By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

2020 CARLSBAD SECTIONAL

• Thursday, February 27 – Sunday, March 1, 2020
• Alga Norte Aquatics Center, Carlsbad, CA
• SCY Format
• Thursday: Finals 4:00 PM
• Friday-Sunday: Prelims 8:30 AM / Finals 5:00 PM
• Results available on Meet Mobile under “2020 SI Speedo Sectionals Carlsbad”

18-year-old Samantha Pearson won the 100 free and 200 back in back-to-back events Sunday, capping off the Carlsbad Sectional.

Pearson, who swims for SOCAL Aquatics, smashed her personal best in the backstroke, going 1:54.83. Previously, she had been 1:56.74, though that best time was from December of 2017. Pearson also won the 100 free in 48.97, but was a tick faster (48.92) in prelims to shave a few hundredths from her personal best set at this meet last year.

Pearson is a Stanford signee for next year, and last spring, we ranked her among the top 30 or so recruits in her class nationally. She also led Socal to the women’s 400 free relay win on Sunday, splitting 48.91 on the end of a 3:24.39 relay.

It was yet another distance sweep for the Williams twins of Riverside Aquatics Association. Liberty Williams won the women’s 1650 free and Jude Williams the men’s 1000 free. The pair of 18-year-olds each swept the 500, 1000, and 1650 freestyles in Carlsbad. Liberty (a Louisville signee) was 16:33.96 in the mile, twelve seconds off her best. Jude (a Wisconsin signee) was 9:04.41, just about seven tenths off his best.

Other Day 4 Winners:

• University of the Pacific alum Neil Franka (Swim San Diego) won the 100 free in 44.03. That was actually about a half-second off his prelims swim (43.39), but both times sit as the two best swims of Franka’s career at age 24.
• 17-year-old Jonathan Affeld won the men’s 200 back, cutting 1.4 seconds from his career-best to go 1:46.77. Affeld swims for Alto Swim Club and will attend Stanford in the fall. He also split 44.1 on the end of Alto’s winning men’s 400 free relay team, which went 3:03.79.
• 13-year-old Teagan O’Dell touched out 17-year-old Gabrielle Wei by .01 to win the 200 breast. O’Dell, who swims unattached, was two tenths off her best, which ranks #41 all-time in USA Swimming’s 13-14 historical ranks. O’Dell was 2:15.06 and Wei (of Irvine Novaquatics) 2:15.07.
• Fusion Aquatics’ Scott Tolman (listed in results as “Eric”) won the men’s 200 breast in 1:56.18. Tolman won the CSCAA National Invite for California Baptist last year as a junior, but isn’t competing at the college level this season.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Pearson Wins Twice, Goes 1:54 in 200 Back On Final Night of Carlsbad Sectional

By Reid Carlson on SwimSwam

2020 ACC MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• When: Wednesday, February 26th to Saturday, February 29th Prelims 10:00 am | Finals 6:00 pm (1650 prelims Saturday at 4:00 pm)
• Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina (Eastern Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: North Carolina State University (NC State) (29x, 5th-straight) (results)
• Streaming: ACC Network
  • Day 2 Finals
  • Day 3 Finals
  • Day 4 Finals
• Championship Central: Here
• Detailed Timeline: Here
• Psych Sheets: Here
• Live Results

Last summer, Coleman Stewart represented Team USA at the 2019 World University Games (WUGs) in Italy, where he won an individual bronze medal in the 100 butterfly (LCM). Though better known in the NCAA for his backstroke, Stewart ranks 8th all-time in the 100 SCY butterfly (and 5th among U.S. performers) and has backed up his short course prowess with impressive long course performances. Stewart will be among the favorites to win both the 100 fly and 100 back next month at the NCAA Championships, where he has now invested his focus.

Though competing at a high level throughout the college season is a difficult endeavor, Stewart’s accomplishments from last summer have stuck with him, without compromising his focus on NC State.

After being named the Most Valuable Swimmer of the meet for the second year in a row (in 2019 Stewart shared the honor with Georgia Tech’s Caio Pumputis), Stewart took a few minutes to speak to SwimSwam about how the experiences last summer have stayed with him to today.

Reported by Robert Gibbs.

200 BACK – FINALS

• ACC record: 1:38.56 – Hennesey Stuart (NC State), 2016
• ACC meet record: 1:39.05 – Grigory Tarasevich (Louisville), 2017
• 2019 champion: Coleman Stewart (NC State), 1:39.10

1. Coleman Stewart (NC State) – 1:37.71
2. Mitchell Whyte (Louisville) – 1:39.46
3. Samuel Tornqvist (Virginia Tech) – 1:40.10

NC State senior Coleman Stewart went out in style, taking down the ACC meet and conference records in the last individual ACC swim of his career. Stewart knocked nearly a second off of the overall conference record, a 1:38.56 held by NC State alum Hennesey Stuart. That’s the third-straight conference title in this event for Stewart, who has swept the backstrokes here over the last three years. Stewart’s time ranks his #3 in the nation this season.

Louisville’s Mitchell Whyte took 2nd to pair with his 2nd place finish in the 100 back. His time of 1:39.46 moves him to #4 in the nation this season. Whyte also took 2nd last season.

Virginia Tech’s Samuel Tornqvist took 3rd in 1:40.10, a new personal best by roughly half a second. Last year he was 5th with a 1:41.39. UVA’s Justin Grender (1:41.05) and Virginia Tech’s Lane Stone (1:41.88) took 4th and 5th. Notre Dame’s Jack Montesi (1:42.05) and UNC’s Christopher Thames (1:42.26) were also under 1:43. NC State freshman Ross Dant took 8th in 1:48.61, roughly ten minutes after taking 3rd in the 1650.

Read more about Stewart’s 200 backstroke here.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

1. NC State – 1250
2. Virginia – 1089
3. Louisville – 1066.5
4. Virginia Tech – 898
5. Florida State – 812.5
6. Notre Dame – 803.5
7. North Carolina – 630.5
8. Pitt – 520
9. Georgia Tech – 506
10. Duke – 421
11. Miami – 197
12. Boston College – 134

Reported by Braden Keith.

