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Ryan Hoffer Explains Why he Needs a Lot of Rest (Video)

2019 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Reported by Jared Anderson.

200 FREE RELAY – FINALS

  • NCAA Record: Auburn (Andkjaer, Louw, Norys, Targett), 2009 – 1:14.08
  • American Record: Stanford (Coville, Staab, Allen, Wayne), 2011 – 1:15.26
  • U.S. Open Record: Auburn (Andkjaer, Louw, Norys, Targett), 2009 – 1:14.08
  • Meet Record: Auburn (Andkjaer, Louw, Norys, Targett), 2009 – 1:14.08
  • 2018 Champion: Florida (Dressel, Switkowski, Martinez-Sarpe, Szaranek) – 1:14.39

Top 8 Finishers:

  1. Cal – 1:14.46
  2. NC State – 1:14.78
  3. Texas – 1:15.11
  4. Indiana – 1:15.41
  5. Florida State – 1:15.92
  6. Alabama – 1:16.23
  7. Ohio State – 1:16.89
  8. Harvard – 1:18.06

Cal led early on an 18.84 from Pawel Sendyk, then handed off to Ryan Hoffer (18.43), Michael Jensen (18.79) and Andrew Seliskar (18.40). They briefly trailed after Jensen’s split, but Seliskar’s crisp 0.04 relay exchange and big underwater kickout pretty much sealed the win for them over NC State.

50 FREESTYLE – FINALS

  • NCAA Record: Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018) – 17.63
  • American Record: Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018) – 17.63
  • U.S. Open Record: Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018) – 17.63
  • Meet Record: Caeleb Dressel, Florida (2018) – 17.63
  • 2018 Champion: Caeleb Dressel, Florida – 17.63

Top 8 Finishers:

  1. Ryan Hoffer (Cal) – 18.53
  2. Pawel Sendyk (Cal) – 18.68
  3. Robert Howard (Alabama) – 18.80
  4. Bowe Becker (Minnesota) – 18.84
  5. Zach Apple (Indiana) – 18.99
  6. Dean Farris (Harvard) – 19.02
  7. Tate Jackson (Texas) – 19.03
  8. Justin Ress (NC State) – 19.15

Cal’s sprint duo held up its top two seeds, capping what has been a brilliant night for Cal individually. Ryan Hoffer went 18.63 for his first NCAA title, taking over the sprint crown from the graduated Caeleb Dressel, whose national age group records Hoffer was chasing and sometimes breaking for the past several years.

Pawel Sendyk was second in 18.68. Both were a tick off their morning swims, but still handled the field by more than a tenth.

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Mr Piano
5 years ago

That’s what I was thinking. He has a similar smile I think. He also has that twinkle in his eye .

B1Guy!
5 years ago

Little awkward in front of the camera haha Great swimming though and like what he was trying to articulate

Dudeman
Reply to  B1Guy!
5 years ago

He hasn’t had many interviews like this before (where I’m assuming there’s more than one person/camera asking him questions). I’m sure as he wins more races his interviews will get even better

SinkorSwim
5 years ago

A fast Jeff Spicoli

Joel Lin
5 years ago

It took him a while to figure out his inner awesome. It’s complex.

Gary Hall Jr can relate I’m sure. The rest of us just have an opinion, man.

Swimmerguy
5 years ago

The way he talks reminds me of Nathan Adrian…coincidence?

running start to touch backstroke flags
5 years ago

Cal as dominant as last year.. Congrats to Hoffer an the program.

anonymoose
5 years ago

in the title pic, that tendon in his forearm pops out so much its looks unhealthy

santos
Reply to  anonymoose
5 years ago

you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like

anonymoose
Reply to  santos
5 years ago

didnt say i dont like it 😉

iLikePsych
Reply to  anonymoose
5 years ago

I got some suspicious moles you could judge too if you don’t mind…

anonymoose
Reply to  iLikePsych
5 years ago

nty, im sure you’ll manage to do that yourself. also, just to clarify i didnt say anything negative, maybe i shoulda used ,crazy’ instead of ,unhealthy’?

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