As I had anticipated in my preview, the 2018 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships will not be another dominant Texas Longhorn runaway (they have three-peated over the 2nd place Cal Bears). Instead, this meet is shaping up to be a tight one between NC State, Indiana, Florida, Texas, and your California Golden Bears.
While traditionally, Cal and Texas are the most reliable ones at dropping time at the national championships, NC State, Indiana, and Florida have figured out that trick this year thus far. Florida is emotionally carried by their senior in Caeleb Dressel who has already made history by swimming (twice, no less) sub 18 seconds in the 50 Free, breaking his own record.