Dual Meet

Quintin McCarty, one of the fastest freshman sprinters in the NCAA, went 19.44 in the 50 free unsuited and was just 0.09 seconds off of his personal best.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 60% Think We’ll See At Least Three Men Sub-19 Before 2023

Last season we saw the most men break 19 seconds ever, with 16 swimmers going 18-point in the 50 free during the 2021-22 campaign.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 57% Say “No Chance” A Dressel Record Falls This NCAA Season

The majority don’t think any of Caeleb Dressel’s 2018 NCAA records will go down this season, but if there’s one that will, they’re picking the 100 free.

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