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[COLOR="#000066"][SIZE=5]BEARS KICK OFF FALL WITH STRONG SHOWING[/SIZE]

[COLOR="#808080"] [SIZE=3]10/7/2016 4:43 PM | By: Cal Athletics[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/COLOR]


Michael Jensen Got His Cal Career Started Friday Vs. Pacific (Skip Stubbs)


[INDENT]RESULTS: http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/calberk.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/10/7/Cal_Pacific_MSWIM_10_7_16.pdf[/INDENT]


http://www.calbears.com/news/2016/10/7/mens-swimming-diving-bears-kick-off-fall-with-strong-showing.aspx


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Since wife in Hee Haw country and article only quoted assist. coach Yuri perhaps Dave at wedding too or I guess he could take a red eye flight out too.

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[COLOR="#000080"][SIZE=5]100/200 Freestylers Highlight Men's Weekly Honors[/SIZE][/COLOR]



Cal freshman phenom Michael Jensen made a splash in his collegiate debute. Jensen powered Cal to an easy win over Pacific while posting a 43.31, just 0.55 off of his lifetime best in the 100 freestyle. For his performances, Jensen is this week's National Collegiate Swimmer-of-the-Week.

In addition to National Swimmers-of-the-Week, CollegeSwimming selected thirty-six conference swimmers of the week.

[INDENT][U]Division I[/U]........Jensen, Michael........California
[U]Pac-12[/U]...........Norman, Nicholas C...California[/INDENT]


https://www.collegeswimming.com/news/2016/oct/11/freshmen-highlight-mens-swimmers-of-the-week/


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[COLOR="#336699"][SIZE=5]10 Men to Watch this College Season[/SIZE]




[SIZE=4][U]Backstroke[/U][/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]6. Ryan Murphy[/SIZE]



The undisputed king of backstroke returns to Cal for the final time. Boasting the fastest times in history in the 100 and 200 yard backstrokes (43.49 and 1:35.73), Murphy will look to team up with Connor Hoppe, Matthew Josa, and Long Gutierrez to form a deadly medley relay combo for the Golden Bears. Murphy adds a topflight 200 IM (1:40.27) which makes him an NCAA title contender along with Licon of Texas. Both men have a chance to join David Nolan in the sub-1:40 club this season.


[SIZE=4][U]Butterfly[/U][/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]9. Matthew Josa[/SIZE]



Matthew Josa arrives in Berkeley after spending his first two years of eligibility at Division II Queens University and training with David Marsh at SwimMac Elite. Josa is by far the biggest transfer in the NCAA this year and will go a long way towards maintaining points lost to the graduation of Josh Prenot and Jacob Pebley. His 44.89 100 fly is over a second faster than teammate Justin Lynch, who he will likely take the place of in the medley relays. Josa has immediate scoring potential in multiple events: along with the 100 fly, which he would have taken a close 4th behind Conger (44.87), Josa's 200 IM (1:41.94) would have taken 7th. His 200 fly (1:42.96) would have also sneaked into the B final to make him a triple event threat.


[SIZE=3]Honorable Mentions[/SIZE]

Andrew Seliskar California

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http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/10-men-to-watch-this-college-season/



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[COLOR="#003399"][SIZE=5]Pacific to host Cal men's swim among other schools for invitational[/SIZE][/COLOR]




http://www.dailycal.org/2016/10/20/pacific-host-cal-mens-swim-among-schools-invitational/


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[COLOR="#000080"][SIZE=5]BEARS HEAD TO STOCKTON FOR PACIFIC INVITATIONAL[/SIZE][/COLOR]




http://www.calbears.com/news/2016/10/20/mens-swimming-diving-bears-head-to-stockton-for-pacific-invitational.aspx


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[SIZE=4]Cal Men's Swimming: Pacific Meet Preview [/SIZE]

[video=youtube;y0tKl3uGZtw][/video]


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beaverbear;842741135 said:

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The news is up now on Calbears.com as well as the Facebook page. The PDF press release confirms that Janardan Burns, Albert Gwo, David Puczkowski, Harrison Thai, and Andrea Vergani are not on the roster this year. So, that's that.

Team photos now on ISI Photos

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[COLOR="#006699"]Team photos also (finally) posted to the 2016-17 M Swimming & Diving Roster page.

Confirms the absence of the aforementioned, at least for now.

