Swimming World’s Predictions For 2021 Men’s NCAAs: Part One

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Swimming World’s Predictions For the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships

Part One

The 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships will begin this week in Greensboro, North Carolina after a long and uncertain season that was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been two years since we last had an NCAA championship meet, so many swimming fans are just grateful a national championship meet will be held in a normal format, even if we have to sacrifice no fans being allowed at the meet.

Much like the last seven years, the meet is expected to come down between the Texas Longhorns and the Cal Golden Bears as the psych sheet has Cal winning, with Texas expected to close the gap with diving points.

Swimming World’s team of Andy Ross, Dan D’Addona, David Rieder and Matthew De George will be selecting the winners for each swimming event this weekend in Greensboro.

The meet will begin each night starting Wednesday, March 24 at 6 p.m. EST and will be streaming on the Watch ESPN app. Prelims will begin each morning at 10 a.m. EST and will also be streamed on the same app.

800 Free Relay

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PLACE	ANDY	DAN	DAVID	MATTHEW
1st	Texas (6:07.34)	Texas (6:07.34)	Texas (6:07.34)	Texas (6:07.34)
2nd	California (6:11.98)	California (6:11.98)	California (6:11.98)	California (6:11.98)
3rd	Florida (6:12.24)	Florida (6:12.24)	Texas A&M (6:11.63)	Texas A&M (6:11.63)
4th	Texas A&M (6:11.63)	Texas A&M (6:11.63)	Florida (6:12.24)	Florida (6:12.24)

200 Free Relay

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PLACE	ANDY	DAN	DAVID	MATTHEW
FIRST	California (1:15.80)	California (1:15.80)	California (1:15.80)	California (1:15.80)
SECOND	Texas (1:15.76)	Texas (1:15.76)	Texas (1:15.76)	Texas (1:15.76)
THIRD	Florida (1:15.21)	Florida (1:15.21)	Florida (1:15.21)	Florida (1:15.21)
FOURTH	Louisville (1:15.99)	Louisville (1:15.99)	NC State (1:16.33)	Louisville (1:15.99)

500 Free

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PLACE	ANDY	DAN	DAVID	MATTHEW
1ST	Kibler (4:08.26)	Smith (4:06.32)	Smith (4:06.32)	Smith (4:06.32)
2ND	Smith (4:06.32)	Kibler (4:08.26)	Magahey (4:06.71)	Magahey (4:06.71)
3RD	Julian (4:09.49)	Julian (4:09.49)	Kibler (4:08.26)	Julian (4:09.49)
4TH	Magahey (4:06.71)	Magahey (4:06.71)	Julian (4:09.49)	Kibler (4:08.26)

200 IM

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PLACE	ANDY	DAN	DAVID	MATTHEW
1ST	Casas (1:38.95)	Casas (1:38.95)	Casas (1:38.95)	Casas (1:38.95)
2ND	C. Foster (1:41.46)	C. Foster (1:41.46)	C. Foster (1:41.46)	C. Foster (1:41.46)
3RD	Gonzalez (1:41.05)	Gonzalez (1:41.05)	Gonzalez (1:41.05)	Gonzalez (1:41.05)
4TH	DeLakis (1:41.71)	Acevedo (1:41.75)	Pumputis (1:41.76)	Pumputis (1:41.76)

50 Free

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PLACE	ANDY	DAN	DAVID	MATTHEW
1ST	Hoffer (18.81)	Hoffer (18.81)	Hoffer (18.81)	Hoffer (18.81)
2ND	Krueger (19.10)	Krueger (19.10)	Chaney (18.76)	Brownstead (18.88)
3RD	Chaney (18.76)	Brownstead (18.88)	Brownstead (18.88)	Chaney (18.76)
4TH	Vera (19.03)	Chaney (18.76)	Seeliger (18.84)	Vera (19.03)

400 Medley Relay

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PLACE	ANDY	DAN	DAVID	MATTHEW
FIRST	Texas (3:02.11)	California (3:02.60)	Texas (3:02.11)	Texas (3:02.11)
SECOND	California (3:02.60)	Texas (3:02.11)	California (3:02.60)	California (3:02.60)
THIRD	Louisville (3:02.86)	Louisville (3:02.86)	Louisville (3:02.86)	Louisville (3:02.86)
FOURTH	Indiana (3:02.57)	Michigan (3:03.16)	Michigan (3:03.16)	Indiana (3:02.57)

400 IM

Carson Foster; Photo Courtesy: Texas Athletics

PLACE	ANDY	DAN	DAVID	MATTHEW
FIRST	C. Foster (3:35.27)	C. Foster (3:35.27)	C. Foster (3:35.27)	C. Foster (3:35.27)
SECOND	Finke (3:39.15)	Finke (3:39.15)	Gonzalez (3:37.31)	Finke (3:39.15)
THIRD	Schlicht (3:39.59)	Gonzalez (3:37.31)	Finke (3:39.15)	Gonzalez (3:37.31)
FOURTH	J. Foster (3:40.35)	Schlicht (3:39.59)	J. Foster (3:40.35)	J. Foster (3:40.35)

100 Fly

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PLACE	ANDY	DAN	DAVID	MATTHEW
FIRST	Jiang (44.91)	Albiero (44.67)	Murphy (44.77)	Albiero (44.67)
SECOND	Albiero (44.67)	Murphy (44.77)	Albiero (44.67)	Murphy (44.77)
THIRD	Murphy (44.77)	Hoffer (45.22)	Jiang (44.91)	Ramadan (44.32)
FOURTH	Hoffer (45.22)	Urlando (44.97)	Ramadan (44.32)	Jiang (44.91)

200 Free

Photo Courtesy: Connor Trimble

PLACE	ANDY	DAN	DAVID	MATTHEW
FIRST	Smith (1:29.48)	Smith (1:29.48)	Smith (1:29.48)	Smith (1:29.48)
SECOND	Kibler (1:30.57)	Kibler (1:30.57)	Kibler (1:30.57)	Kibler (1:30.57)
THIRD	Theall (1:32.48)	DeLakis (1:31.90)	Julian (1:32.29)	Magahey (1:32.22)
FOURTH	DeLakis (1:31.90)	Magahey (1:32.22)	DeLakis (1:31.90)	DeLakis (1:31.90)

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