Drew Kibler

Bears and Gators Bringing the 50 Free Speed on Day 2 (Relay Splits)

While it was easier to make the finals of the 50 free this morning than it had been in year, Cal and Florida rocked it and the 200 free relay tonight,.

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2021 NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Catch top seeds UGA’s Jake Magahey (500 FR), Cal’s Destin Lasco (200 IM), Cal’s Ryan Hoffer (50 FR), and the 200 free and 400 medley relays on night two.

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2021 NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

This morning, the team race will start to take shape, with prelims of the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free set to run.

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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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Texas and Cal Proving to Be Class of the Field Early at Men’s NCAAs

Only Texas or Cal have finished first or second at the NCAA Men’s Championships since Michigan’s 2013 title, and they went 1-2 to kick-off this year’s meet.

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Kieran Smith Becomes First Swimmer With Multiple Sub-1:30s In 200 Free

Smith led off Florida’s 800 free relay in 1:29.66, the fifth-fastest swim in history and the fifth under the 1:30 barrier.

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2021 NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

NCAA 200 free leader Kieran Smith will see how far he can push Florida in the 800 free relay tonight as the NCAA Men’s Championships kick off.

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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. NCAA Picks: Magahey Clouds Smith’s Clear Path To 500 Victory

Last year Kieran Smith was weeks away from his first-ever 500 free NCAA title but his path to victory this year is a but less clear-cut.

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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: For the 200 Free, In Kieran We Trust

At SECs, Kieran Smith swam the lead-off leg of Florida’s 800 free relay in a new school record of 1:29.48, becoming the fourth man ever to break 1:30.

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2021 M. NCAA Picks: Hoffer and Krueger Lead Younger Field in the 100 Free

Daniel Krueger and Ryan Hoffer top the 100 free psych sheet, and are the only two returning A-finalists in this event from the 2019 NCAA Championships.

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