Daniel Carr

2021 Men’s NCAAs Night 2 Preview: Magahey, Lasco, and Hoffer Hold Top Seeds

On the slate tonight will be the finals of the 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, and 400 medley relay. Cal holds the top seeds in two events.

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Destin Lasco Becomes Fastest Freshman In History After Monster 200 IM Drop

The Cal first-year dropped almost four seconds in a time of 1:40.61, moving up from the 58th seed into the top spot in this morning’s prelims.

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WATCH: Texas, Cal, Texas A&M, and Florida Battle it Out in the Men’s 800 FR-R

Check out the 800 free relay race video from night one of the 2021 Men’s NCAA Championships, featuring Texas, Cal, Texas A&M, and Florida.

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2021 Men’s NCAAs Day 1: Let’s Overreact to One Race

Let’s try to prognosticate just a bit what tonight’s only race — the 800 free relay — means for the next three days of racing.

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2021 Men’s NCAAs Night 1 Preview: Texas Favored, But Momentum Matters

It’s Texas v. the field tonight in the men’s 800 freestyle relay as the defending champs lead the way into the first national championships race in 2 years.

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2021 M. NCAA Picks: Cal Looking For First 400 Free Relay Win In a Decade

On paper, it’ll be Cal and Texas dueling it out in the 400 free relay while simultaneously aiming to wrap up a team title.

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2021 M. NCAAs Preview: Can Michigan Recreate Their Big Tens Magic in the 200MR?

The Wolverines put on a show in the 200 medley relay at the Big Ten Champs, breaking the meet record and swimming the fastest time in the NCAA this season.

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2021 M. NCAA Picks: Cardinals Should Vie with Recent Champs in 400 Medley Relay

The Louisville Cardinals have a strong quartet that should be in the mix with recent 400 medley champs Cal, Indiana, and Texas.

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2020-2021 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Power Ranks: Final Edition

Things are very much still up in the air between Cal and Texas, two teams with consistent NCAA track records and plenty of time left to drop this season.

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2021 M. NCAA Picks: Amid Many 18s, Cal, Florida and Texas Vie for 200 FR-R Gold

This has been a good year for the 50 free, especially in the freshman class. Three teams have a leg up on the competition in the 200 free relay, though.

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2021 M. NCAA Picks: Casas, Katz & Cal In The 200 Back

Shaine Casas is favored to sweep his individual events, but his toughest test may come in the 200 back, where veterans and newcomers alike will take him on.

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2021 M. NCAA Picks: Casas Targeting Fastest Time Ever in the 200 IM

Back in 2019, then-freshmen Shaine Casas finished 13th in the 200 IM, but now, the Texas A&M star could threaten Caeleb Dressel’s all-time mark of 1:38.18.

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2021 M. NCAA Picks: Casas One Step Ahead of Revamped 100 Back Field

Texas A&M’s Shaine Casas is almost a full second faster than anyone else this season in the 100 back after becoming just the fourth man sub-44 in November.

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A Wave of Collegiate Scratches at San Antonio PSS Thursday Prelims Session

Stanford’s Brooke Forde, Cal’s Jason Louser and VTech’s Youssef Ramadan have all scratched their Thursday events following recent college championship meets.

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