Matthew Josa & Ivan Grigorishin are present, do look forward to seeing them in action in the pool, hopefully soon.[/COLOR]

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[COLOR="#000080"][SIZE=5]2016-2017 MEN’S NCAA POWER RANKINGS – OCTOBER EDITION[/SIZE]


[INDENT][COLOR="#696969"]Morgan Priestley | October 27th, 2016[/COLOR][/INDENT]




20. Virginia Tech Hokies (2016 NCAA FINISH: #19)

19. Wisconsin Badgers (2016 NCAA FINISH: #18)

18. UNC Tar Heels (2016 NCAA FINISH: #26)

17. Minnesota Golden Gophers (2016 NCAA FINISH: 20)

16. Ohio State (2016 NCAA FINISH: #15)

15. Arizona Wildcats (2016 NCAA FINISH: #16)

14. USC Trojans (2016 NCAA FINISH: #13)

13. Tennessee Volunteers (2016 NCAA FINISH: #7)


12. Stanford Cardinal (2016 NCAA FINISH: #14)

The Cardinal have had just one day of competition, so we don’t know much yet about how they plan to improve upon their worst NCAA finish since 1979. Sam Perry should hold down the sprints, and True Sweetser (already 4:21.8/15:03.0 in the 500/1650) is a double-distance threat.


11. Auburn Tigers (2016 NCAA FINISH: #10)

10. Missouri Tigers (2016 NCAA FINISH: #8)

9. Louisville Cardinals (2016 NCAA FINISH: #11)

8. Michigan Wolverines (2016 NCAA FINISH: #12)

7. Alabama Crimson Tide (2016 NCAA FINISH: #6)

6. Indiana Hoosiers (2016 NCAA FINISH: #9)


5. Georgia Bulldogs (2016 NCAA FINISH: #5)

Downed UNC in their opener. With Chase Kalisz back, and freshman star Javier Acevedo already contributing, the Bulldogs have a real shot at grabbing a team trophy at NCAA’s.


4. NC State Wolfpack (2016 NCAA FINISH: #4)

No more Simonas Bilis, but Olympian Ryan Held looks like he can handle the sprinting duties himself; he’s already been 19.47 and 43.74 in the 50 and 100 freestyle. Anton Ipsen is red-hot, as well, dropping the nation’s only sub-15-minute 1650 (14:57.58).


3. Florida Gators (2016 NCAA FINISH: #3)

Caeleb Dressel is the straw that stirs the drink, but Jan Switkowski and Mark Szaranek are who make the Gators dangerous from a team perspective. The kicker will be if freshman Chandler Bray can develop enough to take over the breaststroke leg from Dressel on the medley relays.


[COLOR="#DAA520"]2. California Golden Bears[/COLOR] (2016 NCAA FINISH: #2)

No Matt Josa yet, but the rest of #1 freshmen class in the country is already showing up big. Michael Jensen dropped a 43.22 in the 100 free earlier this month, good for the nation’s top time.


1. Texas Longhorns (2016 NCAA FINISH: #)

Defeated Florida, but fell to Indiana in a tri-meet to open the season. No matter; the Longhorns were without Joe Schooling, Ryan Harty, and Will Licon. It will be interesting to see if the squad is fully intact for their showdown against NC State next weekend.


[INDENT]https://swimswam.com/2016-2017-mens-ncaa-power-rankings-october-edition/[/INDENT]

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[COLOR="#000080"][SIZE=5]Matt Josa To Compete In Italy, Will Join Cal Roster For Second Semester[/SIZE][/COLOR]



Division II NCAA champ and national record-holder Matthew Josa won’t compete for the California Golden Bears until next semester, and in the meantime will compete in the Nico Sapio Trophy along with some notable Cal alumni.

Josa, a multi-time national champ for Queens University in his two years at the Division II level, was rumored to be transferring out to the Division I level as early as March of this year. In July, he settled on the University of California, where he appeared set to swim out his final two years of college eligibility.

Now, a source close to the program tells SwimSwam Josa will begin competing for the Golden Bears in the spring semester. That would likely give him a shot at the NCAA and Pac-12 Championships, which take place in March.

In the meantime, Josa is one of a number of notable swimmers with Cal connections competing in the Nico Sapio Trophy in Balzano, Italy this week. The meet is also set to include Olympic champ Anthony Ervin along with Madison Kennedy and Jacob Pebley.


https://swimswam.com/matt-josa-compete-italy-will-join-cal-roster-second-semester/


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Interesting, but still don't get swimming gray shirts. He's training at Cal, so he's paying rent but not enrolled. NBD on Fall duals, but doesn't make sense unless his scholly $s are going to the final semester of a swimmer who's out of eligibility and is finishing their degree.

USC's swim programs have been doing this second semester thing(Codorolli et al) for years now. I don't like it but just hope Josa gets the times he needs for NCAA's. Wonder if Gwo and maybe Vergani are doing the same thing. Hope to see some of you at the Stanford meet this Wednesday.The weather should be much better than what we have had these past few days.

longseeker;842753851 said:

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USC's swim programs have been doing this second semester thing(Codorolli et al) for years now. I don't like it but just hope Josa gets the times he needs for NCAA's. Wonder if Gwo and maybe Vergani are doing the same thing. Hope to see some of you at the Stanford meet this Wednesday.The weather should be much better than what we have had these past few days.

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I cannot attend the Stanford meet, but plan on viewing via the Pac 12 Plus stream via Twitter. I was hoping to see Josa in action, but I guess we will have to wait until the January dual meets to see if Josa suits up.

