{"id":249093,"date":"2017-03-28T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T00:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=249093"},"modified":"2017-03-28T17:22:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T00:22:08","slug":"anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Anchor Leg: Men&#8217;s NCAA Swimming Championships Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Commentary By Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The last swimmer into the wall\u00a0at the men&#8217;s NCAA swimming championships was Indiana\u2019s <strong>Sam<\/strong> <strong>Lorentz<\/strong>. His 42.88 split cemented an eighth-place finish in the 400 free relay and seventh place team finish for the resurgent Indiana Hoosiers. In reality, there were no losers at the four day aquatic festival in Indianapolis. Given that, just making the field with the most stringent qualifying times ever was a victory in itself.<\/p>\n<p>Surely the Olympic motto\u00a0<em>\u201cCitius, Altius, Fortius\u201d<\/em> can apply to 2017 championship. The athletes paraded around like Greek gods. They carried physiques molded by hours in the weight room and pool. While the PGA may allege \u201cThese guys are good,\u201d the NCAA can counter with \u201cThese guys are ripped.\u201d If there was an ounce of fat to be found, or a BMI over 1.0, it was not on display. Six packs were everywhere. In the extreme, Ryan Murphy had one on his back.<\/p>\n<p>Entries into the pool (especially on relays exchanges) were flawless. Streamlines were extended and breakouts precise. The result was records galore including four in six swimming events on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Overlooked in all the fast swimming was the shuffling and upward mobility of teams vying for permanent residence in the top ten. Indiana, Arizona State, South Carolina and Wisconsin all showed improvement over 2016 in either position, points or both. Even NC State, who suffered significant graduation losses, managed to maintain its fourth place showing from 2016 thus solidifying its reputation as a player in this annual dogfight.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>NC State<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Former Wolfpack All-American <strong>Braden Holloway<\/strong> is now in his sixth season as head coach in Raleigh. He has brought an aggressive toughness to the once-proud program. His men and women have bought into his philosophy and rigorous training that this year produced ACC championships for both squads, a seventh place NCAA finish for the women (highest ever) and another fourth for the men.<\/p>\n<p>The Pack men opened the meet Wednesday with a U.S. Open and pool record 6:06.53 in the 800 free relay \u2013 and faltered a bit after that. \u201cThe meet has been a mixed bag for us,\u201d Holloway saidafter the meet. \u201cObviously we wanted to be better overall. On the season we had some bright spots and some challenges. That first relay on Wednesday was special. Going as fast as we did gave us an awesome start.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cWe poured out a bunch of emotion for that race and we had a hard time maintaining that. We had a few guys that weren\u2019t completely on and that made it a little bit harder. But overall it was a good week. We want to keep moving forward. I think every team here probably always wants more. We\u2019re no different.\u201d &#8211; Braden Holloway, NC State Head Coach<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Holloway attributes the ascendency of his program to a number of things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a team effort. I\u2019ve got a great staff that works hard, a sport staff that extends all the way to the administration and a great history with alumni and parents. The support is always there and it builds every year. When we started this journey six years ago we made some pretty hard decisions about how we wanted things run.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to create a culture of excellence, great decision making and do good old fashioned hard work. Now, our men and women don\u2019t know any different and it just builds on itself. These days we get more and more people considering us as an option when they get out of high school. We just have to keep building the name NC State, get better and have fun doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Indiana<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Hoosier men are beginning to look like the Indiana swim teams of old having placed seventh in each of the last two NCAA men\u2019s meets. Diving under coach Drew Johansen continues its unbelievable run. Olympian Michael Hixon and James Connor were double finalists in the 1m and 3m and Cody Coldren was 15th\u00a0on the platform. A week earlier, Indiana&#8217;s women finished eighth, which was their second-highest placing ever.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming connoisseurs are beginning to notice the turnaround, though not quickly enough for <strong>Ray<\/strong> <strong>Looze<\/strong>, a U.S. Olympic coach in Rio who is now in his 12th\u00a0year in Bloomington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople these days say \u2018Indiana, they were never any good.\u2019 No one knows our history &#8212; that we were great (six consecutive NCAA titles under Doc Counsilman, 1968-1973). \u201cYou remember,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to teach them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lesson is taking. Neighbors took early notice. Purdue coach Dan Ross is in his 32nd\u00a0year as head man at Purdue and coached against Counsilman in his final years. He remembers the legacy and the not-so-good years in between.