ALL-TIME TOP 10 PERFORMERS, MEN’S 200 YARD BACKSTROKE:

1. 1:35.73 – Ryan Murphy, Cal, 2016 NCAA Championships
2. 1:36.42 – John Shebat, Texas, 2019 NCAA Championships
3. 1:36.45 – Austin Katz, Texas, 2019 NCAA Championships
4. 1:36.81 – Ryan Lochte, Gator Swim Club – 2007 Winter Nationals
5. 1:37.20 – Shaine Casas, Texas A&M – 2020 SEC Championships
6. 1:37.58 – Tyler Clary, Michigan – 2009 NCAA Championships
7. 1:37.71 – Coleman Stewart, NC State – 2020 ACC Championships
8. 1:37.80 – Patrick Mulcare, USC – 2017 NCAA Championships
9. 1:37.87 – Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia – 2013 Winter Nationals
10. 1:38.21 – Eugene Godsoe, Stanford post-grad – 2012 OK Elite Meet

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21-year-old Brazilian sprinter Breno Correia went a lifetime best over the weekend in the 200 free, posting a 1:46.6. His swim was reported by Brazilian journalist Alex Pussieldi, whose tweet can be seen below.

Tomada de tempo hoje no Pinheiros rolou um tempão de 200 livre: Breno Correia 1:46.6 #respect is

— Coach Alex Pussieldi (@alexpussieldi) February 29, 2020

This is a significant swim, both for Correia and for Brazil as Tokyo draws nearer. Correia’s previous best was a 1:47.26, which was done at the 2019 Worlds prelims where he was just a couple of tenths from making the semifinals.

Looking at the big picture, this was a great sign for him just six weeks out of the 2020 Maria Lenk Trophy, where the 2020 Brazilian Olympic team will be assembled. This is a one-meet qualification process, which strays from Brazil’s seven-meet process in 2012 and the two-meet process in 2016.

Correia continues to stand out as a fixture on the Brazilian team; in 2018, he anchored Brazil to a surprise gold medal and new World Record in the 4×200 free relay at the 2018 FINA Short Course World Champs, splitting a field-best 1:40.98. He also split a 1:46.03 anchoring Brazil’s relay at long course Worlds prelims in 2019 as they set the South American record, though they gained time and touched in seventh in finals.

Individually, Correia looks like a clear favorite for an individual Olympic spot on the Brazilian team in this event, alongside Fernando Scheffer. Scheffer holds the Brazilian record at 1:45.55 from the 2018 Brazil Open. Correia’s time leaps Scheffer’s 1:47.31 season-best from December, putting Correia into the top ten.

As far as relays go, Brazil’s 4×200 performance at Worlds last year qualified them for the Olympics, where they’ll try to make a play for a medal and build off of their recent record-breaking successes in this event. Correia and Scheffer are Brazil’s two big guns for this relay.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Breno Correia Hits Lifetime Best 1:46.6 200 Free at Pinheiros Time Trial

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2020 OHIO MAKO SENIOR MEET

• February 27th-March 1st, 2020
• Corwin Nixon Aquatic Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
• LCM (50m)
• Results on Meet Mobile: “2020 OH MAKO Senior Meet”

On the heels of a pair of 1:58s in the 200 IM, Carson Foster finished off the Mako Senior Meet with a 1:48.98 win in the 200 free.

The 18-year-old Foster is a high school senior, Texas signee, and Olympic hopeful tuning up for this summer’s Olympic Trials. The Mason Manta Rays swimmer spent the past two days working on a prelims-semifinals-finals simulation in the 200 IM, which is probably his event with the best shot at an individual Olympic berth. The 200 free, on the other hand, might actually be Foster’s best shot at making the Olympics, given that Team USA will likely select six athletes to fill out its 4×200 free relay, compared to just the top two finishers in all individual events.

Foster went a lifetime-best 1:47.47 in the 200 free at World Juniors last summer, and was 1:47.7 in-season just two months ago at the Knoxville Pro Swim Series. His 1:48.98 from this weekend ranks up there with Foster’s best in-season swims in previous years. He sat 13th among Americans last summer in the 200 free, but a 1:46.1 split on the winning 4×200 free relay at World Juniors suggested Foster had room to move up from his best individual time.

Other event winners on day 4 of the Mako Senior Meet:

• Upper Arlington Swim Club’s Riley Huddleston continued her huge meet, winning the 200 free in 2:06.79. Though that wasn’t a lifetime-best, it gives her a sweep of the 50, 100 and 200 frees this weekend.
• Ohio State Swim Club 16-year-old Cameron Kuriger won the women’s 100 fly in 1:01.56. That’s a drop of eight tenths from her previous career-best, and puts her within a second of the Olympic Trials cut (1:00.69).
• Fellow Ohio State Swim Clubber Martina Peroni (also 16) won the 400 IM in 4:52.59. Peroni won by nearly ten seconds, adding to her 200 fly win from a day earlier. That’s a best time by half a second, and gets her within eight tenths of a second of the Olympic Trials cut.
• University of Cincinnati redshirt freshman Michael Balcerak won the 100 fly for the men in 55.74. He was 55.51 at U.S. Open last summer.
• 14-year-old Abby Woolford blasted three seconds off her personal best in the 200 back. The Dayton Raider was 2:17.25 to win by seven tenths of a second. That moves her to #90 all-time in USA Swimming’s 13-14 age group historical ranks.
• Foster didn’t swim the 200 back (another of his top events), leaving it wide open for teammate Jacob McDonald. The Mason Manta Rays 18-year-old went 2:04.50 to win by three and a half seconds. McDonald’s best time is 2:03.11, which is just two tenths off the Olympic Trials cut, a goal for the senior and Tennessee signee in his later meets this spring.
• Another Mason Manta Ray won the 400 IM on the men’s side: Ian Van Gorp, 18, was 4:30.69 to win that event by seven seconds. That was a 2.6-second drop for the high school senior and Ohio State signee.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Carson Foster Hits 1:48.9 In 200 Free To Close Mako Senior Meet

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2020 PRO SWIM SERIES DES MOINES

• March 4-7, 2020
• Des Moines, Iowa
• Long Course Meters
• Meet Info
• Psych Sheets

The 3rd Pro Swim Series meet of the 2019-2020 swim series is set to take place this week in Des Moines, Iowa. Initial pre-scratch psych sheets for the meet have been released. Star sprinter Caeleb Dressel is entered in 8 events. In addition to his traditional focus races (50 free/100 free/100 fly), in which he’s the American Record holder and even the World Record holder in the 100 fly, Dressel has placed entries in the 100 back, 100 breast, 200 free, 200 fly, and 200 IM.

