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Heading into last week’s women’s meet, most swimming experts felt good about their predicted winners in more than half of the individual events on the slate. Not so with the men’s NCAA championships in Minneapolis. Outside of Caeleb Dressel’s individuals events, no event (including relays) has an obvious favorite.
It’s never as simple as picking the top three entrants on the psych sheet (especially when teams like Texas, Cal and others tend to post big drops at NCAAs). Swimming World experts David Rieder and Andy Ross returned again to make their best guesses.
Wednesday, March 21
4×200 Free Relay
David’s Picks:
1. NC State
2. Texas
3. Florida
Andy’s Picks:
1. Florida
2. NC State
3. Texas
Thursday, March 22
4×50 Free Relay
David’s Picks:
1. Cal
2. NC State
3. Texas
Andy’s Picks:
1. NC State
2. Cal
3. Texas
500 Free
David’s Picks:
1. Townley Haas, Texas
2. Felix Auböck, Michigan
3. Grant Shoults, Stanford
Andy’s Picks:
1. Felix Auböck, Michigan
2. Fynn Minuth, South Carolina
3. Townley Haas, Texas
200 IM
David’s Picks:
1. Mark Szaranek, Florida
2. Abrahm DeVine, Stanford
3. Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn
Andy’s Picks:
1. Mark Szaranek, Florida
2. Andreas Vazaios, NC State
3. Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn
50 Free
David’s Picks:
1. Caeleb Dressel, Florida
2. Ryan Held, NC State
3. Joseph Schooling, Texas
Andy’s Picks:
1. Caeleb Dressel, Florida
2. Ryan Held, NC State
3. Santo Condorelli, USC
4×100 Medley Relay
David’s Picks:
1. Cal
2. Indiana
3. Texas
Andy’s Picks:
1. Indiana
2. USC
3. Cal
Friday, March 23
400 IM
David’s Picks:
1. Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn
2. Andrew Seliskar, Cal
3. Mark Szaranek, Florida
Andy’s Picks:
1. Mark Szaranek, Florida
2. Andrew Seliskar, Cal
3. Jay Litherland, Georgia
100 Fly
David’s Picks:
1. Caeleb Dressel, Florida
2. Joseph Schooling, Texas
3. Ryan Held, NC State
Andy’s Picks:
1. Caeleb Dressel, Florida
2. Joseph Schooling, Texas
3. Vini Lanza, Indiana
200 Free
David’s Picks:
1. Townley Haas, Texas
2. Blake Pieroni, Indiana
3. Cameron Craig, Arizona State
Andy’s Picks:
1. Blake Pieroni, Indiana
2. Townley Haas, Texas
3. Dylan Carter, USC
100 Breast
David’s Picks:
1. Ian Finnerty, Indiana
2. Connor Hoppe, Cal
3. Jacob Montague, Michigan
Andy’s Picks:
1. Connor Hoppe, Cal
2. Ian Finnerty, Indiana
3. Conner McHugh, Minnesota
100 Back
David’s Picks:
1. John Shebat, Texas
2. Coleman Stewart, NC State
3. Javier Acevedo, Georgia
Andy’s Picks:
1. Coleman Stewart, NC State
2. Robert Glinta, USC
3. Andreas Vazaios, NC State
4×50 Medley Relay
David’s Picks:
1. Cal
2. Florida
3. Texas
Andy’s Picks:
1. Cal
2. Indiana
3. Florida
Saturday, March 24
1650 Free
David’s Picks:
1. Felix Auböck, Michigan
2. Akram Mahmoud, South Carolina
3. Anton Ipsen, NC State
Andy’s Picks:
1. Akram Mahmoud, South Carolina
2. Felix Auböck, Michigan
3. Anton Ipsen, NC State
200 Back
David’s Picks:
1. John Shebat, Texas
2. Dean Farris, Harvard
3. Patrick Mulcare, USC
Andy’s Picks:
1. Austin Katz, Texas
2. Patrick Mulcare, USC
3. Ryan Harty, Texas
100 Free
David’s Picks:
1. Caeleb Dressel, Florida
2. Ryan Held, NC State
3. Blake Pieroni, Indiana
Andy’s Picks:
1. Caeleb Dressel, Florida
2. Ryan Held, NC State
3. Blake Pieroni, Indiana
200 Breast
David’s Picks:
1. Andrew Seliskar, Cal
2. Mauro Castillo, Texas A&M
3. Ian Finnerty, Indiana
Andy’s Picks:
1. Andrew Seliskar, Cal
2. Mark Szaranek, Florida
3. Conner McHugh, Minnesota
200 Fly
David’s Picks:
1. Joseph Schooling, Texas
2. Zheng Quah, Cal
3. Gunnar Bentz, Georgia
Andy’s Picks:
1. Joseph Schooling, Texas
2. Zheng Quah, Cal
3. Justin Wright, Arizona
4×100 Free Relay
David’s Picks:
1. NC State
2. Texas
3. Cal
Andy’s Picks:
1. Texas
2. NC State
3. Florida
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