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Morning Splash<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday afternoon, the madness begins. Conference championships for Division I NCAA swimming and diving begin this week, and that means eyebrow-popping times will come from all corners of the country as the best set themselves up to make a run at NCAA titles next month.<\/p>\n

College Station, Texas, plays host to the country\u2019s largest conference title meet, the Southeastern Conference, while the ACC women are in Greensboro, N.C., and the Big Ten women in Columbus, Ohio. The Mountain West, American, Atlantic-10, Colonial and Ivy are among the other leagues with championship action beginning this weekend.<\/p>\n

Among that which we will be watching out for this week\u2026<\/p>\n

1. Caeleb Dressel\u2014obviously.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s dangerous not paying close attention whenever Mr. Dressel dons a tech suit at this time of year. As a sophomore at the SEC championships, he lowered his first two American records, posting times of 18.23 in the 50 free and 41.07 in the 100 free. (Ironically, while he\u2019s only lowered that 50 free record by three hundredths since then, the 100 free mark is more than a full second quicker.)<\/p>\n

During Dressel\u2019s junior year championship meet in Knoxville, Tenn., he started things off anchoring Florida\u2019s 200 medley relay to a come-from-behind win in 17.90, and he finished off the meet with a 40.20 split on the Gators\u2019 400 free relay, putting his team in front for good. (Dressel then credited Olympic teammate Ryan Held<\/strong> for help improving his relay starts.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA<\/p><\/div>\n

Now, we come to his senior year, perhaps Dressel\u2019s final short course yards championship season. He\u2019s sure to drop a few particularly nasty relay splits over the course of the meet and maybe even challenge one of his own American records\u201418.20 in the 50 free, 43.58 in the 100 fly and the most notorious one, 40.00 in the 100 free.<\/p>\n

Or what if he swims something else? It\u2019s hard to imagine that won\u2019t be his program for the NCAA championships, with the Gators chasing every point they can get in the national title race, but with the team heavily favored for a sixth straight conference title, why not mix it up a bit?<\/p>\n

Dressel already owns the nation\u2019s top time in the 200 IM at 1:40.61. How about the 200 free\u2014is a 1:30 (or better) possible? The 100 breast? You never know what he and Gators head coach Gregg Troy might have planned.<\/p>\n

2. Lilly King, too.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Like Dressel, you can count on Lilly King showing up and being the class of breaststroke at the NCAA level come March. And like Dressel, she tends to knock off some times at her conference championship that are likewise stunning.<\/p>\n

Take last season: King took a half-second off her American record in the 100 breast at the Big Ten championships, posting a mark of 56.30, and she recorded what was then second-fastest time ever in the 200 breast (2:04.03). Her 50 breast split of 25.55 was the fastest in history.<\/p>\n

But King always expects herself to go faster. Case in point: After winning the NCAA title in the 100 breast last year in 56.71 (faster than her freshman year winning time of 56.85), King announced that \u201cit sucked\u201d and added \u201cI just know it was slow.\u201d<\/p>\n

That 55-second 100-yard breast? It\u2019s coming, and it\u2019ll happen either this weekend or next month at the NCAA championships\u2014in Columbus either way.<\/p>\n

3. What should we make of Georgia?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For all the success Jack Bauerle<\/strong> has had with the University of Georgia, here\u2019s the stat of which he\u2019s most proud: In the past 19 seasons, his women have finished either first or second at the NCAA championships a whopping 15 times. But after a fourth-place finish last year, the Bulldog women will be hard-pressed to come close to that in 2018.<\/p>\n

Of the 252.5 points Georgia scored last year, 162.5 of those points have been lost to graduation\u2014most of that total from Olympians Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> and Chantal Van Landeghem<\/strong>. So what\u2019s left? Well, Meaghan Raab<\/strong> is one of the country\u2019s most versatile swimmers, and Veronica Burchill<\/strong> could win an SEC title or two in the sprints, but no one will be predicting this team for a top-five finish nationally barring some big breakouts at the conference meet.<\/p>\n

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Jay Litherland — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