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a Purdue guy, you\u2019d think we would never even talk to those guys. We get along really well. I get along with Ray Looze. [Associate head coach]\u00a0<strong>Dennis Dale<\/strong>\u00a0s my best friend in coaching. I have known him forever.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cI think what is happening there is Ray is doing a good job. He has a unique personality. [Co-associate head coach] Mike Westphal\u00a0is the anchor, concrete, the brick wall and does an unbelievable job coaching consistently. Plus they are starting to get athletes that are at that level (think Lilly King, Cody Miller, Ali Khalafalla, Blake Pieroni, <em>et. al<\/em>). Ray being an Olympic coach has helped them. Dennis has been a key player in the last few years with his attitude towards winning and human touch. The swimmers would do anything for him,\u201d &#8211; Dan Ross, Purdue Head Coach<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRay is obviously the linchpin. Mike Westphal is his sergeant-at-arms and does an unbelievable job of coaching the middle distance and group. They have great divers, but you can\u2019t just have divers. They are getting guys in relays now. This year the Hoosiers placed ninth, tied for seventh, sixth, 13th, seventh. When you get a Lily King and a Blake Pieroni, those are the people who put you over the top. You have to have a system, an attitude and what not over the years. Mike and Ray worked together at Pacific so they are a great team,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wisconsin<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Badgers remained in 18th\u00a0place this year boosting their point total from 53 to 63 thanks in part to a strong 24-point final session. Senior <strong>Matt Hutchins<\/strong> was fifth (14 points) in the 1650 after posting a time that would have been good enough to win the 2016 NCAA title in the event. Wisconsin\u2019s 400 free relay of Cannon Clifton, Ryan Stack, Ryan Barsanti and Brett Pinfold closed the meet in 12th\u00a0place, good for 10 additional points.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had a really good year. Our conference meets were outstanding, the best since I\u2019ve been here. The men were fifth with 763 points and women third with 1101.5. We crushed it. We had a little bit of bad luck with sickness last week with the women. No excuses, just reality. The men have done a nice job. We have fought and competed for everything. Every point is meaningful and that is pretty special in its own way.&#8221; &#8211; Whitney Hite, Wisconsin Head Coach<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 2017 success helps set the table for 2018, but as Hite pointed out, &#8220;you are only as good as your last meet so we\u2019ll make some adjustments, get back to work and be better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>South Carolina<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Gamecocks added 28 points to their 71 from a 19th-place finish in 2016 finish to land in 15th this time around in Indianapolis. Head coach <strong>McGee Moody<\/strong> has assembled an outstanding staff and their expertise is paying big dividends. Former Virginia head man <strong>Mark Bernardino\u2019s<\/strong> influence was again evident in the distance and IM events.<\/p>\n<p>In the 500, South Carolina amassed 27 points with the fifth and sixth-place finishes from <strong>Fynn Minuth<\/strong> and <strong>Akaram<\/strong> <strong>Mahmoud<\/strong>. Three top-16 finishers in the 1650, Mahmoud (third), Cody Bekemeyer (13th) and Tom Peribonio (15th), added 22 more. Peribonio earned nine with a ninth in the 400 IM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nils Wich-Glasen<\/strong>, an All-American from Germany, has benefited from\u00a0training with coaches <strong>Kevin<\/strong> <strong>Swander<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Erin Mullins.<\/strong> In Indy, Wich-Glasen captured two additional individual All-American honors and scored 24 points with sixth and eighth-place showings in the 200 (1:52.87) and 100 (51.92) breaststrokes, respectively.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cWe came in with pretty high expectations. We surpassed even what we had in mind. Our guys almost maxed out what we are capable of doing. I have a coaching staff that is as focused and hard working as any I\u2019ve ever had. They care about our athletes and the progress of this program.&#8221; McGee Moody, South Carolina Head Coach<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got some strong freshmen coming in, ones that will be in, and score points, in this meet next year. The big thing is we\u2019ve got to get some speed swimmers, 50 and 100 guys. We\u2019ve got developing athletes currently but in the present landscape if you don\u2019t have an 18 point relay or a 42 anchor at the end of the medley relay you are going to be out of the game. The last piece of the puzzle is getting the rest of our relays here and continuing to move up that point ladder. We are going to keep working, but we still have work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Led by Swander, South Carolina recruits internationally with considerable success. The 2017 Gamecock roster sports athletes from Germany, Israel, Egypt, Spain, and South Africa. \u201cNext year we\u2019ve got a Hungarian and Colombian coming in. We\u2019re excited about it,\u201d said Moody.