Dressel is the American Record holder in the yards version of the 200 IM and was at one time the American Record holder in the yards 100 breast, but we’ve never really seen him swim those events at a long course focus meet. He’s already swum a lifetime best in the 200 IM this season with a 1:59.97 at the U.S. Open in December. The 200 fly isn’t an event he swims too often, but he raced to a lifetime best 1:56.29 last year.

Fellow Florida postgrad Ryan Lochte has entered 6 events: the 100 free, 200 free, 400 free, 100 back, 400 IM, and 200 IM. He isn’t entered in the 200 back, an event in which he’s an Olympic gold medalist. At the Pro Swim Series in Greensboro this season, Lochte swam his fastest 100 free since 2016 (50.56). He and Dressel recently swam the 400 free at the Olympic Trials qualifier in Orlando.

On the women’s side, reigning World Champion Simone Manuel is entered in her traditional events: the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 free. She’s also entered in the 100 fly and 100 back. She swam those events in the Pro Swim Series at Knoxville and Greensboro this season.

World Record holder Regan Smith returns after taking down a pair of PSS Records in Knoxville. She’s got another packed schedule and will go after her record in the 100 and 200 backstrokes. Smith will also swim the 100 free, 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 IM. Smith set the 17-18 NAG Record in the 100 fly in Knoxville. Torri Huske, whose record she broke, won’t be at this meet.

A few more notable entries:

• World Champion Jordan Wilimovsky, who specialized in distance free and open water, will swim his first meet of the year.  He’s entered in the mile, 400 free, and 800 free.
• Olympic champion Katie Ledecky will also swim her first meet of the year. She’s entered in the distance races and the 200 free.
• Kathleen Baker, another Olympic medalist, is coming off a strong performance in France where she neared her lifetime best in the 200 IM. She’s entered in both backstrokes, as well as the 100 free, 100 breast, and 200 IM.
• Chase Kalisz, an IM World Champion, is entered in the 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 back, 200 breast, and 200 IM. This would be his first Pro Swim Series meet of the season. So far, he’s only competed in December’s U.S. Open since August. Notably, he’s not entered in the 400 IM, where he was the 2016 Olympic silver medalist and 2017 World Champion.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2020 Des Moines Pro Swim Series Psych Sheets: Dressel Enters 8 Events

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2020 MEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, March 4 – Saturday, March 7 (Diving Feb. 26-29)
• Federal Way, WA (Pacific Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: Cal (2x) (results)
• Championship Central
• Psych Sheets
• Estimated NCAA Invite Times
• NCAA ‘A’ Cuts
• Live Results

Psych sheets have dropped for the 2020 Men’s Pac-12 Swimming & Diving Championships, with USC holding a narrow early points lead based on diving.

You can see the full men’s Pac-12 psych sheets here

The psych sheets include diving, though those events happened last week, concurrently with the women’s Pac-12 meet. With all three diving events in the books, USC holds a 14-point lead over Arizona, and two-time defending champs Cal are way back in 6th place.

These psych sheets, like the early entries for most conferences, have a lot of top athletes over-entered. Athletes can only swim three individual races, so those with extra entries will have to scratch some of their races as the meet goes along.

With just six teams, the men’s Pac-12 is a pretty thin conference, and one of the few major conferences in the nation that only scores down to 16th place, rather than the 24-place scoring format most conferences have moved to. That’s still a good fit, here, as multiple events have less than 24 total entrants between the six member schools sponsoring men’s swimming & diving.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Pac-12 Releases Psych Sheets for Men’s Pac-12 Swimming Championships

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2020 NAIA Swimming & Diving National Championship

• Dates: March 4-7, 2020
• Times: Prelims 9 AM; Finals 5 PM
• Location: Allan Jones Aquatic Center – Knoxville, Tennessee (Central Time Zone)
• Defending Champions: Keiser University (results)
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results: Available here
• Live Video: Available here
• Championship Central

The 64th annual NAIA Men’s Swimming and Diving National Championship will take place from Wednesday, March 4 through Saturday, March 7, 2020. This year, the meet will move to Knoxville, Tennessee after having spent the last four in Columbus, Georgia.

Approximately 29 teams and 214 individual entries qualified for the men’s championships. Defending champion Keiser University (Fort Lauderdale, FL) will field a full roster of 18, while 2019 runner-up Savannah College of Art & Design (Savannah, GA) will bring 17 qualifiers. There will be a number of new teams at the meet this year: Lincoln College (Lincoln, IL), Simpson University (Redding, CA), Sterling College (Sterling, KS), Westmont College (Santa Barbara, CA), and Williams Baptist University (Walnut Ridge, AR).

Keiser returns national champions Lukas Macek (100 breast, 200 breast), Marcel Nagy (50 free, 100 free, 100 fly), Pol Roch (500 free, 400 IM), and Jan Suchan (200 back). The Seahawks, only in their fourth year of existence, won all 5 relays in each of the last two years. SCAD’s national title-winners Zoltan Monori (200 IM) and Gio Zachar (100 back) will look to defend their titles this year, and Joel Thatcher, the meet record-holder in the 500 and 1650 freestyles, has returned from his two-year mission and should help the Bees in their quest to unseat Keiser.