The Georgia men look to be in worse shape, with superstar Chase<\/strong> Kalisz<\/strong> graduated along with flyer Pace Clark and top sprinter Taylor Dale also gone. Yes, there is significant talent on the roster\u2014Gunnar Bentz<\/strong> and Jay Litherland<\/strong> are U.S. Olympians, and Javier Acevedo swam in Rio for Canada\u2014but it\u2019s hard to see where relay points would come from given their roster.<\/p>\n

So, yes, a lot to prove for both squads at SECs.<\/p>\n

Speaking of teams looking to make an impact this weekend in College Station\u2026 how about the Kentucky women? The team with the best trio of 200 backstrokers in the country (Asia<\/strong> Seidt<\/strong>, Ali Galyer<\/strong> and Bridgette<\/strong> Alexander<\/strong>) beat Louisville in a dual meet last month, and now we will see if the Wildcats can translate their success into the championship meet format.<\/p>\n

4. Check out the 200 free in the ACC.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The 200 free shapes up as one of the most intriguing races of the women\u2019s ACC meet\u2014and, of course, that has a lot to do with the woman who has won the conference title each of the last two years, Mallory Comerford<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Comerford upset Leah Smith<\/strong> to win for the first time her freshman year and then swam a 1:41.70 at the meet last year. That, of course, was just a precursor to what she pulled off at the NCAA championships, when she shocked the world and tied Katie Ledecky<\/strong> to win the national title in 1:40.36.<\/p>\n

Comerford should be the comfortable favorite at the ACC meet in what should be her dress rehearsal for a rematch with Ledecky and Simone Manuel at the NCAA championships\u2014where the 1:40 barrier and maybe even Missy Franklin\u2019s American record of 1:39.10 could be threatened.<\/p>\n

Okay, but we already know about Comerford. Also watch out for two swimmers who were solid in the event as freshmen last year but have individual NCAA scoring potential this year: Notre Dame\u2019s Abbie Dolan<\/strong> and Virginia\u2019s Morgan<\/strong> Hill<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Dolan finished fourth in the event at last year\u2019s ACCs, posting a time of 1:44.87, but she later learned she had swum through the entire meet while dealing with mononucleosis. Her sophomore year has already brought some highlights, including a narrow win over Comerford at the Notre Dame-Louisville showdown back in October.<\/p>\n

As for Hill, she finished sixth last season in 1:45.42, but she swam a lifetime-best time of 1:44.81 in last month\u2019s dual meet win over North Carolina. Yes, a lifetime in a dual meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cMorgan Hill, I think, is capable of a 1:42 200 freestyle,\u201d Virginia head coach Todd DeSorbo<\/strong> said last month. \u201cI told her that at the beginning of the season. When I watch her train, she trains like nobody I\u2019ve ever seen from the 200 down kind of perspective. She\u2019s capable of being that good. I don\u2019t think she believed me, but now I think she does.\u201d<\/p>\n

5. Expect some crazy moments.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There are certain people you just always expect to swim fast\u2014the aforementioned Dressel, King and Ledecky among them. If they break records during a conference championship meet, well, who\u2019s stunned?<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Chuckarelei \/ Pac-12<\/p><\/div>\n

But every year, there are a few of those moments that just are just stunning, and none from last year stand out more than Ally Howe<\/strong> breaking the American record in the 100 back. Even Howe was shocked<\/a>, and how can you blame her? She swam a 49.69 in the 100 back, three tenths faster than a record held by the legendary Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> for 15 years.<\/p>\n

2017 conference season also saw a pair of little-known freshmen lighting up their respective conference meets in the 200 free. First, there was Harvard\u2019s Dean Farris<\/strong>, who swam a time of 1:31.56 at the men\u2019s Ivy League Championships, and one week later, Arizona State\u2019s Cameron Craig<\/strong> nearly matched that with a 1:31.71 at the men\u2019s Pac-12 championships.<\/p>\n

One year earlier, Comerford beating Smith in the ACC 200 free final was just as stunning, and now she\u2019s one of the country\u2019s top freestylers.<\/p>\n

In summary, there will some surprising results over the next few weeks that will change the complexion of races heading into the NCAA championships. From where exactly? We don\u2019t know yet\u2014and that\u2019s what makes conference season so exciting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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