Everyone, Josa is enrolled/taking classes at Cal this semester. He's listed in the UC Berkeley directory.

His absence from NCAA competition in the Fall is most likely due to academic eligibility. NCAA rules state that a student-athlete needs to complete at least 6 units in the preceding semester (summer school would count for purposes of the Spring semester) to be eligible to compete in the current semester. Generally, minimum progress is 24 units per academic year, with 40% of degree requirements (48 units) completed by the end of sophomore year. (Goes up to 60% by the end of junior year.)

Josa took a whole year off from NCAA competition at DII Queens to swim full-time with SwimMAC. Maybe he took a couple of classes in the Fall 2015 semester on his own, but I doubt it. For sure, he would not have taken classes in Spring 2016 while training for OTs in June. You might argue that he should have planned ahead and taken classes in Summer 2016, but for what --- the privilege of swimming in the Fall? Not a big deal and not a necessary use of personal money, especially if he'd have to pay part of Cal's out-of-state tuition on his own (remember, there are only 9.9 scholarships for the whole team of 31 swimmers & divers, so everyone likely pays some out-of-pocket). He's already a junior, and there just aren't that many upper division classes offered in most summer schools.

Josa's definitely training with the men's team and this upcoming meet in Italy is in SCM, so the coaches (and us fans) can convert his SCM times to SCY and see how they rank on the NCAA A/B cut continuum. He can travel with the team to Atlanta, and stay for Winter Nationals instead of hopping on the bus over to Athens. He will get NCAA qualifying times there and join the relays in the Spring.

For a look at who's training with the team, and to which lanes they were assigned, look at Scott Haeberle's recent Instagram post:

https://instagr.am/p/BLr6O4ADd_w

Lanes:

• 1: Murphy, Gutierrez, Kao, Coan
  
• 2: Seliskar, ?, Thomas, Takahashi
  
• 3: Forker, ? (Jensen?), Lileikis, Song
  
• 4: Xie, Young, Pebley, Prenot, ? (Shields?)
  
• 5: ? (Shields?), Williams, Cobleigh, Silverthorn
  
• 6: Whittle, Hoppe, Stevens, Lynch
  
• 7: Josa, Sand, Farrar, Arvidsson
  
• 8: Grigorishin, Sendyk, Haeberle
  

(Missing: Fiepke, Green, Norman. Also, no: Adrian, Coughlin, Franklin)

(Gwo and Vergani are not listed in the UC Berkeley directory, as we have discussed before. They are not enrolled at Cal, and they are absent from the online roster and the PDF press sheets handed out at meets. They are not coming in the Spring.)

Thanks, BB. Rightly and wrongly, barring injury always assume there's an eligibility issue when somebody doesn't formally compete for the Bears in the Fall. May be 'SC specific, but still don't get how Fall gray shirts actually benefit a program consistently.

I also wanted to mention that people might be thinking, "Well, [so-and-so] red-shirted to prepare for the Olympics. Why are they swimming this Fall?" Some quick examples come to mind:

• Condorelli (USC): He's staying at the same school, which meant USC's compliance officer kept tabs on him and probably arranged for him to do some independent study or online classes last Spring. That's why these compliance officers exist --- to make sure everyone follows the rules. Josa wasn't even a blip on Cal's compliance officer's radar until mid-Summer, when he announced his transfer. By the time they figured out the discrepancy, it was probably too late to retroactively create 6 units of independent study. Lot tougher at public universities where there are layers of bureaucracy to get everything approved in time.
  
• Runge (Wisconsin): She announced her transfer last summer, so W's compliance officer was again on the ball and probably had her follow the same arrangement as listed above.
  
• Manuel (Stanford): She took classes like a regular student during the Fall and Winter quarters, but didn't compete with the college team. I think she did not take any classes in the Spring quarter, which, I guess, was OK in the NCAA's eyes since a Winter quarter is in the 2016 calendar year.
  

And no, gray shirts might be a way to stretch out limited scholarship dollars, but they are a mixed bag in terms of actual helpfulness. Vissering was USC's most prominent gray-shirter last Fall. He was really promising in high school and swam well in the televised Cal @ USC meet last Spring. But NCAAs were not great for him, not to mention OTs. And, he recently got mentioned on Russia's Fancy Bears website (sigh). Just a huge whammy of bad luck. We'll see if he can turn it around with a full year of regular training.

beaverbear;842753885 said:

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Josa's definitely training with the men's team and this upcoming meet in Italy is in SCM, so the coaches (and us fans) can convert his SCM times to SCY and see how they rank on the NCAA A/B cut continuum.

