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The Top 16 Men in Each Race at 2017-18 NCAA Midseason

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We’re now through the second round of NCAA midseason invites and it’s time to take a look at where the division 1 teams stand. SwimSwam has put together a list of the top 16 times in each event up to this point. The lists in this article only include top times for the men. The women’s rankings will be included in a separate article.

Keep in mind that while compiling these rankings, a couple of swims occasionally slip through the cracks, so let us know in the comments if we’ve missed anything. SwimSwam will be using these rankings to score out a mock NCAA meet based on the midseason results.

Check out the 2017-18 men’s midseason scores here.

A few things to consider:

  • A few of the top swimmers who are likely NCAA finalists may be missing from events. For example, Florida’s Caeleb Dressel didn’t get a chance to swim the 100 free or 100 fly at his invite, as he had to leave the Purdue Invitational early to tend to a personal matter. Georgia’s Gunnar Bentz and USC’s Carsten Vissering are also among the missing swimmers.
  • Some swimmers are ranked in the top 16 in more than 3 events. These swimmers will only be scored in 3 of those events when we score out the meet. The scoring article will be up soon.
  • While a couple of division 2 swimmers are among the fastest in the country, the purpose of this article is to identify the top 16 division 1 swimmers in each race.
  • Some schools had more than one relay make the top 16. Only the fastest relay from each school was counted.
  • Diving is not included in these rankings

(Note: The times listed are from the USA Swimming database, so if any swimmers are missing from the list that should be on it, we’ll update accordingly.)

50 FREE:

  1. 18.66- Caeleb Dressel, Florida
  2. 19.06- Ryan Held, NC State
  3. 19.11- Robert Howard, Alabama
  4. 19.13- Ryan Hoffer, Cal
  5. 19.17- Pawel Sendyk, Cal
  6. 19.18- Kyle Decoursey, Tennessee
  7. 19.21- Paul Powers, Michigan
  8. (T-8) 19.23- Zach Apple, Auburn
  9. (T-8) 19.23- Sid Farber, Denver
  10. 19.27- Justin Lynch, Cal
  11. 19.30- James Peek, Michigan
  12. (T-12) 19.33- Joseph Schooling, Texas
  13. (T-12) 19.32- Brett Ringgold, Texas
  14. 19.350 Chad Mylin, Florida State
  15. 19.36- Michael Jensen, Cal
  16. 19.39- Luke Mankus, Missouri

100 FREE:

  1. 41.99- Robert Howard, Alabama
  2. 42.01- Justin Lynch, Cal
  3. 42.07- Brett Ringgold, Texas
  4. (T-4) 42.10- Blake Pieroni, Indiana
  5. (T-4) 42.10- Santo Condorelli, Southern Cal
  6. 42.28- Ryan Hoffer, Cal
  7. 42.30- Kyle Decoursey, Tennessee
  8. 42.40- Justin Ress, NC State
  9. 42.44- Peter Holoda, Auburn
  10. 42.45- Ryan Held, NC State
  11. 42.47- Michael Jensen, Cal
  12. 42.54- Sam Perry, Stanford
  13. 42.56- Sid Farber, Denver
  14. 42.68- Zane Waddell, Alabama
  15. 42.71- Jacob Molacek, NC State
  16. 42.73- Abrahm DeVine, Stanford

200 FREE:

  1. 1:32.33- Blake Pieroni, Indiana
  2. 1:32.40- Townley Haas, Texas
  3. 1:33.24- Mikel Schreuders, Missouri
  4. 1:33.27- Dean Farris, Harvard
  5. 1:33.29- Cameron Craig, Arizona State
  6. 1:33.35- Khader Baqlah, Florida
  7. 1:33.51- Grant Shoults, Stanford
  8. 1:33.65- Maxime Rooney, Florida
  9. (T-9) 1:33.69- Grant House, Arizona State
  10. (T-9) 1:33.69- Felix Auboeck, Michigan
  11. 1:33.75- Robert Howard, Alabama
  12. 1:33.78- Jan Switkowski, Florida
  13. 1:33.88- Dylan Carter, Southern Cal
  14. 1:33.92- Justin Ress, NC State
  15. 1:34.15- Jeff Newkirk, Texas
  16. 1:34.26- Sam Pomajevich, Texas