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Arizona State<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Bob Bowman<\/strong> spent more than 15 years at North Baltimore Aquatic Club shepherding Michael Phelps and national level swimmers. He also coached at the University of Michigan from 2005-2008. Now in his second year at Arizona State, he is resurrecting the Sun Devil swimming tradition. The results have been almost immediate.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cWe are actually ahead of schedule. I am very proud of these boys. They work super hard, they\u2019ve bought into our system and are starting to believe they can compete on this level. We have some people with talent. Most of them were already here when I arrived. We just had to raise their level.\u201d &#8211; Bob Bowman, Arizona State Head Coach<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bowman\u2019s incoming personnel hails from all over the United States as well as internationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve pretty much covered all the bases and that\u2019s what I want to keep doing. We are just trying to take it a step at a time. We have a long way to go. We are not competitive in this meet at the top level, but we are in the meet. A year ago we scored two points; this year 100. So we are doing a little better,\u201d Bowman\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<h3>Coach Speak<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAll momentum is is your next swim. It\u2019s a word you guys made up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeed is directly related to strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Texas head coach <strong>Eddie Reese <\/strong>in comments to the media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cHe had a great conference meet, but here he\u2019s starstruck. He needs another year.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anonymous<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary By Michael J. Stott The last swimmer into the wall\u00a0at the men&#8217;s NCAA swimming championships was Indiana\u2019s Sam Lorentz. His 42.88 split cemented an eighth-place finish in the 400<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":249086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,6,17],"tags":[28734,31607,10818,5576,40968,25953,40046,31613,26126,60909,21630,39285,1342,60911,40455,50508,3004,47993,26736,6302,43415,57148,36384,60910,21869,43284,25269,29050,48465,60908,25966],"class_list":["post-249093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-college","category-commentary","tag-ali-khalafalla","tag-blake-pieroni","tag-bob-bowman","tag-braden-holloway","tag-brett-pinfold","tag-cannon-clifton","tag-cody-bekemeyer","tag-cody-coldren","tag-cody-miller","tag-counsilman","tag-dan-ross","tag-drew-johansen","tag-eddie-reese","tag-erin-mullins","tag-james-connor","tag-kevin-swander","tag-mark-bernardino","tag-matt-hutchins","tag-mcgee-moody","tag-michael-phelps","tag-mike-westphal","tag-ncaa-swimming-championships","tag-nils-wich-glasen","tag-olympian-michael-hixon","tag-ray-looze","tag-ryan-barsanti","tag-ryan-murphy","tag-ryan-stack","tag-sam-lorentz","tag-speak","tag-whitney-hite"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Anchor Leg: Men&#039;s NCAA Swimming Championships Revisited<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hearing from the coaches of some surging teams after the men&#039;s NCAA swimming championships in Indianapolis.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anchor Leg: Men&#039;s NCAA Swimming Championships Revisited\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hearing from the coaches of some surging teams after the men&#039;s NCAA swimming championships in Indianapolis.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-29T00:00:25+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-03-29T00:22:08+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/clark-smith-2017-mncaa-3713-e1490725275771.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"807\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"606\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Stott\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Stott\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Stott\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c00f7967bbeec48d9dcea8129ce836\"},\"headline\":\"Anchor Leg: Men&#8217;s NCAA Swimming Championships Revisited\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-29T00:00:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-03-29T00:22:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/\"},\"wordCount\":1830,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/clark-smith-2017-mncaa-3713-e1490725275771.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ali Khalafalla\",\"Blake Pieroni\",\"Bob Bowman\",\"Braden Holloway\",\"Brett Pinfold\",\"Cannon Clifton\",\"Cody Bekemeyer\",\"Cody Coldren\",\"Cody Miller\",\"Counsilman\",\"Dan Ross\",\"Drew Johansen\",\"Eddie Reese\",\"Erin Mullins\",\"James Connor\",\"Kevin Swander\",\"Mark Bernardino\",\"Matt Hutchins\",\"McGee Moody\",\"Michael Phelps\",\"Mike Westphal\",\"NCAA-swimming-championships\",\"Nils Wich-Glasen\",\"Olympian Michael Hixon\",\"Ray Looze\",\"Ryan Barsanti\",\"Ryan Murphy\",\"Ryan Stack\",\"Sam Lorentz\",\"Speak\",\"Whitney Hite\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"College\",\"Commentary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/\",\"name\":\"Anchor Leg: Men's NCAA Swimming Championships Revisited\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/clark-smith-2017-mncaa-3713-e1490725275771.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-29T00:00:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-03-29T00:22:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"Hearing from the coaches of some surging teams after the men's NCAA swimming championships in Indianapolis.