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Just converted Josa's SCM times to SCY (using the NCAA-approved conversion factor of 0.906):

• 100 fly: 00:46.20 (NCAA B cut)
  
• 100 free: 00:44.52
  
• 200 IM: 01:45.62 (NCAA B cut)
  

Associated SwimSwam article below:

Detti And Paltrinieri Duel, While Josa Scores Win At Trofeo Nico Sapio

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[COLOR="#000066"][SIZE=5]Bears Head To Stanford For Triple Distance Meet[/SIZE]

[COLOR="#808080"] [SIZE=3]11/1/2016 11:41 AM | By: Cal Athletics[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/COLOR]


Michael Thomas Has Gotten Off To A Strong Start In 2016-17 (Skip Stubba)


http://www.calbears.com/news/2016/11/1/mens-swimming-diving-bears-head-to-stanford-for-triple-distance-meet.aspx


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[video=youtube;e67lzc47b88][/video]


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Just came back from the Triple Distance meet and our Bears looked great. Crowd was sparse but a small Cal contingency was visible and vocal. Cal even had a swim tailgate going just outside the pool. Very nice. Murphy swam and dominated all the back events. His 200 BK looked particularly impressive. If memory recalls, he went 1:41 something. We dominated the shorter events. The only area where we didn't look good was in the distance free. We were swept in both the 500 FR and 1000 FR but I don't think we swam our best swimmers in the event. Stanford had one swimmer who looked very good in the 1000 FR who lapped one of our Bears. One pool record broken in the 200Fly by a furd swimmer who was closely racing a Bear. Sorry, I can't remember their names. Waiting for the official results to be posted.

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Just came back from the Triple Distance meet and our Bears looked great. Crowd was sparse but a small Cal contingency was visible and vocal. Cal even had a swim tailgate going just outside the pool. Very nice. Murphy swam and dominated all the back events. His 200 BK looked particularly impressive. If memory recalls, he went 1:41 something. We dominated the shorter events. The only area where we didn't look good was in the distance free. We were swept in both the 500 FR and 1000 FR but I don't think we swam our best swimmers in the event. Stanford had one swimmer who looked very good in the 1000 FR who lapped one of our Bears. One pool record broken in the 200Fly by a furd swimmer who was closely racing a Bear. Sorry, I can't remember their names. Waiting for the official results to be posted.

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Thanks for the report. I've been following the results here:
http://stanford_ftp.sidearmsports.com/fastlane/2016_11_02_Cal/

Norman didn't swim today; as long as he's healthy, we'll be fine in the distance events. Gutierrez and Green still haven't swum yet this Fall.

Seliskar also swept the IM events, so we had two triple event winners! I'll add up all the times and see who else might have "won" based on cumulative times.

I was also at the meet at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center today. Only new pool record was Jimmy Yoder breaking Gary Umbach's 400IM mark. Both Seliskar and Murphy came very close in setting new pool marks, but I don't think it was a big deal because best marks are usually set in PAC12 and NCAAs.

As noted in posts here, Stanford continues to be strong in the distances and are now under the first year coaching of former great Stanford distance Alum Jeff Kostoff. Wonder if this is why we missed on Sweetser who is a talented 500/1000/1650 Frosh swimmer. Don't know how well Norman would have done today in the distances. Gutierrez would have scored well in the 200/500 had he swum today. As you all know the format for this competition was 50/100/200 free/fly/breast/back. Then 100/200/400 IM with 500/1000 ND 200 medley and 200 free relays. And the swimmers had to swim the same strokes in those events. Regardless, the meet went by quickly having started at 2pm albeit I still got stuck in traffic in Palo Alto on my way home to the East Bay.

Can't wait to see Josa in the Spring, and for the return of Norman and Gutierrez. From what I saw on the program roster today, Stanford had every one on their roster competing.

Cal parents in attendance today included the Arvidssons and the Lynchs. The latter couple set up a neat post meet party table after the meet ended. There were other Cal parents there, too, but I am not sure who they were.

I wasn't able to attend live, but did watch the live stream from Pac 12 Plus. Palybear and Longseeker covered main points. I would add that Pawel Sendyk turned in a nice time to win the 50 free and the stream commentator mentioned that Durden had identified Pawel as someone to keep an eye on. Seliskar is continuing to show steady progress from his fine first year and Murphy is simply golden.

Our breast depth is encouraging and i also thought our freshmen (Sendyk, Jensen, Song, Lileikis and Xie) did a nice job.

Norman may have broken up the Card's distance sweeps, but Shoults and Sweetser are beasts.

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[COLOR="#000066"][SIZE=5]Murphy Returns To NCAA Competition As Cal Takes On Stanford[/SIZE][/COLOR]




https://swimswam.com/murphy-returns-ncaa-competition-cal-takes-stanford/


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USA Swimming: The good meet between @stanfordmswim vs @calmenswim today. Four #1 times in the country swum between the two teams. The Pac 12 is strong.