500 FREE:

  1. 4:11.34- Grant Shoults, Stanford
  2. 4:12.02- Felix Auboeck, Michigan
  3. 4:13.19- Anton Ipsen, NC State
  4. 4:14.03- Liam Egan, Stanford
  5. 4:14.43- Townley Haas, Texas
  6. 4:14.72- Isaac Jones, Kentucky
  7. 4:14.93- Zach Yeadon, Notre Dame
  8. 4:15.09- Logan Hotchkiss, UC Santa Barbara
  9. 4:16.07- Fynn Minuth, South Carolina
  10. 4:16.21- Brooks Fail, Arizona
  11. 4:16.30- Jay Litherland, Georgia
  12. 4:16.32- Colin Gilbert, Denver
  13. 4:16.35- Marcelo Acosta, Louisville
  14. 4:16.35- Parker Neri, Texas
  15. 4:16.36- Sean Grieshop, Cal
  16. 4:16.43- PJ Ransford, Michigan

1650 FREE:

  1. 14:39.05- Anton Ipsen, NC State
  2. 14:39.59- Grant Shoults, Stanford
  3. 14:41.48- True Sweetser, Stanford
  4. 14:43.76- Felix Auboeck, Michigan
  5. 14:45.42- Marcelo Acosta, Louisville
  6. 14:46.31- Brad Gonzalez, UNLV
  7. 14:47.18- Zach Yeadon, Notre Dame
  8. 14:47.19- Chris Wieser, Arizona
  9. 14:48.61- Isaac Jones, Kentucky
  10. 14:49.36- PJ Ransford, Michigan
  11. 14:52.59- Johannes Calloni, Stanford
  12. 14:54.98- Marc Hinawi, Tennessee
  13. 14:55.73- Nick Norman, Cal
  14. 14:56.58- Kei Hyogo, Yale
  15. 14:56.62- Chris Bready, Cincinnati
  16. 14:57.04- Ben Lawless, Florida

100 BACK:

  1. 44.99- Mark Nikolaev, Grand Canyon
  2. 45.34- Austin Katz, Texas
  3. 45.43- Zachary Poti, Arizona State
  4. 45.63- Andreas Vazaios, NC State
  5. 45.85- Luke Kaliszak, Alabama
  6. (T-6) 45.92- Ryan Dudzinski, Stanford
  7. (T-6) 45.92- Anton Loncar, Denver
  8. 45.96- Daniel Carr, Cal
  9. (T-9) 45.97- Robert Glinta, Southern Cal
  10. (T-9) 45.97- Javier Acevedo, Georgia
  11. 45.98- Dylan Carter, Southern Cal
  12. 46.00- Joseph Clark, Virginia
  13. (T-13) 46.01- Ralf Tribuntsov, Southern Cal
  14. (T-13) 46.01- Zane Waddell, Alabama
  15. 46.04- Paul Ungur, Utah
  16. 46.05- Brock Bonetti, Texas A&M

200 BACK:

  1. 1:38.49- Austin Katz, Texas
  2. 1:39.05- Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn
  3. 1:39.18- Patrick Mulcare, Southern Cal
  4. 1:39.23- Ryan Harty, Texas
  5. 1:39.75- Anton Loncar, Denver
  6. 1:40.32- Hennessey Stuart, NC State
  7. 1:40.56- Brock Bonneti, Texas A&M
  8. 1:40.65- Daniel Carr, Cal
  9. 1:40.71- Zachary Poti, Arizona State
  10. 1:40.84- Bryce Mefford, Cal
  11. 1:41.14- Jonathan Roberts, Texas
  12. 1:41.16- Josh Artmann, Texas
  13. 1:41.31- Abrahm DeVine, Stanford
  14. 1:41.36- Billy Mullis, UC Santa Barbara
  15. 1:41.40- Robert Whitacre, Notre Dame
  16. 1:41.52- John Shebat, Texas

100 BREAST:

  1. 51.99- Ian Finnerty, Indiana
  2. 52.16- Connor Hoppe, Cal
  3. 52.20- Blair Bish, Missouri State
  4. 52.27- Ben Cono, Loyola Maryland
  5. 52.30- Jacob Montague, Michigan
  6. 52.34- Mauro Castillo Luna, Texas A&M
  7. 52.73- Laurent Bams, Alabama
  8. 52.76- Youssef El Kamash, Grand Canyon
  9. 52.83- Carlos Claverie, Louisville
  10. (T-10) 52.84- Alex Evdokimov, Cornell
  11. (T-10) 52.84- Conner McHugh, Minnesota
  12. 52.87- James Guest, Georgia
  13. 52.89- Peter Stevens, Tennessee
  14. 52.92- Matt Anderson, Stanford
  15. 52.95- Caleb Hicks, Missouri
  16. 52.97- Mario Koenigsperger, Southern Cal

