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.
UA's 'Rip' Cordes takes two titles
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)