NCAA Men’s Championships: Cal Set for Saturday Championship Surge (Heat Sheet)
Texas and Cal are battling for the team title at the NCAA Men’s Championships, and the title will be decided on the final day. The Golden Bears are set for a huge final day as the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly will be contested.
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Cal is seeded 1-2 in the first event of the day, the 200 back. Sophomore Destin Lasco finished second to Shaine Casas last season, and he is the top seed in the event, while fifth-year swimmer Daniel Carr is seeded second and fellow fifth-year (and U.S. Olympian) Bryce Mefford enters in fifth. Carson Foster should be in contention for Texas.
In the men’s 100 free, LSU’s Brooks Curry is favored to add a title to his earlier win in the 50 free, and he will have to fend off a field including the Texas duo of Danny Krueger and Drew Kibler. In the 200 breast, Max McHugh will seek to complete the breaststroke double for the second straight year after his triumph in the 100 breast Friday, and his competition includes Penn freshman Matt Fallon, Texas’ Caspar Corbeau, Arizona State’s Leon Marchand and the Cal duo of Reece Whitley and Hugo Gonzalez.
The 200 fly could be one of the top races of the meet with defending champion Nick Albiero of Louisville entering as the top seed ahead of Georgia’s Luca Urlando and Cal’s Trenton Julian. Georgia’s Matt Sates will swim his first non-freestyle event of the week here as well.
Team Scores Through Friday:
1. California 320.5 2. Texas 313 3. Florida 272 4. NC State 214 5. Indiana 183 6. Arizona St 167 7. Stanford 159 8. Georgia 150 9. Louisville 108 9. Ohio St 108 11. Virginia Tech 89.5 12. Alabama 80 13. Virginia 77.5 14. Harvard 76 15. Lsu 65 16. Arizona 61 17. Purdue 42 17. Texas A&M 42 19. Tennessee 40.5 20. Michigan 34 21. Columbia 30 22. Minnesota 27 23. UNC 24 23. Southern California 24 25. Auburn 22 26. Missouri 7 26. Princeton 7 28. Northwestern 6.5 28. Penn 6.5 30. Notre Dame 5 31. Smu 4 31. Georgia Tech 4 31. Towson 4 31. Wisconsin 4 35. Utah 2