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/clark-smith-2017-mncaa-3713-e1490725275771.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/clark-smith-2017-mncaa-3713-e1490725275771.jpg\",\"width\":807,\"height\":606,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Anchor Leg: Men&#8217;s NCAA Swimming Championships Revisited\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c00f7967bbeec48d9dcea8129ce836\",\"name\":\"Michael Stott\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/nsl_avatars\/8411426d01057b686fcb5305cd099617-100x100.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/nsl_avatars\/8411426d01057b686fcb5305cd099617-100x100.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Michael Stott\"},\"description\":\"Mike Stott has a Masters in Journalism from Ohio University and has written for Swimming World and its family of publications since 1993. He attended Olympic Games in 1972, 1976, 1996 and has covered Olympic Trials and numerous NCAA championships for Swimming World. He has interviewed swimmers and coaches from every Olympic Games since 1936. He is an ASCA Level 5 coach and his high school swim teams have won nine state championships. He has been involved in swim team administration for more than 35 years and been a Ben Franklin Award recipient as a part of Swimming World\u2019s editorial team. In 2017 he received an Outstanding Service award from the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/michael-stott\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Anchor Leg: Men's NCAA Swimming Championships Revisited","description":"Hearing from the coaches of some surging teams after the men's NCAA swimming championships in Indianapolis.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Anchor Leg: Men's NCAA Swimming Championships Revisited","og_description":"Hearing from the coaches of some surging teams after the men's NCAA swimming championships in Indianapolis.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2017-03-29T00:00:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-03-29T00:22:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":807,"height":606,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/clark-smith-2017-mncaa-3713-e1490725275771.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Stott","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Stott","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Stott","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c00f7967bbeec48d9dcea8129ce836"},"headline":"Anchor Leg: Men&#8217;s NCAA Swimming Championships Revisited","datePublished":"2017-03-29T00:00:25+00:00","dateModified":"2017-03-29T00:22:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/"},"wordCount":1830,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/clark-smith-2017-mncaa-3713-e1490725275771.jpg","keywords":["Ali Khalafalla","Blake Pieroni","Bob Bowman","Braden Holloway","Brett Pinfold","Cannon Clifton","Cody Bekemeyer","Cody Coldren","Cody Miller","Counsilman","Dan Ross","Drew Johansen","Eddie Reese","Erin Mullins","James Connor","Kevin Swander","Mark Bernardino","Matt Hutchins","McGee Moody","Michael Phelps","Mike Westphal","NCAA-swimming-championships","Nils Wich-Glasen","Olympian Michael Hixon","Ray Looze","Ryan Barsanti","Ryan Murphy","Ryan Stack","Sam Lorentz","Speak","Whitney Hite"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","College","Commentary"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/","name":"Anchor Leg: Men's NCAA Swimming Championships Revisited","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/clark-smith-2017-mncaa-3713-e1490725275771.jpg","datePublished":"2017-03-29T00:00:25+00:00","dateModified":"2017-03-29T00:22:08+00:00","description":"Hearing from the coaches of some surging teams after the men's NCAA swimming championships in Indianapolis.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/clark-smith-2017-mncaa-3713-e1490725275771.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/clark-smith-2017-mncaa-3713-e1490725275771.jpg","width":807,"height":606,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anchor-leg-mens-ncaa-swimming-championships-revisited-championships\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Anchor Leg: Men&#8217;s NCAA Swimming Championships Revisited"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c00f7967bbeec48d9dcea8129ce836","name":"Michael Stott","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/nsl_avatars\/8411426d01057b686fcb5305cd099617-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/nsl_avatars\/8411426d01057b686fcb5305cd099617-100x100.jpg","caption":"Michael Stott"},"description":"Mike Stott has a Masters in Journalism from Ohio University and has written for Swimming World and its family of publications since 1993. He attended Olympic Games in 1972, 1976, 1996 and has covered Olympic Trials and numerous NCAA championships for Swimming World. He has interviewed swimmers and coaches from every Olympic Games since 1936. He is an ASCA Level 5 coach and his high school swim teams have won nine state championships. He has been involved in swim team administration for more than 35 years and been a Ben Franklin Award recipient as a part of Swimming World\u2019s editorial team. In 2017 he received an Outstanding Service award from the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/michael-stott\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick","source_text":"NCAA Swimming Championships","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/clark-smith-2017-mncaa-3713-e1490725275771.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-12ND","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}