Ryan Held

NC State Posts Blistering 6:05.3 for NCAA Record in 800 Free Relay

NC State posted a blistering 6:05.31 to crack the NCAA Record and win the title.

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2018 M. NCAA Picks: Texas & NC State to Square Off in 400 Free Relay

The 2018 NCAA Championships should culminate in duel between NC State and Texas that could see the 2:45 mark broken in the 400 free relay.

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2018 M. NCAA Previews: Gators a Major Title Threat in 800 Free Relay

While NC State and Texas are 2 of the top teams battling for the title tonight, the Florida Gators are bringing in a team that could be hard to beat.

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2018 M. NCAA Picks: Rivals Raring to Cut In On Cal-Texas Tango in 400 Medley Relay

6 different programs have season-best composite times that add up within a second of one another in an event that could turn the tides of the entire meet.

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2018 M. NCAA Picks: Dressel Anchors For 1st Relay Title In 200 Medley

Caeleb Dressel and the Florida Gators come in as the top seed in the 200 medley relay.

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2018 M. NCAA Picks: 75 Seconds of Madness In 200 Free Relay

The NC State Wolfpack will look to finally reach the top of the podium in the 200 free relay.

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2018 M. NCAA Previews: Dressel Eyeing 39 in 100 Free

Last season, the crowd was on its feet as Florida’s Caeleb Dressel came as close as he could possibly get to becoming the first man ever to break 40 in the 100 yard freestyle.

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2018 M. NCAA Picks: All Dressel, Dressel, Dressel in the 50 Free

There’s not much doubt that Caeleb Dressel will complete the four-year sweep of the 50 free this week, but a historically strong field means that some sub-19 sprinters are going to get left out of the A-final.

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2018 M. NCAA Previews: Final Schooling-Dressel Showdown in 100 Fly

Schooling, the Olympic 100 fly champion, is the top seed heading into the meet with a 44.78 from midseason. Dressel clearly hasn’t shown all of his cards yet since he swapped this event for the 100 breast at SECs, but if his performances in his other events and his fly speed in the 200 IM are any indication, we could be in for something special.

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Texas Lead D1 Men’s Psych Sheet Scored By Collegiate Best Times

Yesterday, I scored out the D1 men’s pre selection psych sheet. This exercise gives us some idea of how teams…

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Scoring the NCAA Men’s D1 Pre-Selection Psych Sheet

The pre-selection psych sheet was released this morning. The main purpose of this document is figuring out who qualified for the meet…

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Risk it All for Taper

We’re back with swimming’s top 10 tweets, where were round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse. From some quality…

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Watch: NC State Erases Supersuit Era American Record in 400 Free Relay

The NC State Wolfpack quartet of Ryan Held, Justin Ress, Jacob Molcaek, and Coleman Stewart put the cherry on the top of their ACC championship sundae Saturday night by delivering an American Record in the 400 free relay.

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2018 ACC Men’s Wrap Up: Freshmen Impact, DeSorbo, and Wolfpack Dominance

The 2018 ACC men’s championships are in the books, and here’s just a few of the biggest storylines we noticed.

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NC State Ends ACC’s with American Record in the 400 Free Relay, 2nd-Fastest Ever

NC State put an exclamation mark on their ACC meet victory with a 2:45.69 in the 400 free relay, the 2nd-fastest time ever.

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