FEDERAL WAY – Last night, Stanford’s David Nolan set the American and NCAA records in the men’s 200-yard IM at the Pac-12 Men’s Championships.
While the Pac-12 Network has not released the entire race video, it has put up a bit of a highlight of the final seconds of the swim along with Nolan’s reaction to the record. Stanford Athletics informed Swimming World this morning that a full race video should be available later today.
Original Swimming World report from last night:
Since setting the national high school record books aflame in his senior year at Hershey High School, David Nolan has been tapped as the next big thing in the 200 IM. That promise came true tonight as the Stanford senior broke Ryan Lochte’s American record of 1:40.08 by just one hundredth of a second with a 1:40.07. Lochte set the record in November 2007 at the USA Swimming nationals, in his first year as a postgrad swimmer.
Nolan vs. Lochte:
| Name | Fly split | Back split | Breast split | Free split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lochte | 22.00 | 24.24 | 29.28 | 24.56 |
| Nolan | 21.96 | 24.95 | 29.05 | 24.11 |
Nolan’s best time before tonight was a 1:41.21, which he swam to win the 2013 NCAA title. Nolan leapfrogs over seven major names in IM history to stand at the top of the mountain. Nolan also took down Bradley Ally’s NCAA record of 1:40.49 from the 2009 NCAA championships.
Also at stake in tonight’s final was a major point grab for Stanford with five men in the final. Curtis Ogren was fourth with a 1:44.08, Tom Kremer fifth in 1:44.48, Gray Umbach seventh with a 1:45.49 and Max Williamson was eighth with a 1:45.88. It should be noted that Stanford has the public and independent high school record holders on the team, with Ogren still holding the independent record with a 1:44.90 from last May.
California’s Josh Prenot scored his automatic NCAA qualifying time with a 1:41.79 for second, while teammate Ryan Murphy was third with a 1:42.94. Morten Klarskov of USC placed sixth with a 1:44.84.
Stanford took a hefty lead in the points race with the strong showing in the 200 IM, 179-151 over California.
But,,,did he WIN?
Hopefully your joking. He broke a record so basic common sense shows that he won!
Wow,Well done David, Incredible