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Stanford's Youtube channel had a video preview of yesterday's triple distance meet (just like Cal has these previews/recaps of the previous meet). I heard Ted Knapp say that because the Fall quarter this year is longer than previous years, they'll try to qualify as many guys to NCAAs as possible in December, rather than waiting until Pac-12s like they usually do. Obviously, this is the pattern typically followed by Cal men's and women's teams --- to use the mid-season invite to rest a bit and get some NCAA A cuts. So, be on the lookout to see how well their plan unfolds this year in terms of Pac-12s & NCAAs.

Also, because the triple distance meet is a rare clash of 200 frees between sprinters and distance swimmers, I thought it might be interesting to see how they split the races differently. 17 swimmers in total swam that race yesterday, and it was instructive to see how they approached the swim.

• Those that swim the distance with some regularity, and are good at it (placing in the top 8), all build their swims. That means the final 50 split is faster than the third 50 split. I included in this top group 4 from each school, 2 each of sprint/distance. These swimmers are: Jensen, Lileikis, Kao, Forker (Cal), Shoults, Sweetser, Perry, Cogswell (Stanford).
  
• Lileikis and Perry are both extreme back-half swimmers whose 2nd 100 is within 0.5 s of their 1st 100. They'd be great as relay anchors, but might need to be a bit faster to convince the coaches that they should be in those spots.
  
• Kao, Shoults, and Sweetser have that distance mindset where they pretty much keep the same gear throughout the race even though they know they want to sprint that last 50.
  
• Forker just needs to bring down that 3rd 50 a bit to match the group above; did he recently switch to distance? He is otherwise pretty consistent.
  
• Jensen and Cogswell are definitely front-half swimmers who are great in the first 50 due to their sprint backgrounds, but still have the endurance to not die in the last lap.
  
• (I'm going to talk about Fiepke for a bit. I noticed that he paced his swim similarly to Forker, with a slow 3rd 50 but a faster last 50 that is similar in time to his 2nd 50. I know he normally swims the sprints, and is graduating soon, but would he possibly consider swimming distance this year? What's his mix of fast- and slow-twitch?)
  

I mention this only because we'll probably need to figure out who's swimming the 4x200 free relay. For reference on who swam at NCAAs last year and is on this year's team:

• Gutierrez swims the 200 free like Murphy swims the 200 back --- fast 3rd 50 and holds on in the 4th 50. It's different from the patterns we just discussed, because everyone else is faster on that last 50.
  
• Seliskar swims the 200 free pretty evenly, unlike his 200 fly where he goes out really fast and has to hold on at the end.
  

It seems that the most likely candidates to join them on the relay are Jensen and Lileikis, but I could also see Josa or Kao make a push.

Most likely relay lineups that we'll see:

• 4x200 free: Gutierrez, Jensen, Lileikis, Seliskar
  
• 4x100 free: Gutierrez, Jensen, Lynch, Murphy
  
• 4x50 free: Jensen, Lynch, Murphy, Sendyk
  

We have so many good sprint free/fly swimmers that I can't choose between Gutierrez, Jensen, Josa, and Lynch for the back halves of the medley relays! Obviously, they'll be paired with Murphy and Hoppe.

Finally, Durden mentioned in his video that there might be some sort of exhibition swim at Spieker in a couple of weeks, just so they have one more racing opportunity before the UGA invitational; be on the lookout for that.

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[COLOR="#006699"][INDENT][SIZE=3]Live Stats[/SIZE]: http://www.georgiadogs.com/livestats/c-swim/1617fall/[/INDENT]


(guess this tweet should really belong to the men's swimming thread, but just too lazy to create a new post there lol)[/COLOR]

Cathy Durden: What do the Durdens do at 8pm on a Tuesday? Make 65 PB&Js for the team to eat on the plane tomorrow. @Sport_Nutricia would be proud!

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[COLOR="#000066"][SIZE=5]BEARS CLOSE FALL WITH GEORGIA ON THEIR MIND[/SIZE]

[COLOR="#808080"] [SIZE=3]1/29/2016 1:51 PM | By: Cal Athletics[/SIZE][/COLOR] [/COLOR]


Andrew Seliskar Will Look To Continue A Strong Start To 2016-17 In Georgia (Skip Stubbs)


BERKELEY - With winter fast approaching and the fall season nearly done, the Cal men's swimming team will take a cross-country trip in search of good competition and fast times as the Bears head to Athens, Ga. to compete in the Georgia Fall Invitational.

Last year, Cal made the same cross-country trek to begin the month of December and came home with a second-place finish as a team. Then-junior Ryan Murphy used the meet to excel in a variety of events, winning his usual 100 and 200-yard backstroke while also adding to Cal's wins in the 400 medley relay, 800 free relay and 400 free relay. Josh Prenot captured the 200 IM and 200 breast, Nick Norman won the 1,650 free and Justin Lynch won the 100 fly during a fast weekend of racing by the Golden Bears.

Several of those stars return for this year's squad and a variety of new faces have joined the fray looking to post their top times of the fall season. Murphy is back for his senior season and, after taking much of the fall off to recover from a busy summer, the three-time Olympic gold medalist will look to continue his training in his second competition of the season.

