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Cal’s Keaton Jones on Making Olympic Team: “It’s Backstroke U for a reason”

2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS

For the 3rd Olympics in a row, Ryan Murphy will represent the United States in the 200 back and another Cal Golden Bear will be his running mate. This time around, it will be rising sophomore Keaton Jones, who is coming off an NCAA season that saw him qualify as an NCAA All-American and help Cal to a runner-up team finish.

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Adam
4 months ago

Murphy + 1:54 Cal backstroker is the weirdest trials coincidence since the early 200s when three consecutive trials had guys named Scott have upsets to make the team in the 200 breast.

Mrs. Tarquin Biscuitbarrel
4 months ago

GO BEARS!

Tester
4 months ago

If cal is backstroke U, Indiana is breastroke U, and Florida is freestyle U, who do we deem as butterfly U and IM U?

Admin
Reply to  Tester
4 months ago

Virginia gotta be IM U right now. The women are insane and I don’t think any men’s group is deep enough to supplant them.

Butterfly U? Texas is the best I can come up with.

Guy
Reply to  Braden Keith
4 months ago

Was UGA back in the day with Jack and Jerry

PK Doesn't Like His Long Name
Reply to  Braden Keith
4 months ago

Texas seems like a pretty easy choice for butterfly U now that they can include Regan, Leon and Kos in the ranks. Their women flyers has been their biggest strength the past few years.

Stoyle
Reply to  Braden Keith
4 months ago

The 2024 Pac12/NCAA ASU men were at least the equal of UVA women at IM, next season, not so much

Grant Drukker
Reply to  Braden Keith
4 months ago

Idk if there is a definitive Fly or IM U right now.

Would’ve said ASU was IM U, and Virginia have made a big case to be called breaststroke U, although, only have Noah Nichols on the men’s side. But half the final of the 200 breast was UVA.

There's no doubt that he's tightening up
Reply to  Braden Keith
4 months ago

Streets remember Texas 6 up 100 fly

Breezeway
Reply to  Tester
4 months ago

NCSU is backstroke and butterfly U!

Andrew
Reply to  Breezeway
4 months ago

NC state is retirement U

Andrew
4 months ago

That was Aikins spot, absolutely gutted for him. I wish it was Aikins/anyone but the cornball Murphy

Swimz
Reply to  Andrew
4 months ago

It was Jones’ as much as it was Aikins

200BK
Reply to  Andrew
4 months ago

Would love to watch you say that to Murphy’s face, would crush keyboard warrior like grape.

Genevieve Nnaji
4 months ago

Death, taxes, Cal men backstrokers

Mrs. Tarquin Biscuitbarrel
Reply to  Genevieve Nnaji
4 months ago

Plus Natalie Coughlin, first woman under a minute.

NoFastTwitch
Reply to  Mrs. Tarquin Biscuitbarrel
4 months ago

And Isabelle Stadden

iLikePsych
Reply to  NoFastTwitch
4 months ago

Franklin, Bootsma, Pelton, Tran

Hint of Lime
Reply to  Mrs. Tarquin Biscuitbarrel
4 months ago

Baker and Bilquist too

Paula Dean Farris
4 months ago

Lol @NCState

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