200 BREAST:

  1. 1:53.05- Andrew Seliskar, Cal
  2. 1:53.10- Carlos Claverie, Louisville
  3. 1:53.23- Jacob Montague, Michigan
  4. 1:53.54- Christian Lorenz, Arizona State
  5. 1:53.72- Tommy Cope, Michigan
  6. 1:53.80- Caio Pumputis, Georgia Tech
  7. 1:54.12- Conner McHugh, Minnesota
  8. 1:54.14- Mauro Castillo Luna, Texas A&M
  9. 1:54.27- Marat Amaltdinov, Purdue
  10. 1:54.37- Danny Comforti, Arizona State
  11. 1:54.48- Moises Loschi, Georgia Tech
  12. 1:54.56- Jonathan Tybur– Texas A&M
  13. 1:54.72- Alex Evdokimov, Cornell
  14. 1:55.00- Connor Hoppe, Cal
  15. (T-15) 1:55.06- James Guest, Georgia
  16. (T-15) 1:55.06- Arthur Osvath, Missouri State

100 FLY:

  1. 44.78- Joseph Schooling, Texas
  2. 45.27- Matt Josa, Cal
  3. 45.46- Ryan Coetzee, Tennessee
  4. 45.51- Justin Lynch, Cal
  5. 45.60- Santo Condorelli, Southern Cal
  6. 45.75- Andrew Porter, Arizona State
  7. 45.87- Andrew Liang, Stanford
  8. 45.89- James Jones, Michigan
  9. 45.92- Ryan Held, NC State
  10. 45.98- Michael Salazar, Ohio State
  11. 45.99- Dylan Carter, Southern Cal
  12. 46.00- Micah Slaton, Missouri
  13. 46.03- Evan White, Michigan
  14. 46.05- Brad Zdroik, Stanford
  15. 46.07- Camden Murphy, Georgia
  16. 46.12- Jose Martinez, Texas A&M

200 FLY:

  1. 1:40.57- Justin Wright, Arizona
  2. 1:40.68- Zheng Quah, Cal
  3. 1:40.72- Joseph Schooling, Texas
  4. 1:40.82- Sam Pomajevich, Texas
  5. 1:41.07- Andreas Vazaios, NC State
  6. 1:41.22- Michael Thomas, Cal
  7. 1:41.50- Vini Lanza, Indiana
  8. 1:41.74- Camden Murphy, Georgia
  9. 1:42.08- Jose Martinez, Texas A&M
  10. 1:42.17- Brock Bonetti, Texas A&M
  11. 1:42.22- Noah Lense, Ohio State
  12. 1:42.52- Sam McHugh, Tennessee
  13. 1:42.67- Zach Fong, Virginia
  14. 1:43.08- Micah Slaton, Missouri
  15. 1:43.27- Jan Switkowski, Florida
  16. 1:43.28- Justin Lynch, Cal

200 IM:

  1. 1:40.61- Caeleb Dressel, Florida
  2. 1:41.99- Abrahm DeVine, Stanford
  3. 1:42.02- Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn
  4. 1:42.46- Andrew Seliskar, Cal
  5. 1:42.58- Jan Switkowski, Florida
  6. 1:42.76- Nick Thorne, Arizona
  7. 1:42.83- Michael Thomas, Cal
  8. 1:43.15- Vini Lanza, Indiana
  9. 1:43.21- Brock Bonetti, Texas A&M
  10. 1:43.66- Sam McHugh, Tennessee
  11. 1:43.73- Andreas Vazaios, NC State
  12. 1:43.75- Jacob Montague, Michigan
  13. 1:44.13- Zheng Quah, Cal
  14. 1:44.24- Evan White, Michigan
  15. 1:44.26- Daniel Carr, Cal
  16. 1:44.29- Alex Walton, Missouri

400 IM:

  1. 3:39.28- Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn
  2. 3:39.96- Jay Litherland, Georgia
  3. 3:41.47- Nick Thorne, Arizona
  4. 3:41.53- Charlie Swanson, Michigan
  5. 3:42.50- Jan Switkowski, Florida
  6. 3:42.71- Michael Thomas, Cal
  7. 3:43.11- Andrew Seliskar, Cal
  8. 3:43.30- Sean Grieshop, Cal
  9. 3:43.44- Sam Stewart, Texas
  10. 3:43.53- Curtis Ogren, Stanford
  11. 3:44.08- Alex Walton, Missouri
  12. 3:44.20- Jonathan Roberts, Texas
  13. 3:44.28- Anton Ipsen, NC State
  14. 3:44.47- James Guest, Georgia
  15. 3:44.48- Tommy Cope, Michigan
  16. 3:44.56- Mark Szaranek, Florida