With a strong fall campaign already in the books, junior Justin Lynch stands a good chance of factoring heavily for the Bears this weekend. Lynch owns the team's top times in the 50 free, 100 fly and 200 fly as well as the squad's second-fastest mark in the 100 free.

Sophomore Andrew Seliskar established himself as one of the nation's most versatile swimmers last year, winning the Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year award as well as being named Swimmer of the Meet at the Pac-12 Championships. He has also had a productive fall so far, setting the team's top times in the 200 and 400 IM and trailing only Lynch in the butterfly events.

In the breaststroke, junior Connor Hoppe and senior Hunter Cobleigh have enjoyed strong starts to the season with Hoppe swimming the team's top time in the 100 and Cobleigh doing the same in the 200. Sophomore Nick Norman has set the pace in both the 500 and 1,000 free while freshman Michael Jensen has emerged with the team's best marks in the 100 and 200 free.

Though the Georgia Fall Invitational brings one portion of the season to a close, the work won't stop for the Golden Bears. Cal hosts the annual Cal Invitational all-comers meet on Jan. 14 and 15 and returns to dual meet action on Jan. 20 and 21 at Arizona and Arizona State. USC pays a visit to Spieker Aquatics Complex for on Feb. 3 and the dual meet season concludes against Stanford in Berkeley on Feb. 18.


http://www.calbears.com/news/2016/11/29/mens-swimming-diving-bears-close-fall-with-georgia-on-their-mind.aspx


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Thanks UAC for the great summary but also the Schedule.:gobears:

DCW67MSW;842771037 said:

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Thanks UAC for the great summary but also the Schedule.:gobears:

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[COLOR="#006699"]Hehe you're very welcome!

Even if all that I basically do on this board is just to repost others' write-ups...well perhaps with a slight penchant for adding a spot of colour here & there via endless photos culled from social media :p They are the ones deserving of the real credit, alongside our wonderful student-athletes & coaches!

Speaking of which I'm going to have my hands full this weekend, so won't be posting results updates as frequently as I'd like to (will try to put up the official reports at the end of the day at least). As always would warmly welcome updates from you all, esp on the men's side of thing

btw, one wee gripe that I have with SwimSwam (amongst many lol) - their commentary here = [FONT=Arial][COLOR="#696969"]"Last year’s runner up Cal’s current (relatively) low ranking may be reason for concern as their mid season average time score very closely reflected their actual score last year"[/COLOR][/FONT]

After they had wrote this earlier in their piece: [FONT=Arial][COLOR="#696969"]"Not every team has swum their mid season meet yet (the Texas Invite starts tomorrow), so the rankings based on top times are a bit suspect"[/COLOR][/FONT]... :crazy

[INDENT]https://swimswam.com/nc-state-men-lead-swimulator-rankings/[/INDENT]

Here's to :bear: proving them completely wrong over the weekend :cheer ...Swim On you Bears!!![/COLOR]

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[COLOR="#000080"][SIZE=5]2016-2017 Men's NCAA Power Rankings End-of-November Edition[/SIZE][/COLOR]


[INDENT][COLOR="#696969"]Morgan Priestley | December 01st, 2016[/COLOR][/INDENT]



[SIZE=3][U]#20-#1 Rankings[/U][/SIZE]


20. Minnesota Golden Gophers (Previous rank: #17)

Dropping the Golden Gophers three spots based on the top-end speed we've seen from other teams. Bowen Becker is having a great year, but Minnesota needs to find some more speed to qualify relays for NCAA's.


19. South Carolina Gamecocks (Previous rank: N/R)

Good finish to the fall. Mark Bernardino continues to do great things with the distance group, and Nils Wich-Glasen is top five nationally in both breaststrokes.


18. Virginia Tech Hokies (Previous rank: #20)

Brandon Fiala was one of the breakout swimmers of the 2015-16 NCAA season, and he'll have help this year. Robert Owen will continue to hold down the fort in the backstrokes and IMs, and sophomore Norbert Szabo is proving to be an important piece.


17. Arizona State Sun Devils (Previous rank: N/R)

Bob Bowman is putting together a pretty good squad down in Tempe, with medley relays that could legitimately threat to finish in the top 10 at NCAA's. Backstroker Richard Bohus (46.0/1:41.3) is having a career year, and Cameron Craig (43.4/1:34.6 100/200 freestyle, 1:45.2 200 IM) is proving to be one of the nation's top freshman.


16. Ohio State (Previous rank: #16)

The Buckeyes looked solid in their fall invite, with Josh Fleagle coming back strong off his redshirt season (43.0/1:34.9). They'll need him to take the next step to be competitive in relays in March.


15. Tennessee Volunteers (Previous rank: #13)

Not sure what to make of their finish to 2016. The Volunteers finished a lackluster 5th at NC State's invite, and are bringing a very limited squad of swimmers to U.S. Nationals this weekend. Sam McHugh (1:45.1/3:42.5 IMs) has been strong, though.