While it’s difficult to seed the meet, since many teams haven’t yet had the chance to swim fully tapered (unlike NCAA swimmers going into their championships), we have tried to predict outcomes based on last year’s results in conjunction with this year’s top times.

Stars

Diving

The College of Idaho’s Nick Carrier is the only diver entered in the men’s meet.

Freestyle

The top entrants in the 50 free all come in with sub-21s. Led by Scott Cain of Midland (20.48), they also include Keiser’s Jared Ingram and SCAD’s Irvin Hoost. Defending champion Nagy is seeded 7th with 21.20. (SCAD’s Zoltan Monori is on the psych sheet but last year he swam the 200 IM and 100/200 free so we did not include him in the 50 free calculations this year.) Ingram tops the list of qualifiers in the 100 free with 45.16). Zoltan Monori (45.17), Lindsey Wilson’s Calvin Coetzee (45.19), and Cain (45.30) are next. Nagy is 21st with 47.38. Coetzee is seeded first in the 200 free (1:38.16), followed by Thatcher (1:38.34), Andrew Clifford (1:40.17) from College of Idaho, and Kristof Monori (1:40.63), Zoltan’s younger brother. Thatcher is the top seed over Coetzee by nearly 2 seconds in the 500 free (4:25.65 to 4:27.47), and by 7 seconds over Kristof Monori in the 1650 (15:53.24 to 16:00.11). Roch (4:34.15/16:28.53) and John McDonald (4:36.10/16:09.30) from Cumberlands are also names to watch in the 500 and the mile.

Backstroke

Defending champions Zachar of SCAD (100 back) and Suchan of Keiser (200 back) are ranked in the top 3 of both the 100 back and 200 back. They come in seeded with 49.29/1:50.58 and 49.64/1:48.42, respectively. Ingram (49.33), Garrett Green (50.65) of Keiser and James de Goede (51.84) of Lindsey Wilson round out the top 5 in the 100. Keiser’s Marti Ranea (1:50.92) and Green (1:52.68) and Asbury’s Clay Bisher (1:52.23) are among the fastest seeded 200 backstrokers.

Breaststroke

Midland’s Tyler Penney comes in with the fastest seed times in the 100 breast (55.37) and 200 breast (2:00.34). Those times are significant improvements over his A-final performances last year of 57.31 and 2:05.00. Triple-defending champion in both distances, Macek of Keiser, is seeded 5th and 4th, with 56.18 and 2:01.80, respectively. Other top-5 seeds in the 100 are Tom Higdon of Simpson (55.55), Paulo Dias Ignacio Jr of West Virginia Tech (55.60), and Levente Sardi of Kaiser (56.09). Dias Ignacio Jr and Sardi are joined by SCAD’s Dan Chevere among the top 5 qualifiers for the 200 breast.

Butterfly

It was tricky trying to figure out who might swim in the butterfly events, given the over-entering of the top seeds, but based on last year’s results we expect the top 5 seeds to include Keiser’s Nagy (seeded 14th with 51.07) and SCAD’s Zachar (#1 with 49.03), along with Jack Jackson (49.87) from Loyola New Orleans, Asbury’s Alex Wu (49.98), and Wiktor Perkowski of Union (50.04). In the 200, defending champion Wu (5th with 1:51.14) will be challenged by Miles Kredich (#1 with 1:49.88) and George Harsanyi (1:51.30) of SCAD, and Keiser’s Niklas Nyblom (1:50.34) and Csaba Vekony (1:52.08).

Individual Medley

Keiser’s Ranea (1:50.09) comes in ranked ahead of teammate Macek (1:50.70) and defending champion Zoltan Monori (1:50.88) of SCAD in the 200 IM. Anton Smal from Life University ranks 4th with 1:51.96. In the 400 IM, Ranea sports the fastest seed time of 3:55.70. Defending champion Roch (3:59.28), SCAD’s Harsanyi (4:01.95), Smal (4:03.17), and Haakon Syrrist of Keiser (4:03.20) round out the top 5 seeds.

Team Race

The top teams, scored more-or-less from the psych sheet, are as follows:

1. Keiser University 753
2. SCAD Savannah 627
3. University of the Cumberlands 255
4. Lindsey Wilson College 244
5. Midland University 230
6. College of Idaho 228
7. Loyola New Orleans 199
8. Union College 178
9. Asbury University 174
10. St Ambrose University 119
11. West Virginia University of Technology 106
12. Life University 94
13. Olivet Nazarene University 84
14. Morningside College 78
15. St Andrew University 62

4-DAY SCHEDULE

Wednesday:
800 Freestyle Relay

Thursday:
200 Free Relay
500 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
400 Medley Relay
1 Meter Diving (Women)

Friday:
200 Medley Relay
400 IM
100 Fly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
3-Meter Diving (Women & Men)

Saturday:
1-Meter Diving (Men)
1650 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
1 Meter Diving (Men)
400 Freestyle Relay

2019 NAIA National Champions

2019 NAIA National Final Results (top 10)

1. Keiser University 622
2. SCAD Savannah 599.5
3. Lindenwood Belleville 300
4. University of the Cumberlands 284
5. Loyola New Orleans 249
6. Union College 213
7. Lindsey Wilson College 193
8. Asbury University 190
9. West Virginia Tech 177.5
10. Midland University 177

“The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is a governing body of small athletics programs that are dedicated to character-driven intercollegiate athletics.

In 2000, the NAIA reaffirmed its purpose to enhance the character building aspects of sport. Through Champions of Character, the NAIA seeks to create an environment in which every student-athlete, coach, official and spectator is committed to the true spirit of competition through five core values.”