200 FREE RELAY:

  1. 1:15.73- Cal
  2. 1:15.83- NC State
  3. 1:16.13- Texas
  4. 1:16.65- Michigan
  5. 1:16.67- Florida
  6. 1:16.68- Alabama
  7. 1:16.95- Florida State
  8. 1:17.61- Denver
  9. 1:17.66- Southern Cal
  10. 1:17.68- Tennessee
  11. 1:17.92- Auburn
  12. 1:17.94- Missouri
  13. 1:18.07- Stanford
  14. 1:18.08- Arizona State
  15. 1:18.09- Utah
  16. 1:18.22- Arizona

400 FREE RELAY:

  1. 2:48.42- Cal
  2. 2:48.75- NC State
  3. 2:49.80- Texas
  4. 2:50.46- Alabama
  5. 2:50.64- Southern Cal
  6. 2:51.00- Stanford
  7. 2:51.04- Auburn
  8. 2:51.27- Florida State
  9. 2:51.53- Florida
  10. 2:51.70- Tennessee
  11. 2:51.86- Missouri
  12. 2:52.52- Denver
  13. 2:52.66- Arizona State
  14. 2:52.68- Michigan
  15. 2:53.80- Arizona
  16. 2:53.87- Texas A&M

800 FREE RELAY:

  1. 6:14.62- Texas
  2. 6:16.08- Cal
  3. 6:17.75- Indiana
  4. 6:18.18- Florida
  5. 6:19.60- NC State
  6. 6:19.74- Arizona State
  7. 6:19.93- Stanford
  8. 6:19.99- Arizona
  9. 6:20.87- Southern Cal
  10. 6:21.66- Michigan
  11. 6:22.02- Louisville
  12. 6:23.74- Ohio State
  13. 6:24.82- UC Santa Barbara
  14. 6:25.19- Alabama
  15. 6:25.32- Georgia
  16. 6:25.58- Georgia Tech

200 MEDLEY RELAY:

  1. 1:23.44- Cal
  2. 1:23.53- NC State
  3. 1:24.00- Tennessee
  4. 1:24.28- Texas
  5. 1:24.46- Grand Canyon
  6. 1:24.60- Alabama
  7. 1:24.67- Texas A&M
  8. 1:24.80-Utah
  9. 1:24.88- Missouri
  10. (T-10) 1:25.09- Indiana
  11. (T-10) 1:25.09- Arizona State
  12. 1:25.12- Michigan
  13. 1:25.22- Auburn
  14. 1:25.50- Stanford
  15. 1:25.79- Louisville
  16. 1:25.95- Florida State

400 MEDLEY RELAY:

  1. 3:05.45- Cal
  2. 3:05.57- Indiana
  3. 3:06.11- Texas
  4. 3:06.15- Missouri
  5. (T-5) 3:07.04- NC State
  6. (T-5) 3:07.04- Alabama
  7. 3:07.29- Texas A&M
  8. 3:07.42- Florida
  9. 3:07.44- Arizona State
  10. 3:07.48- Grand Canyon
  11. 3:07.65- Stanford
  12. 3:07.94- Georgia
  13. 3:07.96- Tennessee
  14. 3:08.14- Michigan
  15. 3:08.30- Auburn
  16. 3:08.73- Louisville

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tea rex
7 years ago

Abrahm Devine is ranked in the 100 free, but not the 400 IM. Weird.

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JP input is too short
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7 years ago

He actually split 42.4/1:33.4 on their free relays at NCAAs last year, so that 100 isn’t the most surprising thing in the world, but it really shows his versatility.

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Jay ryan
7 years ago

Hey, I’ve been doing a bit of detective work. Texas will likely have a (near) complete team for NCAA taking into account best times and room for some improvements>

Locks: Schooling Katz Shebat Haas Roberts Newkirk Harty Stewart Artmann Pomajevich Ringgold (11 swimmers)
Likelies: Max Holter was 1:42.7 in the fly last year, Austin Temple PB of 52.32 in the 100 Breast
Newcomers on the rise: Three freshman distance swimmers:
Parker Neri, best HS time was only 4:23 and but went 4:16.3 in the 500 last weekend
Chris Yeager went 14.55 in HS and broke 15:00 last weekend at invite
JohnThomas Larson was 1:35/4:16/8:56 in HS, did his fastest 1650 at (15:08) last weekend
… Read more »

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Drama King
Reply to  Jay ryan
7 years ago

You missed out Tate Jackson. On the scoring range in both 50 free and 100 free.
And likely to swim 3 relays with butterfly leg in 200 medley relay.