14. Arizona Wildcats (Previous rank: #15)


13. USC Trojans (Previous rank: #14)


12. Stanford Cardinal (Previous rank: #12)

We're going to hold off on completely reevaluating these teams until invites are over (all are competing in Austin this weekend), as plenty of questions remain for both squads. However, through one night, there's signs of optimism for all three; the Cardinal won the 800 free relay going way (6:15.58), Dylan Carter posted an impressive 1:32.6 leadoff leg, and the Wildcats blew through the NCAA 'A' Standard in a 200 medley relay time trial, in large part thanks to a blistering 19.81 fly leg from Chad Idensohn.


11. Michigan Wolverines (Previous rank: #8)

Blew through Virginia and Penn State since our last ranking, but tough to judge at this point; Michigan is an exciting young team, but it's unclear if they have the firepower individually to do well in an NCAA format. We'll know more after his weekend; the Wolverines are amping up to compete with a loaded Georgia Invite field.


10. Louisville Cardinals (Previous rank: #9)

Sprint freestyles were a bit of a question mark, but the 19.8 flat-starts from freshmen Mark Chernov and Andrej Barna at their fall invitationals gives the Cardinals more promise.


9. Auburn Tigers (Previous rank: #11)

Looked pretty good in their dual meet victory over Alabama; the Tigers have the right pieces to go toe-to-toe in any dual meet. We'll know more after their performance at the Georgia Invitational this weekend.


8. Missouri Tigers (Previous rank: #10)

Missouri has been known to put together some fast fall meets in the past, but these results were exceptional. Fabian Schwingenschlogl (51.07), Michael Chadwick (52.62), and Eddie Mapel (52.73) currently sit 1-2-3 nationally in the 100 breast, and Andrew Sansoucie posted a nation-leading 44.86 100 butterfly.


7. Alabama Crimson Tide (Previous rank: #7)

Fell to arch-rival Auburn in a dual meet, but man, are they shaping up to be fun to watch at NCAA's. Already have four guys at 43.3 or better in the 100 freestyle from a flat start. Luke Kaliszak, arguably the best underwater kicker in the NCAA, keeps getting better above the water, as well.


6. Indiana Hoosiers (Previous rank: #6)

Still undefeated in dual meets, but the real question is if the Hoosiers can maintain momentum this weekend at U.S. Nationals. Blake Pieroni is coming off a great performance at the inaugural College Challenge, where he dropped a then-nation-leading 1:33.43 in the 200 freestyle.


5. Florida Gators (Previous rank: #3)

Caeleb Dressel is #1 in four events nationally, after his impressive 1:42.77 200 IM. He almost certainly won't swim it at NCAA's (right? Right?!?!), but it makes you wonder what he could put together fully-rested. He may need to keep training breaststroke, though; despite already having their invite on the books (unlike many other teams), the Gators still don't have a breaststroker who sits top 50 nationally in either event.


4. Georgia Bulldogs (Previous rank: #5)

The 'Dawgs are on a roll heading into their annual fall invite, taking down Florida, Wisconsin, and Missouri since out last rankings. Plenty of depth in every stroke, but sprint freestyles remain an issue; Georgia doesn't have a single 50 freestyler in the top 100 nationally, and nobody inside the top 50 in the 100.


3. [COLOR="#DAA520"]California Golden Bears[/COLOR] (Previous rank: #2)

The Bears have been laying low this fall, with their only officially-scored meet coming against the University of Pacific, but look for some big swims from Ryan Murphy and company this weekend. Keep an eye on the Bears' breaststroke group.


2. Texas Longhorns (Previous rank:#1)

No need to panic; unless things are worse than what is being reported out of Austin, the Longhorns are still the favorites in March. However, since these power rankings take into account which teams are the most complete and performing well at this moment, Texas needs to be dropped a spot. We still haven't seen their full squadRyan Harty and Will Licon have been limited by injuriesand it showed in their loss at the hands of NC State.


1. NC State Wolfpack (Previous rank: #4)

Well, we didn't think we'd have a new #1 anytime soon, but between beating Texas and some more young talent coming through (freshmen Jack McIntyre and Coleman Stewart, to name two) to add depth, the Wolfpack have taken the top spot. Anton Ipsen has reached a new level this year, as well.



[INDENT]https://swimswam.com/2016-2017-mens-ncaa-power-rankings-end-november-edition/[/INDENT]


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Dylan Carter for the furds? He is not listed on their roster. Is he a graduate transfer (New Zealand) from USC?

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[COLOR="#000080"][SIZE=5]Cal Coach Dave Durden Breaks Down Short Course Training[/SIZE][/COLOR]





https://swimswam.com/cal-coach-dave-durden-breaks-short-course-training/


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OBear073akaSMFan;842771486 said:

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Dylan Carter for the furds? He is not listed on their roster. Is he a graduate transfer (New Zealand) from USC?

