Ian Finnerty

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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Carsten Vissering Splits 22.58, Fastest Ever, For USC 200 MR Win

Carsten Vissering threw down the fastest 50 breast relay split in history, en route to USC earning the 200 medley relay tonight at the 2018 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

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Indiana’s Ian Finnerty Swims Historic 49 100 Breast

Finnerty smashed his lifetime best to win the 100 breast, clocking in at 49.69.

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2018 M. NCAA Finals Preview: What Other Barriers Can Dressel Break?

Friday night will feature finals for the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, and 200 medley relay.

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

Five teams are within 16 and a half points of one another for the NCAA crown at the moment, with today’s meet-high 7-event prelims session holding perhaps the most valuable key to securing a team championship.

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Indiana’s Ian Finnerty Rolls to 50.47 100 Breast to Become #3 All-Time

Finnerty’s swim makes him the 3rd fastest performer of all time, moving ahead of Texas’ Will Licon, who won NCAAs last season.

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Finally, a Competitive NCAA Championship Meet

Ian Finnerty hitting his taper is the best news Indiana swimming & diving has gotten this week.

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2018 M. NCAA Day 2: 17.63 & Indiana Have Us Rethinking What’s Possible

Some amazing swims have us rethinking what’s possible the rest of the week at the 2018 Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

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NCAA Messieurs 2018 jour 1 : Blake Pieroni tacle Townley Haas et lui souffle son record sur 200 yards

C’était une performance presque insolite, réalisée par Blake Pieroni, un étudiant en dernière année de l’Indiana University, au départ du relais quatre fois 200 yards ce mercredi, premier jour des NCAA 2018.

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