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2020 Men’s NAIA Fan Guide: Another Tight Battle Brewing Between Keiser and SCAD

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2020 PRO SWIM SERIES DES MOINES

• March 4-7, 2020
• Des Moines, Iowa
• Long Course Meters
• Fri-Sun.: 9:30 AM Prelims / 6:30 PM Finals (ALL TIMES CT)
• Meet Central
• Meet Information
• Pre-Scratch Timelines
• Live Stream
  • All Prelims, B-finals, Wednesday & Saturday finals
  • Thursday & Friday A-Finals
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results

World superstars Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky are headliners for the next stop of the 2020 Pro Swim Series in Des Moines, Iowa. The buck won’t stop there, though, as defending World and Olympic Champion Simone Manuel, defending World Champion and world record-holder Regan Smith, and world record-holder Ryan Lochte will be in attendance along with a slew of America’s top talent.

Several international standouts training in the States will be racing alongside some of the top up-and-coming age group talents as the best of the NCAA is focused on the 2020 NCAA Championships (apart from Northwestern, who has several NCAA qualifiers entered here who may compete).

PRIZE MONEY FORMAT

Full prize Money Format here

Individual events:

• First place = $1,500
• Second place = $1000
• Third place = $500

Top prelims swim (in FINA points) at each meet:

• $1500 to top woman and top man

Top overall swim (in FINA points) for the whole series:

• $10,000

Current prize money lists

EVENT SCHEDULE

Wednesday

• 1500 free

Thursday

• 100 free
• 100 breast
• 200 fly
• 400 free

Friday

• 200 free
• 200 back
• 400 IM
• 100 fly

Saturday

• 800 free
• 100 back
• 200 breast
• 200 IM
• 50 free

LIVE STREAM SCHEDULE & LINKS

• USASwimming.org: All Prelims, B-finals, Wednesday & Saturday finals
• NBCSports.com: Thursday & Friday A-Finals

Read the full story on SwimSwam: All the Links You Need for the 2020 Pro Swim Series – Des Moines

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2020 ACC MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• When: Wednesday, February 26th to Saturday, February 29th Prelims 10:00 am | Finals 6:00 pm (1650 prelims Saturday at 4:00 pm)
• Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina (Eastern Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: North Carolina State University (NC State) (29x, 5th-straight) (results)
• Streaming: ACC Network
  • Day 2 Finals
  • Day 3 Finals
  • Day 4 Finals
• Championship Central: Here
• Detailed Timeline: Here
• Psych Sheets: Here
• Live Results
• Saturday Finals Heat Sheets

Reported by Robert Gibbs.

Thursday

200 IM – FINALS

• ACC championship record – 1:41.24, Andreas Vazaois (NC State), 2017
• ACC record – 1:39.35, Andreas Vazaois (NC State), 2019
• 2019 champion – Caio Pumputis (Georgia Tech), 1:41.28

1. Ted Schubert (Virginia) – 1:43.09
2. Caio Pumputis (Georgia Tech) – 1:43.13
3. Erge Gezmis (NC State) – 1:43.19

Five men looked it be in it coming off of the final wall, and sure enough, the top five men in this race all touched within 0.16s of each, an unusually tight margin for a 200.

Virginia senior Ted Schubert got his hand on the wall first, touching in 1:43.09 for a new lifetime best by four-tenths of a second. Schubert was actually in the lead at the halfway point after a 25.25 backstroke leg, then fell behind on the breast leg, before storming home with a 24.80 free leg.

Defending champion Caio Pumputis of Georgia Tech was just behind at 1:43.13. Last year Pumputis won in 1:41.28, but it looks like he might be a little more focused on NCAAs or the upcoming Brazilian Olympic Trials. NC State’s Erge Gezmis took 3rd in 1:43.19; Gezmis has now shaved five seconds off his lifetime best in this event today.

Louisville teammates Evgenii Somov (who had the fastest time this morning) and Daniel Sos took 4th and 5th in 1:43.24 and 1:43.27. All of the top five should be well under the NCAA qualifying time in this event; it took 1:43.82 last year.

Pitt’s Samy Helmbacher took 6th in 1:44.90 tonight after winning the B-final last year. Virginia Tech’s Samuel Tornqvist took 7th in 1:45.02 and Virginia’s Casey Storch ended up 8th in 1:45.42.

Friday

400 IM – FINALS

• ACC record: 3:38.00 – Gal Nevo (Georgia Tech), 2009
• ACC meet record: 3:38.43 – Robert Owen (Virginia Tech), 2017
• 2019 champion: Brendan Casey (Virginia), 3:39.93

1. Ted Schubert (Virginia) – 3:40.01
2. Jack Hoagland (Notre Dame) – 3:40.73
3. Casey Storch (Virginia) – 3:44.02

UVA senior completed the IM sweep by hanging to win the 400 IM tonight in 3:40.01. Schubert went out in 48,73, and hit the halfway mark at 1:44.17, three seconds ahead of the field. Notre Dame freshman Jack Hoagland began creeping up on Schubert on the breaststroke leg, and then outsplit Schubert 24.90 on the 26.21 as Schubert began visibly tightening up. But Schubert had just enough to left in the tank to outlast Hoagland, who touched 2nd in 3:40.73, whose knocked six seconds off his lifetime best since November, and almost nine seconds this season. Schubert’s time currently ranks #2 in the nation this season.

The Cavaliers also got a 3rd place finish from Casey Storch (3:44.02) and an 8th place finish from freshman Sean Conway (3:46.39). Last year, Storch finished 5th in 3:43.87, while Schubert took 6th in 3:43.89.

Pitt’s Samy Helmbacher (3:44.96) and Eben Vorster (3:46.24) finished 4th and 7th, respectively. Helmbacher was a couple seconds off his time from last year, when he finished 3rd in 3:43.15. Virginia Tech’s Filippo Del Maso finished 4th in 3:45.75, and NC State’s Eric Knowles took 6th in 3:46.01. Knowles was last year’s runner-up with a time of 3:42.09.

Saturday

200 FLY – FINALS

• ACC record: 1:38.57 – Andreas Vazaois (NC State), 2019
• ACC meet record: 1:40.51 – Nick Albiero (Louisville), 2020
• 2019 champion: Nick Albiero (Louisville), 1:40.70

1. Nick Albiero (Louisville) – 1:38.65
2. Blake Manoff (Virginia Tech) – 1:40.48
3. Antani Ivanov (Virginia Tech) – 1:41.01

Nick Albiero came within a tenth of a second of the overall conference record, blasting a 1:38.65 that moves him up to #1 in the nation this season. That’s Albiero 2nd-straight victory in this event, completes the fly sweep this week, and breaks his own conference meet record from this morning.