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No. The formatting is not that clear, but the author of the article lumped together the analysis for UA, USC, and Stanford in that paragraph, without explicitly stating that Dylan Carter swims for USC. He represents T&T internationally.

We'll see if they put out another set of rankings after this weekend's invites; I almost feel that the SwimSwam editors think that promoting NC State will get them more website clicks (just like promoting Texas last year got them lots of website clicks and new fans), so the authors are asked to keep writing articles that feature NC State (for men) and Stanford (for women).

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I wasn't able to attend live, but did watch the live stream from Pac 12 Plus. Palybear and Longseeker covered main points. I would add that Pawel Sendyk turned in a nice time to win the 50 free and the stream commentator mentioned that Durden had identified Pawel as someone to keep an eye on. Seliskar is continuing to show steady progress from his fine first year and Murphy is simply golden...

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Good call... Sendyk wins 50 free @ Georgia Invite with 19.10. That's gotta be a big deal, right?

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Good call... Sendyk wins 50 free @ Georgia Invite with 19.10. That's gotta be a big deal, right?

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Yes. It's only 0.01 s off of the NCAA A cut time (which, along with the 200 IM, is generally difficult to hit during mid-season for men). It's faster than the corresponding times being swum this weekend at Winter Nationals or the Texas invite. I think that only Caeleb Dressel (UF) and Ryan Held (NCSU) --- both U.S. Olympians and relay gold medalists --- have beaten that time this year, and not by much. Don't forget that Sendyk was a European junior world medalist in the 50m fly (LCM, but still; the guy has sprint chops).

What's even more exciting is that the 4x50y free relay was our "weakest" last year --- the only one where we couldn't hit an A time mid-season. Durden referred to it as "chicken salad" when we had to pull swimmers from mid-distance onto a sprint relay. I do not think it will be a problem this year.

Both relays swum tonight have hit the A standard. Murphy's 100y back leadoff is also an A standard.

Everyone is swimming great. Not sure if they are more rested or just better than last year. It's a little hard to project the overall team scores, since two of Texas' big scorers (Joseph Schooling and Will Licon) have not swum much this season.

Back to our team, I am a little concerned that neither Long Gutierrez or Connor Green have swum this season. I don't know if they traveled with the team to Georgia, since the meet isn't being televised. I guess we'll see if they go to Colorado Springs with the others in January, and beyond.

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[COLOR="#000066"][SIZE=5]BEARS GET ROLLING EARLY, LEAD IN GEORGIA[/SIZE][/COLOR]



Ryan Kao And The Bears Return To Action Saturday In Georgia (Tim Binning)


[INDENT]Day One Results: http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/calberk.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/12/2/uga_fall_invite_friday_finals_results.pdf[/INDENT]


http://www.calbears.com/news/2016/12/2/mens-swimming-diving-bears-get-rolling-early-lead-in-georgia.aspx


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ttgiang15;842772371 said:

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Good call... Sendyk wins 50 free @ Georgia Invite with 19.10. That's gotta be a big deal, right?

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Durden's current team looks like an enhanced Dave Marsh Auburn team: sprint centric with lots more stroke depth. Jensen and Sendyk complement Murphy and Lynch on sprint relays with Long, Josa, and Seliskar filling in where needed. May not have enough to take down the 'Whorns this year, but not out of the question. Should be 2018 favorites.

Sorry not all the bells and whistles provided by UAC

400IM Seliskar #5 , Takahashi #14, Thomas #20 all meet the NCAA's B qualifying mark

100fly Lynch #2, Xie #11, Sendky #13 all meet the NCAA's B qualifying mark

200fr Jensen #1, Lileikis #6, Kao #9, Coan #15, NCAA's B qualifiers

100Br Sands #1, Hoppe #3, Whittle #5, Cobleigh #7, Steven #13 all NCAA B qualifiers, & Arvidsson #22, Silverthorn #23

100Bk Murphy #3, Song #9, Young #19. Ryan and Andy B qualifiers

200MR Like the women, Cal men takes relay and is the only team to make the A cut. Team of Murphy, Hoppe, Sendyk, and Jensen with a blazing 18.93 anchor leg which I believe was the fastest leg. Cal B team #6 but C team was DQ'ed.

400IM Seliskar #3 under the A standard, Takahashi #15 who was faster in the prelims.

100fl Lynch #1 just missing the A cut by .5 sec, Sendyk #11, Xie #12, Williams #17 but everyone makes B cut.

200fr Jensen #1 and like Lynch missed the A cut by .76 sec, Lileikis #4, Kao #9 all with B cuts, Coan #15

200bk Murphy 3rd in the prelim but #1 in the final and of course an A cut. Song #11 B cut, Young #18,

800R Cal wins relay with Seliskar, Jensen, Lileikis, and Murphy with A cut. Seliskar misses by .31 for A cut. Cal B #6, and but Cal C DQ'ed.

Both women and Men have swept all of the relays so far.