With the first full day of the 2017 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, we know that contenders like Cal and Texas will be stepping up their swims and dropping some massive time from the prelim to get more guys into scoring positions. On day 1, defending champs Texas Longhorns did a better job of this than the California Golden Bears. This was particularly true after one of the biggest riser for the Bears, Matthew Josa was DQ’ed for his 200 IM swim that would have been good for the A-Final. Then again, the Golden Bears benefited from an Alabama DQ (on a similar stroke issue during breaststroke leg of the medley relay) to make the A-Final for the 400 medley relay.
DQ drama highlights NCAA Day 2 morning; 3 Cal Bears + both relay in A-Final