Virginia Tech swept the next two spots. Blake Manoff moves to #3 this season with a 1:40.48, a NCAA ‘A’ cut, and Antani Ivanov took 3rd here for the second season in a row with his time of 1:41.01.

UVA’s Ted Schubert, who swept the IMs over the last two days, touched 4th here with a 1:41.34. That’s a new personal best for him by 0.01s; he took 6th in this event last year.

NC State sophomore Zach Brown moved from 8th in this event last year to 5th this year with his time of 1:42.30. Teammate Erge Gezmis finished 7th in 1:44.00.

Georgia Tech’s Christian Ferraro (1:42.93) took 6th, and FSU’s Max Polianski (1:47.17) took 8th.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

1. NC State – 1250
2. Virginia – 1089
3. Louisville – 1066.5
4. Virginia Tech – 898
5. Florida State – 812.5
6. Notre Dame – 803.5
7. North Carolina – 630.5
8. Pitt – 520
9. Georgia Tech – 506
10. Duke – 421
11. Miami – 197
12. Boston College – 134

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Virginia’s Ted Schubert on Team Transformation from 2017 to Present (Video)

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

PRO SWIM SERIES 2020 –  DES MOINES

• 4-7 Marzo 2020
• Des Moines, Iowa
• Vasca Lunga 50 metri
• Meet Info
• Psych Sheets

La terza tappa della Pro Swim Series si terrà questa settimana a Des Moines, Iowa.

Pubblicate le liste di iscrizione, il primo nome da rilevare è Caeleb Dressel.

La star americana è iscritta ad otto gare:

• 50 stile libero
• 100m stile libero
• 200 metri stile libero
• 100 metri farfalla
• 200 metri farfalla
• 100 metri dorso
• 100m rana
• 200 metri misti.

Dresselè il detentore del Record Americano nella versione in yard dei 200 misti ed è stato anche detentore dello stesso primati nei 100 metri rana.

Il suo personale nei 200 metri misti è di 1:59.97, nuotato agli U.S. Open di dicembre.

Per quanto riguarda i 200 metri farfalla, raramente si è visto Dressel in questa gara in vasca lunga. L’anno scorso ha nuotato il suo primato personale di 1:56.29 ella sua vita.

Rivedremo in vasca anche il veterano Ryan Lochte.

Lochte non risulta iscritto nei 200 metri dorso, gara in cui è medaglia olimpica. Si presenterà in 6 gare:

• 100 stile libero
• 200 stile libero
• 400 stile libero
• 100 dorso
• 200 misti
• 400 misti

Per quanto riguarda le donne, la campionessa del mondo in carica Simone Manuelè iscritta alle sue tradizionali gare: 50/100/200 metri stile libero, 100 farfalla, 100 metri dorso.

La detentrice del record del mondo Regan Smith ritorna anche in questa tappa dopo aver partecipato con successo alla Pro Swim di Knoxville.

Oltre i 100 e 200 metri dorso, la Smith è iscritta anche nei 100 stile libero, 100/200 metri farfalla, 200 metri misti.

Prima gara del 2020 per Katie Ledecky. 

La Ledecky porta in programma le sue distanze (800-1500 stile libero) insieme ai 200 metri stile libero.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Pro Swim Des Moines: In Gara Dressel, Lochte, Smith, Ledecky

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If you’ve been following our releases here on SwimSwam, you know that BioOx air cleaning, our cutting-edge technology that uses natural enzymes to destroy harmful toxins in the air, has successfully challenged the conventional wisdom around indoor swimming. Clean, breathable pool air is attainable, and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune.

We have always emphasized reducing coughing and chlorine smell because we know that is what the swimming community is most interested in. However, as concerns over the spread of coronavirus continue to mount, we want to make you aware of another benefit that BioOx brings – biosecurity.

BioOx significantly lessens the amount of all types of particles in the air – not just chloramines. This includes pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria. Though we have not been able to test BioOx on the coronavirus yet, BioOx has been proven to remove 80-90% of colony forming units – including bacteria, particulates and viruses – out of the air.

We hope you’ll want to get BioOx air cleaning for your swimming pool, but we want you to know that BioOx also has been used in many settings other than swimming pools, including private homes, hospitals, medical schools and numerous other locations. If your facility or organization is seeking measures to substantially lower the spread of viruses through the air in other settings, please contact us to discuss how we may be of further assistance.

We have been running a promotion for a 3-month BioOx trial rental for $1950. That offer is valid through Wednesday, March 4th

If you’re interested in learning more about the BioOx system, get in touch:

KEN SCHAPIRO
(917) 992-9034
KSCHAPIRO@BIOOX.US

See how BioOx solved the bad air problem at a YMCA.

About Air & Water Solutions
At Air & Water Solutions, we’re changing the way people think about the air they breathe. We’re leaving a positive impact on the health of the Earth, and making it a safer, more enjoyable place for those who live here.

BioOx is a SwimSwam Partner. 

Read the full story on SwimSwam: BioOx Removes Chloramines and Helps To Protect Against Viruses

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

Il Presidente della Federazione Italiana NuotoPaolo Barelliha pubblicato sul sito federale, la seguente lettera:

Carissimi/e,

pur comprendendo la preoccupazione generata dalle molteplici e a volte contradditorie notizie relative al contagio e alla diffusione del Coronavirus, vi invitiamo ad attenervi scrupolosamente ai provvedimenti del Governo, sostenuti dalla comunità scientifica, in materia di contenimento e gestione dell’emergenza, validi fino a domenica 8 marzo.

Attenzione, cautela, prevenzione sì; psicosi, paura, panico no.