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Jay ryan
Reply to  Drama King
7 years ago

Yep, Tx

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das swimmer
7 years ago

It’s insane to think about where MA would rank on the 100 Br and 50 free.

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Klorn8d
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7 years ago

Why is it insane? He’s the age of a college freshman so while yes he’d be a great college swimmer it’s not like he’s younger than these guys

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Dudeman
Reply to  das swimmer
7 years ago

He’s in the top 10 but it’s not really insane considering he only does the swimming part compared to the student athletes competing in the NCAA and going to school. He is also the same age as these guys now.

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Ervin
7 years ago

They’re thinner this year tho….no doubt about it. It’ll be a much more competitive meet this year. Schooling is the biggest XFactor. I think depending on how he does, thats how things are going to shake out for Texas. Hes more critical on the relays this year…particularly if they end up using him on breastroke legs

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Buona
Reply to  Ervin
7 years ago

I guess Schooling will swim 5 relays and 2 individuals for next year.

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joe
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7 years ago

Is it worth throwing away the 15-17 points he’ll earn in the 50? Makes sense if his breast split is the difference between an A and a B final…but I think they’ll sit him out of the 8 free relay, he can go a 1:32 but they’ll probably have four other guys that can go at least 1:34. I’m not sure they’ll be the favorite to win that relay even if he swims, and it’ll probably only cost them a couple spots.

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R&R
Reply to  joe
7 years ago

totally agree. I think Newkirk and Townley are locks, Roberts very likely, and then probably Katz, but really, whomever goes fastest in February – a number of new guys are going to go 1:34 or faster.

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FormerTexasLonghorn
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7 years ago

I agree with Joe and R&R. Haas and Newkirk,1:33.58, are locks. Roberts swam tired at the Texas Invite, but he’s been 1:34.54 and was in the big final at Olympic Trials so he probably will go faster. Pomajevich went a 1:34.27 relay lead off at Texas Invite (his previous best was 1:35.58) and Katz went 1:33.78 with a rolling start at the Texas Invite (his previous best was 1:36.07). So, Texas can pick 4 of those 5. I think Schooling will swim the 50 and not the 800 Free Relay.

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Horninco
Reply to  Ervin
7 years ago

Def a smaller margin of error than the past couple years. Missing Will, Clark and Jack is a tough blow.

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PsychoDad
Reply to  Ervin
7 years ago

IMO, the key is John Shebat. If he swims like last year and wins both back events, Horns win easily. I am hoping he was the least rested swimmer on the Texas team last weekend.

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Drama King
Reply to  PsychoDad
7 years ago

I think Jordan Windle will be the X Factor.
30 – 40 points in diving will be decisive.

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FormerTexasLonghorn
Reply to  Ervin
7 years ago

I’ll bet Schooling doesn’t swim breaststroke on the relays, but who will is a big question.

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tea rex
Reply to  FormerTexasLonghorn
7 years ago

Melzer split 52.5 at the invite. Not top of the NCAA, but not a huge handicap either.

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FormerTexasLonghorn
7 years ago

Anyone want to score this by teams with points to see a preliminary view of what might happen in March? Cal looks dominant right now with tons of depth.

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Braden Keith
Admin
Reply to  FormerTexasLonghorn
7 years ago

You can use our Swimulator application to do just this: https://swimswam.com/swimulator/

Enjoy

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Gator
Reply to  Braden Keith
7 years ago

Does this exclude diving points?

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Braden Keith
Admin
Reply to  Gator
7 years ago

Yes, since there’s not a great way to compare diving points across meets until NCAAs.

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FormerTexasLonghorn
Reply to  Braden Keith
7 years ago

Thanks.

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swim fan
7 years ago

UCSB was 6:24.82 in 800 free relay at Husky Invite which puts them at #13

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Swimmer
7 years ago

Come March its going to be Epic!!!!

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MIZ
7 years ago

I think Caleb Hicks in the 100 breast (52.9) and Alex Walton in the 400 IM (3:44.0) both swim for Missouri

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Lauren Neidigh
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Reply to  MIZ
7 years ago

You’re right. I fixed it. Not sure where I went wrong on Hicks but I was looking at a different guy also named Alex Walton for the other one. My bad.

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Steelerjeff
Reply to  Lauren Neidigh
7 years ago

Thanks for giving Denver the recognition it deserves! The men’s team totally out swam North Carolina and Duke at the Tennessee Invitational .

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PsychoDad
Reply to  Steelerjeff
7 years ago

Brian Schrader is a very good coach and I hope he gets a look when Eddie retires.

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