Ian Finnerty

SwimSwam Pulse: 75% Pick Dressel’s 17.63 As Most Impressive of NCAAs

In a shocking runaway of votes, SwimSwam voters overwhelmingly picked Caeleb Dressel’s 17.63 in the 50 free as the most impressive swim of men’s NCAAs. That that swim won the poll isn’t a surprise, but the winning margin might be. More than three-quarters of votes went to Dressel’s 50 – in fact, that event tallied ten times more votes than any of the other four events on the ballot.

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Indiana’s Ian Finnerty Named Big Ten Men’s Swimmer Of The Year

The awards keep rolling in for Indiana men’s swimming and diving, as a trio of Hoosiers earned yearly Big Ten awards on Tuesday.

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2018 M. NCAAs: After None In 2017, Five Top-2 Seeds Missed The A-Final

Hugo Gonzalez missed a pair of A-finals in the 200 & 400 IM after coming in as the #1 seed.

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NCAA Messieurs 2018 jour 4 : Caeleb Dressel a gagné des batailles, et le Texas d’Eddie Reese a gagné la guerre

Une fois de plus, c’est Eddie Reese qui a gagné, Texas, à la onzième heure, ayant réussi à accumuler le plus de points. Malgré Dressel, Florida est seulement cinquième.

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2018 NCAA Men’s Championships: Individual Breakdown

The 2018 men’s championships wrapped up last night so now it’s time to look at individual performances.

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2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Indiana and Ian Finnerty lead the way heading into the final day, but they’ll have to hold off hard-charging Texas and Cal tonight to seal an upset NCAA team title.

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Finnerty Sweeps Breaststrokes with 1:50.1 200 Breast

Finnerty was the top seed in the 200 breast after prelims, and he stayed on top tonight to win in 1:50.17. That moves him up to #5 all-time. 

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2018 M. NCAA Day 4 Finals Preview: Buckle Up, It’ll Be a Wild Ride

Buckle up for what promises to be a thrilling last sesssion of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

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2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

18.00? Down. 43.00? Down. 40.00? This morning, Caeleb Dressel takes aim at the 40-second barrier as he heads up both the 100 free and Florida’s 400 free relay.

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Seliskar Moves to #9 All-Time with 1:51.1 200 Breast

Cal’s Andrew Seliskar swam to a lifetime best in prelims of the 200 breast, qualifying 2nd only to Indiana’s Ian Finnerty.

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And Then There Were Three: Scoring Outlook For Men’s NCAA Day 4

We started with five viable NCAA contenders, and although the meet isn’t over ’til it’s over, we’re effectively down to three contenders, barring any miracles. Let’s take a look at day 4 scoring chances for Indiana, Texas and Cal.

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Ian Finnerty: “Freshman year I actually broke 3 of my ribs” (Video)

Indiana’s Ian Finnerty might have the best second-25 in swimming. He powered away from the field over that lap and carried his speed through to the first sub-50 in breaststroking history at 49.69.

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2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Indiana leads a brutally-close team battle, and also has several event title contenders tonight: among them Ian Finnerty (pictured) in the 100 breast and Blake Pieroni in the 200 free.

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Watch Ian Finnerty Break Dressel’s 100BR Record, Become 1st Under 50.0

Watch Ian Finnerty race to a 49.69 100 breast on the third night of the 2018 Men’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships.

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2018 M. NCAA Day 3: Dressel’s Throwing Down Free Times on Butterfly

We try to put record-breaking swims by Dressel and Finnerty into context, along with some other thoughts from the third day of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

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