Briefly glance at the FINA World Championships medal table sometime. The results speak for themselves. The United States has over 100 more gold medal performances than the next closest nation. Few would disagree the U.S. is the strongest swimming country around. Yet, it has never hosted FINA’s namesake event. The six-discipline aquatic World Championships have been or are planned to be hosted on every continent, except obviously Antarctica. Six of the next seven countries in the medal table have hosted at some point. During the time since North America last hosted—2005 in Montreal—Europe has hosted four times, Australia has hosted once, Africa will have hosted once, and Asia will have hosted a total of three times, including the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

All this talk recently about the addition of events to the Olympic program got us thinking. What if the NCAA added events to the already busy and condensed (in terms of number of days) program?

2017 FINA World ChampionshipsJuly 23-30, 2017

2017 FINA World ChampionshipsJuly 23-30, 2017

2017 FINA World ChampionshipsJuly 23-30, 2017

2017 FINA World ChampionshipsJuly 23-30, 2017

2017 FINA World ChampionshipsJuly 23-30, 2017

What a night of racing in Indianapolis. The finals session on Friday at the 2017 NCAA DI Men's Swimming and Diving Championships did not disappoint. We saw three new NCAA records with Chase Kalisz in the 400 IM, Caeleb Dressel in the 100 butterfly, and Texas in the 200 medley relay. At the end of the day, Texas still sits atop the leaderboard with 391.5 points. Cal is in second with 253 points, trailed by Florida in third with 224.5 points. NC State is in fourth with 196 points, and Indiana is in fifth with 189.5 points.

Day three prelims are in the books here from Indianapolis. Friday's morning session at the NCAA DI Men's Swimming and Diving Championships provided plenty of excitement but more importantly set up potential record-breaking swims for tonight. On the docket for an action-packed finals at the IUPUI Natatorium includes the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, and 200 medley relay. Catch up on all of the prelims action below.

Thursday night was packed full of action in Indianapolis at the 2017 NCAA DI Men's Swimming & Diving Championships. After a "disappointing" second place finish in the 800 freestyle relay Wednesday, Texas came out swinging. The Longhorns won four out of the five swimming events contested tonight -- including new NCAA Records from ​Clark Smith​ in the 500 freestyle and the team of ​John Shebat​, ​Will Licon​​, Joseph Schooling​, and ​Jack Conger​ in the 400 medley relay. At the end of the day, Texas leads with 225.5 points, California sits second with 143 points, and Florida is in third with 138.5 points.​

The NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships continued Thursday morning at IU Natatorium in Indianapolis with five preliminary events, including the 200 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle, and 400 medley relay.

The Virginia Gators had a heck of a night at the ISCA Jr. National Championship Cup in Clearwater, FL Tuesday, breaking two National Age Group Records.

Mallory Comerford (Louisville) -- 200 Free Co-champion

400 IMNCAA Record: 3:56.54 (Katinka Hosszu - USC, 2012)

400 IMNCAA Record: 3:56.54 (Katinka Hosszu - USC, 2012)