Still No. 1
All of the schools that won college national championships last year for NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and NJCAA repeated as champions in 2019. Their winning streaks range from two to 45!
NCAA DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIPS
BY ANDY ROSS
Indianapolis, Ind.
March 13-16
Women’s and Men’s Team Champions:
Queens University of Charlotte
Queens University of Charlotte reigned supreme for the fifth year in a row with its women’s and men’s teams dominating the competition.
Their women’s team was so dominant that they more than doubled the score of runner-up Drury, 707.5 to 345. Their point total is the second most by a winning Division II women’s team, trailing only Truman’s 733 in 2002.
The Queens men were equally dominant, scoring 606 points to second-place Delta State’s 364.5.
NCAA DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIPS
BY CATHLEEN PRUDEN
Greensboro, N.C.
March 20-23
Women’s Team Champions: Emory University
Men’s Team Champions: Denison University
The Emory University women won their 10th straight title, outlasting the Kenyon College Ladies by just nine points, 488 to 479.
The Denison men took home their second straight title in dominant fashion, scoring 562.5 points to Emory’s 447.5.
AIA CHAMPIONSHIPS
BY OLIVIA WILE
Columbus, Georgia
Feb. 27-March 2
Women’s Team Champions: Savannah College of Art and Design Men’s Team Champions: Keiser University
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) women won their second straight and fifth overall women’s title, outdistancing runner-up Keiser, 638.5 to 477.5.
The Keiser men—in only the third year of their swimming and diving program—also won their second straight team championship, outscoring SCAD, 622 to 599.5.
NJCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
BY GRACE NORDQUIST
Buffalo, New York
March 6-9
Women’s and Men’s Team Champions:
Indian River State College
The hunt to take down powerhouse Indian River State College continues. IRSC has dominated the NJCAA Championships for what seems like forever…and this year’s meet was no exception. Indian River’s men, scoring 1,297 points, have now won the national title forty-five consecutive years! It’s the longest unbroken U.S. championship winning streak in any sport at the collegiate level. Iowa Central claimed runner-up with 662 points, well ahead of Southwestern Oregon at 548.
IRSC’s women took their 37th straight title with 1,277 points, ahead of South Georgia (567) and Iowa Central (521).
To learn more about these impressive winning streaks and how they went down this year,
check out the May 2019 issue of Swimming World Magazine, available now!
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FEATURES
016 NO LEDECKY…NO MANUEL… NO PROBLEM
by Dan D’Addona, David Rieder and Andy Ross
Relying on a younger team—with 10 underclass-men—Stanford still won its third straight women’s NCAA Division I swimming and diving team title. It’s just that this year’s margin of victory was much closer than the previous two.
WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I MINI-FEATURES:
018 BROOKE FORDE: MAKING THE EXTRA EFFORT
019 BEATA NELSON: UN-BEATA-BLE NELSON
021 ABBEY WEITZEIL/CAL BEARS: THE OTHER CHAMPIONS
022 LILLY KING: LILLY’S LEGACY
024 WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I PHOTO GALLERY
photos by Peter H. Bick
026 THE COMPLETE PACKAGE
by Dan D’Addona and David Rieder
The depth of Cal’s Golden Bears was on full display at this year’s men’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, proving they were the best team in the nation.
MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I MINI-FEATURES:
028 DANIEL CARR: SECOND CHANCE PAYS OFF
029 SILVER LININGS FOR SECOND-PLACE TEXAS
031 DEAN FARRIS: DEAN OF THE POOL
032 MEN’S NCAA DIVISION I PHOTO GALLERY
photos by Peter H. Bick
034 STILL NO. 1
by Andy Ross, Cathleen Pruden, Olivia Wile and Grace Nordquist
All of the schools that won college national championships last year for NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and NJCAA repeated as champions in 2019. Their winning streaks range from two to 45!
038 ’59 MICHIGAN TEAM STILL “THE GREATEST OF ’EM ALL”
by Bruce Wigo
For overall strength as well as balance in all the strokes, distances and diving, no team in history has ever dominated the men’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships like the 1959 University of Michigan Wolverines.
COACHING
010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: FRANK KEEFE
by Michael J. Stott
014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: CONDITIONING TO OPTIMIZE TECHNIQUE (Part 2)
by Rod Havriluk
As explained in Part 1, there are three types of sets that are critical to emphasizing technique: skill sets, transition sets and test sets. Part 2 presents strategies to integrate these three sets into a conditioning program.
041 SPECIAL SETS: TRAINING FOR THE 200 FLY
by Michael J. Stott
Coach Sean Farrell’s recent success with distance flyers at the Cheshire YMCA/Sea Dog Swim Club in Connecticut results from having good athletes, a defined sense of how to train them and a philosophy focused on training the whole athlete.
043 Q&A WITH COACH DAN MASCOLO
by Michael J. Stott
044 HOW THEY TRAIN JULIA STEVENS
by Michael J. Stott
JUNIOR SWIMMER
046 UP & COMERS: MORGAN RAZEWSKI
by Taylor Brien
COLUMNS
008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT
009 BEYOND THE YARDS
013 OFFICIAL WORD
040 DID YOU KNOW? ISHOF’S FIRST HONOREES: A “SPORTS SPECTACULAR”
047 GUTTER TALK
048 PARTING SHOT