La Federazione Italiana Nuoto sta ponendo tutte le proprie competenze al servizio delle società affinché venga salvaguardata l’attività del movimento, garantendo il regolare svolgimento delle manifestazioni e delle competizioni sportive in piena sicurezza per la salute attraverso l’ossequioso rispetto dei provvedimenti emanati dallo Stato.

Come noto, lunedì 2 marzo la Federnuoto ha disposto la riapertura di tutte le attività – comprensive di competizioni e manifestazioni sportive di ogni livello e dislocazione territoriale – con una nota consultabile sul sito ufficiale www.federnuoto.it che ne approfondisce limiti e modalità.

Ad aggiornamento di essa, ritengo utile ribadire il divieto imposto ai residenti delle regioni Emilia Romagna, Lombardia, Veneto, e delle province di Pesaro-Urbino e di Savona, anche se parenti, accompagnatori e sostenitori, di seguire le squadre di quei territori impegnate in competizioni sportive in programma presso le altre regioni italiane.

Non si tratta di un invito, bensì di una direttiva cui attenersi prudenzialmente per evitare qualsiasi forma di espansione del contagio e strumentalizzazione di ogni sorta.

Mi appello, dunque, al vostro senso di responsabilità e a quello di tesserati e familiari affinché, confortati dalla fiducia nelle istituzioni, si viva con giudizio e rigoroso rispetto delle norme questa fase transitoria che ci riporterà, spero quanto prima, alla piena normalità.

NOTA DEL 2 MARZO 2020

La FIN, Federazione Italiana Nuoto, riprende appieno ogni attività.

Lo comunica ufficialmente sul sito web, dove si legge:

Tutta l’attività federale. Le competizioni e manifestazioni sportive di ogni livello e dislocazione, si intende ripresa regolarmente in conformità alle disposizioni governative.

Il comunicato stampa prosegue poi con le indicazioni per le Regioni più colpite dall’emergenza coronavirus

Tra le prescrizioni vi sono:

• possibilità di allenamenti a porte chiuse per gli agonisti
• divieto di trasferta dalle regioni a rischio.

Vediamo nel dettaglio.

EMILIA-ROMAGNA, LOMBARDIA, VENETO, PROVINCE DI PESARO E URBINO E SAVONA

Per le Regioni Emilia Romagna, Lombardia, Veneto e nelle province di Pesaro Urbino e Savona, viene precisato:

[…] E’ previsto:

• la sospensione degli eventi e delle competizioni sino all’8 marzo 2020 a meno che non si svolgano “a porte chiuse“.
• Restano consentite le sessioni di allenamento degli atleti agonisti a porte chiuse.
• Si raccomanda di adottare misure per garantire agli atleti la possibilità di rispettare, negli spogliatoi, la distanza tra loro di almeno un metro
• Il divieto di trasferta organizzata dei tifosi residenti nelle zone di cui sopra

DISPOSIZIONI PER I COMUNI DI BERTONICO, CASALPUSTERLENGO, CASTELGERUNDO, CASTIGLIONE D’ADDA, CODOGNO, FOMBIO, MALEO, SAN FIORANO, SOMAGLIA, TERRANOVA DEI PASSERINI E VO

Nei comuni di cui sopra è previsto:

• la sospensione degli eventi e delle competizioni sportive sino all’8 marzo 2020, almeno che non si svolgano “a porte chiuse”.
• Restano consentite le sessioni di allenamento degli atleti agonisti a porte chiuse
• Garantire agli atleti la possibilità di rispettare, negli spogliatoi, la distanza tra loro di almeno un metro;
• Divieto di trasferta organizzata dei tifosi residenti nelle zone di cui sopra

E’ possibile leggere il comunicato stampa integrale cliccando qui

Per l’approfondimento sulla sospensione delle attività clicca qui

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Il Presidente Barelli Pubblica Lettera Aperta Sull’Emergenza Coronavirus

By SwimSwam Partner Content on SwimSwam

If you’ve been following our releases here on SwimSwam, you know that BioOx air cleaning, our cutting-edge technology that uses natural enzymes to destroy harmful toxins in the air, has successfully challenged the conventional wisdom around indoor swimming. Clean, breathable pool air is attainable, and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune.

We have always emphasized reducing coughing and chlorine smell because we know that is what the swimming community is most interested in. However, as concerns over the spread of coronavirus continue to mount, we want to make you aware of another benefit that BioOx brings – biosecurity.

BioOx significantly lessens the amount of all types of particles in the air – not just chloramines. This includes pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria. Though we have not been able to test BioOx on the coronavirus yet, BioOx has been proven to remove 80-90% of colony forming units – including bacteria, particulates and viruses – out of the air.

We hope you’ll want to get BioOx air cleaning for your swimming pool, but we want you to know that BioOx also has been used in many settings other than swimming pools, including private homes, hospitals, medical schools and numerous other locations. If your facility or organization is seeking measures to substantially lower the spread of viruses through the air in other settings, please contact us to discuss how we may be of further assistance.

We have been running a promotion for a 3-month BioOx trial rental for $1950. That offer is valid through Wednesday, March 4th

If you’re interested in learning more about the BioOx system, get in touch:

KEN SCHAPIRO
(917) 992-9034
KSCHAPIRO@BIOOX.US

See how BioOx solved the bad air problem at a YMCA.

About Air & Water Solutions
At Air & Water Solutions, we’re changing the way people think about the air they breathe. We’re leaving a positive impact on the health of the Earth, and making it a safer, more enjoyable place for those who live here.

BioOx is a SwimSwam Partner. 

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Bad Pool Air: BioOx Removes Chloramines and Helps To Protect Against Viruses

By Wendy Mayer on SwimSwam

Wittenberg senior Savanah Phillips dropped in eight goals in the Tigers’ 17-15 overtime win over Grove City on Saturday to lead all Week 7 individual scoring efforts.

Long Beach State’s Elena Kotanchyan had a standout weekend at the Wolverine Invitational in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The junior from Moscow, Russia, put in seven goals each in wins over Saint Francis (Pa.) (22-11) on Saturday and #23 Bucknell (17-14) on Sunday. She also added two goals in a 12-9 loss to #7 Michigan and a hat trick in a 13-7 win over Santa Clara.

