Matt Brownstead

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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2021 M. NCAA Picks: Hoffer Aims To Fend Off New Wave of Sub-19 50 Freestylers

Defending champion Ryan Hoffer faces the deepest 50 free field in history this week, with seven men having broken 19 seconds heading into NCAAs.

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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: 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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Freshman Matt Brownstead Gives His Take on Class of 2024 Chasing History

We’ve already seen a slew of 18-unders drop 18+ and 41+ swims in the 50 and 100 freestyles, and Brownstead thinks the NCAA Champs will just bring more.

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Pac-12 Relay Splits: Cal’s Seeliger Drops 18.38 For Season’s Top 50 Leg

The 21-year-old Swedish freshman anchored the Golden Bears to a fifth straight win in the 200 medley relay at the Pac-12 Championships.

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2021 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Stanford’s Grant Shoults will aim to win the Pac-12 500 free title for a fourth time on Day 2 of the conference championships in Houston.

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Saturday Night Highlights: 7 NCAA D1 Conference Team Trophies Awarded

The Louisville Cardinals pulled off a 2-point upset, breaking NC State’s 6-year conference championship string on Saturday night.

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2021 ACC Men’s Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

We’ve got the closest men’s ACC Championships in years, with a three-team race that could come down to the final relay tonight in Greensboro.

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2021 ACC Men’s Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

The final morning of the 2021 ACC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships consists of heats of the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, and 200 fly. 

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The Biggest Stories from College Conference Meets (February 25)

With nine NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving championship meets this weekend, we want to highlight all the action from Thursday

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2021 ACC Men’s Championships: Day 2 Relay Split Analysis

The Louisville Cardinals won their first ACC title in the 200 free relay with a deja vu leadoff swim and a pair of sub-19 relay splits.

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Matt Brownstead Third Freshman To Go Sub-19 in Two Days, A Sign of the Times

UVA freshman Matt Brownstead won the ACC 50 free title today with a 18.88, becoming the third freshmen in two days to get under 19.0.

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

Day 2 of the 2021 ACC Men’s Championships will feature finals of the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free, plus timed finals of the 200 free relay.

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