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Swimming World Biweekly Feature Stories
008 2018 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP PHOTO GALLERY
by Peter H. Bick
020 BANDANNA, KIDS AND THE DOWN-TO-EARTH CAELEB DRESSEL
by David Rieder
At the NCAA championships, Florida coach Gregg Troy had a story to tell about Caeleb Dressel. The story wasn’t about any of his American records or crazy heroics in the pool. Instead, it was about Dressel, the person.
022 CAELEB DRESSEL LEADS MYTHICAL MASHING OF RECORDS AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
by David Rieder
In an alternate universe, there was a moment in Min-neapolis when breaking records became effortless, when vaunted barriers in the sport of swimming were felled, one after another. NCAA swimming has been transported to that alternate universe, thanks to Caeleb Dressel, the man who has become something of an urban myth.
024 WHEN TEXAS NEEDS HIM, TOWNLEY HAAS COMES UP BIG
by David Rieder
Townley Haas and the Texas Longhorns slogged their way through a sub-.500 dual meet season. Even Haas, the NCAA and Olympic champion and individual World Championship medalist, was losing to swimmers with far weaker credentials. But that didn’t bother him: “We knew that when it came to NCAAs, we’d be ready.”
025 COLEMAN STEWART STUNS WITH TITLE FROM LANE 1 — AFTER DOUBLE
by Dan D’Addona
After a good swim in the 100 butterfly prelims to reach the consolation final, North Carolina State’s Coleman Stewart—the top seed in the 100 back at NCAAs—finished seventh, relegating him to lane one. Not to worry—Stewart managed a late surge that night in finals and stunningly captured his first national title.
026 LEGENDARY NCAA CAREER COMPLETE, THE REAL TEST AWAITS CAELEB DRESSEL
by David Rieder
For two years, the NCAA swimming community had already been enthralled with Caeleb Dressel. His sophomore and junior years at Florida, Dressel posted mind-numbing, internet-wrecking records at the SEC and NCAA championships…but he was unproven in the only venue that matters past college swimming: long course. With his professional career now starting, Dressel is ready for the challenge.
029 RECORD RELAY JUST THE BEGINNING AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
by Michael J. Stott
North Carolina State’s NCAA/U.S. Open/Championship record in the 800 free relay—the opening event at men’s NCAAs—was a portent of things to come: it would be one of the fastest NCAA gatherings in history.
030 STEELE JOHNSON WINS FIFTH NCAA DIVING TITLE — ALL WITH BROKEN FOOT
by Dan D’Addona
While Caeleb Dressel is baffling the world with the way he dominates in the pool, there is another kind of long-term domination happening at the NCAA champion-ships. Purdue diver Steele Johnson has been one of the biggest names in diving for years and hasn’t lost a step — even with a broken foot.
032 CSCAA AWARDS: DRESSEL, LOOZE TAKE SWIMMING ACCOLADES
by Jason Tillotson
After the jaw-dropping, record-breaking week that was the 2018 Division I men’s NCAA championships, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America awards were released.
034 TEXAS FOUR-PEATS: HOW DID WE FALL FOR IT AGAIN?
by Andy Ross
This year’s Texas team didn’t give any indication in the regular season they would be national champions in March…but looks can be deceiving. The Longhorns had what it takes when it mattered most.
038 SHORTEST NIGHT, LONGEST RELAY, INSTANT HISTORY FOR NC STATE, INDIANA’S PIERONI
by David Rieder
Since moving the 800 free relay at NCAAs in 2016 from the end of the second day of competition to the first day—all by itself—swimmers have been able to take their best shots at bludgeoning relay records as well as the individual mark in the 200 free.
040 NCAA ELITE 90 WINNER PJ RANSFORD MODEL OF STUDENT-ATHLETE
by Michael J. Stott
The NCAA’s Elite 90 award is conferred upon “the individual reaching the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level while achieving the highest academic standard among peers.” For the second straight year, the honor for men’s swimming and diving was presented to senior Michigan distance swimmer PJ Ransford.
042 HOW THEY TRAIN: CLAIRE BECKER
by Michael J. Stott
044 PARTING SHOT
