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

It\u2019s been more than two years since an NCAA Division I swimming championships has featured much of any drama in the team race. At the last two women\u2019s meets, Stanford has been a clear favorite, and Texas has steamrolled through the men\u2019s championships each of the past three years.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns may very well win again in 2018, but it won\u2019t come easy, with Cal looking like a massive threat and NC State, Florida and Indiana all boasting impressive squads.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll break down the psych sheet scoring projections later, but those lists can be deceiving. Texas and Cal rarely enter on top of those lists, but both teams typically post big time drops at NCAAs. That also means that a swimmer listed well down on the psych sheet<\/a> can be a title favorite\u2014like the 11th-seeded Townley Haas<\/strong> in the 500 free.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a full swing through the races on tap for this week in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

Freestyle<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The 50 and 100 free will be all about a 21-year-old Floridian named Caeleb<\/strong> Dressel<\/strong>. If you have read Swimming World<\/em> at any point during the past year, either online or the magazine, you\u2019ve probably heard of him. Most recently, Dressel has garnered attention for his record-breaking efforts in the 200 IM<\/a> and 100 breast<\/a>, but he\u2019s returning to his sprint roots for the national meet.<\/p>\n

The question will be his times: Can he get under 18 seconds in the 50 free (his American record is 18.20), and can he crack the 40.00 he swam in the 100 free last year?<\/p>\n

Try as Ryan Held<\/strong>, Blake Pieroni<\/strong>, Zach Apple<\/strong> and co. might, they won\u2019t get anywhere close to Dressel.<\/p>\n

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Townley Haas — Photo Courtesy: Dan D’Addona<\/p><\/div>\n

The 200 free should be one of the meet\u2019s most intriguing races, with Pieroni and Harvard\u2019s Dean Farris<\/strong> having already swum in the 1:31-low range this season, Florida\u2019s Khader Baqlah<\/strong> at 1:31.9 and two-time defending champion Townley Haas<\/strong> of Texas looming.<\/p>\n

How will Arizona State\u2019s Cameron Craig<\/strong> (1:31 last year) and USC\u2019s Dylan Carter<\/strong> (1:30 last year) factor in here? NC State\u2019s Justin Ress<\/strong>, known for his long course abilities in backstroke, could be a darkhorse here, and so could Maxime<\/strong> Rooney<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Haas also won the 500 in 2016 and finished second behind graduated teammate Clark<\/strong> Smith<\/strong> last year, but this one should be a wide open affair with the Michigan duo of Felix Aub\u00f6ck<\/strong> and Ricardo Vargas<\/strong> Jacobo<\/strong>, the South Carolina duo of Fynn Minuth<\/strong> and Akram<\/strong> Mahmoud<\/strong>, Stanford\u2019s Grant<\/strong> Shoults<\/strong> and NC State\u2019s Anton Ipsen<\/strong> all in the mix here.<\/p>\n

As for the mile, last year\u2019s race was one of the greatest in NCAA history, and while Smith and Jordan Wilimovsky<\/strong> both graduated, Aub\u00f6ck and Mahmoud return to face off again. Ipsen and Shoults could challenge them, and Notre Dame\u2019s Zach Yeadon<\/strong> will look to continue a stellar freshman season. Stanford\u2019s True Sweetser<\/strong> will have to throw down his best effort in the last of the afternoon heats.<\/p>\n

Backstroke<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After four years of Ryan Murphy<\/strong> backstroke sweeps, these events will have new champions in 2018. John Shebat<\/strong> finished second to Murphy last season in both the 100 and 200, but like many familiar names from Texas, he\u2019s seeded lower than one might expect: 14th in the 100 back and 31st in the 200 back.<\/p>\n

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Coleman Stewart — Photo Courtesy: Sarah D. Davis\/theACC.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Three men have broken 45 seconds this year in the 100 back, but Dean Farris<\/strong> will skip the 100 back to focus on the 200 free. That leaves NC State\u2019s Coleman<\/strong> Stewart<\/strong>, who posted a 44.54 during his breakout ACC championships, and Grand Canyon\u2019s Mark Nikolaev<\/strong>, who owns a best of 44.71 as his Antelopes are making their NCAA Division I championship debut.<\/p>\n

In the 200 back, Texas freshman Austin Katz<\/strong> and the aforementioned Farris are the only men seeded under 1:39, and of the other eight men who have broken 1:40 this season, only USC junior Patrick Mulcare<\/strong> has ever finished in the top three at an NCAA championships.<\/p>\n

Others in that group include Stewart, World Junior champion and Auburn freshman Hugo<\/strong> Gonzalez<\/strong> and Texas redshirt sophomore Ryan Harty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Breaststroke<\/strong><\/h3>\n

With Will<\/strong> Licon<\/strong> and Fabien Schwingenschlogl<\/strong> both out of eligibility, there are no overwhelming favorites in the breaststroke events. Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> broke the 100-yard American record at the SEC championships, but he won\u2019t swim the event in Minneapolis, leaving Indiana junior Ian Finnerty<\/strong> as the top seed at 50.72.<\/p>\n

The rest of the top five seeds include Indiana\u2019s Levi Brock, Minnesota\u2019s Conner McHugh<\/strong>, Michigan\u2019s Jacob Montage<\/strong> and Cornell\u2019s Ilya Evdokimov<\/strong>\u2014none of whom were A-finalists last year. The only returning A-finalists are USC\u2019s Carsten Vissering<\/strong>, Cal\u2019s Connor Hoppe<\/strong> and South Carolina\u2019s Nils Wich-Glasen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Finnerty is also the top seed in<\/strong> the 200 breast at 1:50.78. McHugh and Texas A&M\u2019s Mauro Castillo<\/strong> will both be factors, and so will Florida\u2019s Mark Szaranek<\/strong> and Cal\u2019s Andrew Seliskar<\/strong>, both of whom are much better known for their IM abilities but have moved towards the 200 breast this season.<\/p>\n

