Predictions

[allgunsblazing]

Wayne State and Drury are no swimming right now with the same team they will have for conference and nationals.....They both are bringing big time studs for the second part of the year. It has already became an every year thing for Drury and WSU to bring swimmers for only a semester and then ship them back to wherever they come from.

Wingate brough in a good freshman class and also an all american from WSU Veiga. They also have Chagas coming back for his Senior year. Maybe he will repeat his freshaman year performance when he won the 200 free at nats.

UIW has a good distance group but I would not overlook their mid-distance and sprint group. Coach Davis did recruit a very fast fresh class coming in. They are also bringing some studs for the second semester championships.

Tampa even with the lost of hertland still have Olinger and now Sereda tranfering from DSU. They will still be top 10 at nats. They now have a strong fly and IM but a weak breast. We need to agree that TAMPA does an excellent job for a team with only 1 athletic scholarship.

Missouri S&T didn't have an fast start this season like the others seasons but we all know that Doug will get them ready for the meets that really matters. They will win conference like they have done for the past 4 years and will be top 5 at nationals.....their depth counts a lot....

Who is UIW bringing in at semester? We need ESPN to cover all these free agent signings.

[freshwaterswim]

Look out for Ashland people. Two weeks ago, they beat both Wayne State and Indianapolis. It wasn't close. I still think that Drury, Missouri S and T, UIW, UCSD, HSU and Wingate are the DII powers right now, but Ashland will be in the mix at the end and competing for hardware.

Ashland consistently swims fast first semester, we'll see if they can improve over their second semester from last year

[JimmyTheToucan]

[quote="allgunsblazing"][quote="DivIISwimmer"]Wayne State and Drury are no swimming right now with the same team they will have for conference and nationals.....They both are bringing big time studs for the second part of the year. It has already became an every year thing for Drury and WSU to bring swimmers for only a semester and then ship them back to wherever they come from.

Wingate brough in a good freshman class and also an all american from WSU Veiga. They also have Chagas coming back for his Senior year. Maybe he will repeat his freshaman year performance when he won the 200 free at nats.

UIW has a good distance group but I would not overlook their mid-distance and sprint group. Coach Davis did recruit a very fast fresh class coming in. They are also bringing some studs for the second semester championships.

Tampa even with the lost of hertland still have Olinger and now Sereda tranfering from DSU. They will still be top 10 at nats. They now have a strong fly and IM but a weak breast. We need to agree that TAMPA does an excellent job for a team with only 1 athletic scholarship.

Missouri S&T didn't have an fast start this season like the others seasons but we all know that Doug will get them ready for the meets that really matters. They will win conference like they have done for the past 4 years and will be top 5 at nationals.....their depth counts a lot....[/quote]

Who is UIW bringing in at semester? We need ESPN to cover all these free agent signings.[/quote]


No kidding! With Drury, WSU and UIW and their semester additions, which someone should explain it to me the advantage of bringing them at semester as opposed to the start of the season; Veiga at Wingate, Sereda at Tampa...this is all so comfusing!!!

[JimmyTheToucan]

Oh, and I almost forgot Ladrat and the swimmer formerly known as DSUKiller at HSU.

[DivIISwimmer]

It's cheaper for the schools to bring them for a semester and as long they come and score some extra points they will keep doing that.

[freshwaterswim]

what I don't understand is how it is within ncaa regulations to bring in a swimmer for the last two meets of the year, I know it is, but it seems like that goes against all the other rules in place. could someone explain how sometimes a foreign athlete has to wait a year and other times they show up for conference/nats then leave without any trouble?