Matt Josa

College Swimming Previews: Hoffer Arrives For #2 Cal Men

Incoming freshman Ryan Hoffer is a huge addition for the Bears and will play a big role on the relays in addition to being a key player individually. He’s already fast enough to have scored big in both sprints at 2017 NCAAs.

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2017 U.S. Open: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Olympic champion Ryan Lochte will swim in his first final of a USA Swimming meet since the Rio incident.

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2017 U.S. Open: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Cal’s Matt Josa is the top seed for tonight’s 100 fly final.

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2017 U.S. Worlds Trials: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

The men’s 100 fly is one of the most anticipated races of the meet with a loaded field that includes Jack Conger, Tom Shields, Caeleb Dressel, and Tim Phillips. Read on for live updates from this morning’s action.

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2017 U.S. Trials Previews: The Race for Sub-51 in Men’s 100 Fly

Jack Conger and Tom Shields headline a group of men in the 51-low range who could become the first swimmers other than Phelps to break 51 seconds since the end of the supersuit era.

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2017 U.S. Worlds Trials Preview: A New Era Arrives in Men’s 200 IM

With Phelps and Lochte out of the picture, we’ll likely see a pair of fresh faces representing the red, white, and blue in this event.

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2017 Santa Clara PSS: #1 Seeds Worrell, Shields Scratch 200 Fly Final

Top seed Kelsi Worrell has scratched out of the 200 fly final after clocking a quick 2:09.37 to top the heats.

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Hoppe DQ Makes 3 Scoring DQs For Cal At NCAAs

It’s been a nightmare of a week for California. Junior Connor Hoppe was disqualified out of heats of the 200 breaststroke Saturday morning, marking a third DQ of a scoring swimmer for Cal in this meet.

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NCAA Men Scoring Change vs Psych Sheet Day 3

2017 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, March 22 – Saturday, March 25 IUPUI Natatorium – Indianapolis, IN Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time) Defending…

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Day 3 Relay Speculation: Fast 200 MR Leaves Few Changes For Final

This morning’s 200 medley relay was fast enough that very few teams will have alternate lineup options tonight, perhaps in response to a few high-profile miscues in prelims of the 400 medley.

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2017 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Tonight brings competition in the 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 1-meter diving, and 400 medley relay.

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2017 M. NCAAs: Cal Downs 400 Medley Relay American Record in 3:01.51

Though they finished 2nd to Texas, the Bears took down the American Record in a blistering 3:01.51. That took down the former American Record mark of 3:01.60 set by Cal at the 2015 NCAA Meet.

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2017 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

NC State will look to build off their momentum from last night’s fantastic relay performance.

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Matt Josa DQ’d After 1:41.50 200 IM At NCAA Prelims

A big blow to Cal: Matt Josa was disqualified out of prelims of the 200 IM after going a 1:41.50 that would have qualified him 6th for tonight’s final.

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2017 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Relay Speculation

The 400 medleys could see a few major lineup shakeups among the top teams after a wild prelims session. Most notably, Cal could swap out as many as three of four legs after barely squeaking into tonight’s final after Alabama DQ’d.

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