Butterfly<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Olympic gold medalist Joseph Schooling holds the top seed in the 100 fly, followed closely by fine swimmers like Vini Lanza<\/strong>, Ryan Held<\/strong>, Coleman Stewart<\/strong> and Justin<\/strong> Lynch<\/strong>. But make no mistake: This one will be about Schooling and Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Joseph Schooling — Photo Courtesy: Dan D’Addona<\/p><\/div>\n

Dressel is seeded 49th out of 57 swimmers, but he hasn\u2019t swum a 100 fly while rested and suited up all year. And he has recorded the fastest time ever at 43.58, and that was recorded before he won seven World Championship gold medals over the summer. For his part, Schooling has used Dressel, his former Bolles teammate, for motivation<\/a> after Dressel beat Schooling by a full second in the World Champs final of the 100-meter fly.<\/p>\n

As for the 200 fly, eight men are seeded within 1.02 seconds, with Lanza seeded at the top with his time of 1:39.95, just ahead of Cal\u2019s Zheng Quah<\/strong> and Arizona\u2019s Justin<\/strong> Wright<\/strong>. But Schooling should be the favorite here, despite bombing out of the event last season and failing to score. He won the event as a freshman and a sophomore and is one of only two men to swim in the 1:37 range in the event.<\/p>\n

IM<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In both IM events, the man paving the field will be Hugo<\/strong> Gonzalez<\/strong>. He finished more than two seconds behind Caeleb<\/strong> Dressel in the 200 IM at the SEC championships, but Dressel opted for the 50 free instead at the NCAA meet.<\/p>\n

So Gonzalez will deal with the likes of Mark<\/strong> Szaranek<\/strong>, who tied with Will Licon<\/strong> for last year\u2019s championships, along with his Florida teammate Jan Switkowski<\/strong>, Stanford\u2019s Abrahm DeVine<\/strong>, Cal\u2019s Andrew<\/strong> Seliskar<\/strong>, Georgia\u2019s Gunnar Bentz<\/strong> and NC State\u2019s Andreas Vazaios<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Chase Kalisz\u2019s<\/strong> graduation opens up the 400 IM, and that\u2019s the event where Gonzalez has been most impressive as a freshman, with his SECs time of 3:35.76 making him the second-fastest man in history in the event. It\u2019s mostly the same crowd contending behind him, minus Switkowski and adding in South Carolina freshman Brandonn Almeida<\/strong> and Bentz\u2019s Georgia teammate Jay<\/strong> Litherland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Relays<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Caeleb Dressel holds the key to the relay events<\/a> based on the four he chooses to swim in. Florida\u2019s all-around best relay is the 4×200 free, and the Gators can be a top-three contender in that one with the team of Jan Switkowski<\/strong>, Khader<\/strong> Baqlah<\/strong>, Mark Szaranek<\/strong> and Maxime Rooney<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With Dressel, a win would be possible, but Florida needs his abilities even more on the other four relays. So the Gators will likely have to settle for battling against Texas, Cal, NC State and the top-seeded, Blake Pieroni<\/strong>-led Indiana Hoosiers.<\/p>\n

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Justin Lynch — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

NC State holds the top seed in both sprint free relays, with Ryan Held<\/strong> and Justin Ress<\/strong> leading the way and a pool of depth behind them that includes Jacob Molacek, Giovanni Izzo<\/strong> and Coleman<\/strong> Stewart<\/strong>. Cal is dangerous with the likes of Justin Lynch<\/strong>, Pawel<\/strong> Sendyk<\/strong>, Ryan<\/strong> Hoffer<\/strong> and Michael<\/strong> Jensen<\/strong>, and so is Texas with Joseph<\/strong> Schooling<\/strong>, Tate Jackson<\/strong>, Brett<\/strong> Ringgold<\/strong> and, in the 4×100 relay, Townley<\/strong> Haas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In medley relay action, Cal likely brings the most balanced squads, with freshman Daniel Carr<\/strong> likely to step in for Ryan Murphy on the backstroke leg. Connor Hoppe<\/strong> on breast, Lynch or Matthew Josa<\/strong> on fly and Hoffer or Jensen on the anchor is a formidable group.<\/p>\n

Indiana will have a strong shot at contending, particularly in the 4×100 medley with Ian Finnerty<\/strong> (breast), Vini Lanza<\/strong> (fly) and Blake Pieroni<\/strong> (free) and an impressive freshman backstroker in Gabriel Fantoni<\/strong>. Texas, meanwhile, has a massive hole on breaststroke but John Shebat<\/strong> (back), Joseph Schooling<\/strong> (fly) and one of the sprinters on the anchor leg should help make up the deficit.<\/p>\n

Florida? Always watch out for Dressel, on whatever leg he swims. NC State? Their sprinters can swim other strokes, too, and Stewart, in particular, is a backstroke weapon. Even Tennessee or Louisville could surprise\u2014the Vols have strengths on breaststroke (Peter John<\/strong> Stevens<\/strong>) and free (Kyle Decoursey<\/strong>), and the Cardinals will have Andrej Barna<\/strong> as their anchor.<\/p>\n

Check back later for an analysis of the scoring projections for the meet.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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