Another question is where the guys that didn't swim ACCs swim and whether they get a chance to knock out any of the current qualifiers. By my reckoning the following 19 have at least a chance to qualify with their current times:

Lasco, Alexy, Jett, Rose, Seeliger, Henveaux, Okadome, Petty, Kopp, Hanson, K. Jones, Tomac, Chai, Klein, Rivers, Jensen, Mazellier, Saleem, Najera

Since Vavitsas and Thai combine to take a spot, two of the above would have to be dropped IF all the time hold up; Klein and Saleem are the most likely.

But then a handful of others who didn't swim at ACCs have solid best times from midseason or earlier and could qualify from a last chance meet. I'd count at least Applebaum, Pusateri Gissendaner, and Soderlund in this group. We also have Battaglini who got within 0.1 or so of a likely invite in the 50 but then scratched the 100; Frandson could get there with a last chance meet as well, though it's a long shot.

18 is the number of swimmers. Can anyone provide a list of those A qualifiers so far and those B qualifiers most likely are in? I'm excluding any divers for now. Thanks in advance

Using top 22 times as baseline (since results will change after men's Big Tens, Big 12, and Ivies)

Current guaranteed qualifiers are Alexy, Seeliger, Jensen, Lasco, Hanson, Henveaux, Jett, Kopp, Klein, Petty, Tomac, Jones, Okadome, Rivers, Rose

Mazellier is 23rd in the 200 free and Chai is 23rd in the mile but I think both should be safe. Same goes for Najera, who is 24th in the 400 IM

Ones to watch... Saleem is 27th in the 200 back, Gissendaner in a 3-way tie for 26th in the 100 breast, Applebaum 29th in 200 fly

Battaglini - 35th currently but scratched remaining ACC events due to injury

swimmer19 said:

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Using top 22 times as baseline (since results will change after men's Big Tens, Big 12, and Ivies)

Current guaranteed qualifiers are Alexy, Seeliger, Jensen, Lasco, Hanson, Henveaux, Jett, Kopp, Klein, Petty, Tomac, Jones, Okadome, Rivers, Rose

Mazellier is 23rd in the 200 free and Chai is 23rd in the mile but I think both should be safe. Same goes for Najera, who is 24th in the 400 IM

Ones to watch... Saleem is 27th in the 200 back, Gissendaner in a 3-way tie for 26th in the 100 breast, Applebaum 29th in 200 fly

Battaglini - 35th currently but scratched remaining ACC events due to injury

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Sorry to learn about Battaglini's injury. I hope he recovers fully since he will be a key returning member to our free sprint group with the departures of Bjorn Seeliger and Jack Alexy.

Matt Chai has dealt with injuries and illnesses during his two years at Cal, so I hope he is healthy and traning well for NCAAs.

The staff is keeping the covers on Evan Petty after his PB 100 back posted in Minn this past Dec. I would have enjoyed seeing Petty swim this past week, but so would the Texas and Indiana staffs.

It was good to see Tyler Kopp, Robin Hanson and Matt jensen achieve SB times to get NCAA invites, but I assume thay needed some rest leading up to ACCs. Can they swim faster with a second taper in a month?

I'm still a bit pissed about Brooks Curry. He is denied eligibility because he earned a few bucks swimming, while Texas backed up a Brinks truck to buy Chris Guiliano. Horse manure.

swimmer19 said:

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Using top 22 times as baseline (since results will change after men's Big Tens, Big 12, and Ivies)

Current guaranteed qualifiers are Alexy, Seeliger, Jensen, Lasco, Hanson, Henveaux, Jett, Kopp, Klein, Petty, Tomac, Jones, Okadome, Rivers, Rose

Mazellier is 23rd in the 200 free and Chai is 23rd in the mile but I think both should be safe. Same goes for Najera, who is 24th in the 400 IM

Ones to watch... Saleem is 27th in the 200 back, Gissendaner in a 3-way tie for 26th in the 100 breast, Applebaum 29th in 200 fly

Battaglini - 35th currently but scratched remaining ACC events due to injury

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That's 15 guaranteed and 3 safely in which gets you the 18. I guess the coaches will have to evaluate others including 2 divers that will give them the best chance for points.

Is Curry officially ruled ineligible to race NCAA competitions? Last I read, NCAA was investigating him because he received funding from USA swimming as part of the National Team. Meanwhile Texas apparently gets 25 year old Johnston back for a 6th year next season and the NCAA sees no issues with that. Hypocrites.

Problem with college athletics now, you can probsbly make more money in college now than working a 9-5 job..and you only have to work for 6 months or so.

swimmer19 said:

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Is Curry officially ruled ineligible to race NCAA competitions? Last I read, NCAA was investigating him because he received funding from USA swimming as part of the National Team. Meanwhile Texas apparently gets 25 year old Johnston back for a 6th year next season and the NCAA sees no issues with that. Hypocrites.

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No official word yet, but to paraphrase, "Curry's got two chances, slim and none. And Slim just left town".

Several women's swimmers are taking part in a last chance meet in College Station, TX (Texas A&M).

Of note, Margaux McDonald swam a 59.41 in the 100 breast, improving on her 59.53 from ACCs and moves to rank 36th in the nation. This punches her ticket to NCAAs