Kotanchyan’s teammate Orsi Hertzka matched her effort against Saint Francis (Pa.) as the duo carried the 49ers to the 22-11 victory. She also chipped in four goals in the loss to Michigan.

Five players posted six goal efforts on Week 7. Cal Lutheran’s Lexi Rond posted two of 18 five-goal performances. Salem’sMargherita Garibbo logged a five-goal effort against Grove City on Saturday, following a four-goal outing vs. VMI on Friday.

Thirty-five four-goal efforts and 89 hat tricks rounded out the week’s best individual scoring performances.

Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Week 7
Top Individual Scoring Efforts

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Wittenberg’s Phillips Nets 8 Goals vs. Grove City to Pace WWP Week 7 Scorers

By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

2020 PRO SWIM SERIES DES MOINES

• March 4-7, 2020
• Des Moines, Iowa
• Long Course Meters
• Weds: 5:00 PM Finals (CT)
• Thurs-Sat: 9:30 AM Prelims / 6:30 PM Finals (ALL TIMES CT)
• Meet Central
• Meet Information
• Pre-Scratch Timelines
• Live Stream
  • All Prelims, B-finals, Wednesday & Saturday finals
  • Thursday & Friday A-Finals
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results

World superstars Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky are headliners for the next stop of the 2020 Pro Swim Series in Des Moines, Iowa. The buck won’t stop there, though, as defending World and Olympic Champion Simone Manuel, defending World Champion and world record-holder Regan Smith, and world record-holder Ryan Lochte will be in attendance along with a slew of America’s top talent.

Several international standouts training in the States will be racing alongside some of the top up-and-coming age group talents as the best of the NCAA is focused on the 2020 NCAA Championships (apart from Northwestern, who has several NCAA qualifiers entered here who may compete).

PRIZE MONEY FORMAT

Full prize Money Format here

Individual events:

• First place = $1,500
• Second place = $1000
• Third place = $500

Top prelims swim (in FINA points) at each meet:

• $1500 to top woman and top man

Top overall swim (in FINA points) for the whole series:

• $10,000

Current prize money lists

EVENT SCHEDULE

Wednesday

• 1500 free

Thursday

• 100 free
• 100 breast
• 200 fly
• 400 free

Friday

• 200 free
• 200 back
• 400 IM
• 100 fly

Saturday

• 800 free
• 100 back
• 200 breast
• 200 IM
• 50 free

LIVE STREAM SCHEDULE & LINKS

• USASwimming.org: All Prelims, B-finals, Wednesday & Saturday finals
• NBCSports.com: Thursday & Friday A-Finals

Read the full story on SwimSwam: All the Links You Need for the 2020 Pro Swim Series – Des Moines

By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

2020 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

• Wednesday, March 18 – Saturday, March 21, 2020
• Ramsey Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
• Prelims 10 AM / Finals 6 PM (U.S. Eastern Time)
• Defending champs: Stanford (3x) – results
• Championship Central
• Live stream:
  • Prelims (free): Thursday / Friday / Saturday
  • Finals (ESPN3)
• Psych Sheets
• Live results

The NCAA has released its psych sheets for the 2020 Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, with cutlines to follow later this week.

See the full pre-selection NCAA Women’s psych sheets here

The pre-cut psych sheets don’t reveal who is invited to the meet, but do show which three events each athlete chose to enter for the NCAA Championships. The NCAA selection criteria is relatively complex, based on getting exactly 270 men and 322 women into the national championship meet. You can read the finer points of that selection criteria here, but the upshot is that the top 35 to 40 women in each event should earn an invite, while the top 28 to 33 men should be in line for invites.

Stay tuned to SwimSwam as we’ll be running the numbers ourselves and projecting the cut-line later on today. You can follow that and all the rest of our pre-NCAA Championships coverage in our event channel here.

Stanford will seek its fourth-straight NCAA title on the women’s side, with Cal looking like the chief challengers to knock off the Cardinal after finishing second for three years straight.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2020 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming Pre-Selection Psych Sheets Drop

By Robert Gibbs on SwimSwam

University of Virginia freshman Kate Douglass has been making headlines all season for her top-notch performances across a variety of events. Coming out of high school, it was clear that Douglass, the #1 recruit in the girls high school class of 2019, would be able to swim a number of events at a very high level, and she’s demonstrated that over the course of the season.

Heading into NCAAs, here’s where she was ranked across the nation:

• 50 free (21.53) – 5th
• 100 free (47.77) – 10th
• 200 breast (2:05.89) – 3rd
• 100 fly (50.30) – 4th
• 200 IM (1:51.36) – 1st

With the women’s NCAA pre-selection sheets out, we now know that Douglass is slated to reprise her event schedule from the ACC Championships, and will swim the 200 IM, 100 fly, and 200 breast at NCAAs in a few weeks. That’s a fairly unorthodox event schedule — it’s pretty rare to see swimmer who are among the top in the nation in both the 100 fly and the 200 breast — but it makes sense as those are three events in which she’s ranked highest.

Douglass won the 200 IM and the 100 fly at ACCs, and she finished 3rd in the 200 breast behind the only two women ranked ahead of her on the psych sheet: NC State’s Sophie Hansson and fellow Cavalier freshman Ella Nelson. With Lilly King out of the picture, the race for the 200 breast title will be wide open, and those three women should be in the mix.

In the 200 IM, Douglass is seeded 0.3s ahead of last year’s champion, Beata Nelson of Wisconsin. The 100 fly may be Douglass’s toughest race, as the three women ahead of her are the three fastest women in the history of the race: Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil and USC’s Louise Hansson, who jointly hold the US Open Record at 49.26, and Tennessee’s Erika Brown, who set the American Record at the SEC Championships with a 49.38.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Kate Douglass to Swim 200 IM, 100 Fly, and 200 Breast at Her First NCAA Champs