Arizona's Kevin Cordes swims the men's 200-yard breaststroke during the NCAA college Division 1 swimming and diving championships on Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Cordes won with a time of 1:48.66. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)

Arizona’s 2014 NCAA Swimmer of the Year Kevin Cordes, a five-time NCAA champion, won the 100 and 200 breast stroke events in last week’s Santa Clara Grand Prix. He left the meet with a new nickname: Rip. Get it? Rip Cordes? Pretty good. Cordes showed up for the Grand Prix championships wearing an old Arizona cactus-and-sunset logo T-shirt, a classic look made famous on the court at McKale Center. If the UA elected to bring that logo back, few would object.


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