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How Florida Could Surprise Favorites at NCAA Men’s Championships, Contend for Title<\/strong><\/p>\n

The dominant teams of men’s college swimming over the last decade have been Cal and Texas, and this season, Arizona State has vaulted into headliner status with a remarkable regular season. Sun Devils sophomore Leon Marchand<\/strong> entered conference championship season with the top time in the country in a mind-blowing seven events \u2014 and he still has five No. 1 times \u2014 and ASU’s supporting cast joined Marchand in putting on a show in the final dual meets of the season, including a dominating performance against Cal.<\/p>\n

But could\u00a0Anthony Nesty’s<\/strong> Florida Gators find themselves in the hunt as well? The same Gators who lost a pair of Olympic medalists and American-record holders (Bobby Finke<\/strong> and Kieran Smith<\/strong>) to graduation plus another member of last year’s U.S. World Championships team (Trey Freeman<\/strong>)\u00a0to midseason retirement? The results of last week’s SEC Championships scream a resounding “yes.”<\/p>\n

First off, the relays: there are several major conference championship meets still remaining, but Florida currently owns the top time in the nation in three out of five relays. The only exceptions are the 200 medley relay, where Florida is the defending national champion, and the 400 freestyle relay, and in both of those events, the Gators are within three tenths of top-ranked Tennessee. In the 200 free relay, Florida’s top time this year is a mere 0.11 off an NCAA record that has stood since the supersuit era<\/a> (after the Gators fell just three hundredths short last year), and in the 400 medley, Florida was less than three tenths off the mark set by an all-star Texas squad in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Adam Chaney — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

The star of this year’s team is\u00a0Josh Liendo<\/strong>, a Canadian freshman who won a pair of individual medals at last summer’s World Championships. If he’s not the top sprint freestyle and butterfly specialist in college swimming right now, he’s second-best behind Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks<\/strong><\/a>. Meanwhile,\u00a0Adam Chaney<\/strong> now owns the top time in the country in the 100 backstroke<\/a> (and he has serious sprint freestyle skills as well) while\u00a0Dillon Hillis<\/strong> and\u00a0Aleksas Savickas<\/strong> are both among the top four in the country in the 100 breaststroke.\u00a0Eric Friese<\/strong>,\u00a0Macguire McDuff<\/strong>,\u00a0Julian Smith<\/strong> and\u00a0Alberto Mestre<\/strong> all have important relay roles.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the only relay where winning is far-fetched is the 800 free relay, with Texas, Cal, Arizona State and Stanford all entering with likely superior squads. But four relays with national title hopes? Noted.<\/p>\n

Individually, yes, Florida has some holes, particularly in the backstroke events aside from Chaney in the 100 back. But\u00a0Jake Mitchell<\/strong>, a junior transfer from Michigan, had the best performance of his college career at the SEC Championships<\/a>, overtaking Georgia’s\u00a0Jake Magahey<\/strong> to win the 500 free in 4:09.85 before winning the 200 free B-final in 1:32.42. Both Mitchell and\u00a0Alfonso Mestre<\/strong> split 1:31s on the Gators’ 800 free relay. Swimmers including Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero<\/strong> (200 fly),\u00a0Gio Linscheer<\/strong> and\u00a0Mason Laur<\/strong> (both 400 IM) all had performances at SECs that earned some notice. Perhaps these men will provide enough balance to the Florida lineup since sprinters can wrack up so many points at college meets thanks to relays.<\/p>\n

This isn’t to say Florida should be considered the national-title favorite. Heck, all of their major rivals other than NC State still have to compete in their conference meets, although we should not expect to see Texas or Cal close to full strength until NCAAs. But if the Gators can repeat or slightly improve upon their conference relay performances when they arrive in Minneapolis, they will pose a serious threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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