2020 W. NCAA Picks: A Mad(den) Dash to Topple Forde
SWIMSWAM
March 6, 2020—
With six of the eight 2019 A-finalists returning from last year, along with defending champion Brooke Forde of Stanford and 2019 runner-up Paige Madden of Virginia, this event will be a battle between many familiar faces. Forde was 4:31.34 to set the University of Texas pool record in last year’s final, powering home with three 26’s to run away from the rest of the field. Someone who improved her times from mid-season to Pac-12s to NCAAs last year and in 2018, Forde comes in at 4:36.31 from this year’s mid-sea ...