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Texas not only set an NCAA with the most A finalists in event with six this morning in the 100-yard fly, but the Longhorns made history with a 1-2-3-4 effort at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Texas’ Joseph Schooling (44.51), Jack Conger (44.55), Tripp Cooper (45.06) and Will Glass (45.56) went 1-2-3-4 with teammates Matt Ellis (46.12) and John Murray (46.72) taking sixth and eighth for the historic 92 points.
To our knowledge, no other team has ever gone 1-2-3-4 in a single event in NCAA history. The last time a team went 1-2-3 happened in 1987 with USC going it in the 500 free and Stanford in the 100 fly.
USC’s Dan Jorgensen (4:16.25), Thomas Fahrner (4:16.31), Mike O’Brien (4:17.01) and Chris Chalmers (4:21.99) went 1-2-3-8 in the 500, while Stanford’s Pablo Morales (46.47), Jay Mortenson (47.09) and Anthony Mosse (47.72) went 1-2-3 for the Cardinal.
USC had held the previous record for dominance for a team in an A final with a 1-2-3-5 effort in the 1976 400-yard IM. Rob Strachan (3:55.63), Steve Furniss (3:55.67), Scott Brown (3:57.88) and David Hannula (3:59.84) pulled off that feat with Tennessee’s Lee Engstrand (3:58.82) ruining the top-four sweep.
Other 1-2-3 efforts also happened in 1971 as Indiana posted a top-three sweep in the 200 back. Gary Hall (1:50.60), Michael Stamm (1:51.47) and Santiago Esteva (1:52.22) put up those times. The top-three sweep also happened in the 60s. Yale did it in 1964 in the 200 free with S. Clark (1:44.4), D. Lyons (1:45.3) and E. Townsend (1:46.2) accomplishing the feat.
This is Texas’ sixth win in the event’s history. Other Texas wins:
1981 Scott Spann, Texas, 47.22
2001 Ian Crocker, Texas, 45.96
2002 Ian Crocker, Texas, 45.44
2003 Ian Crocker, Texas, 45.67
2004 Ian Crocker, Texas, 49.07 *SCM
Schooling moved to second all time in the 100 fly, while Conger now stands third all time.
All Time 100 Fly
| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Staab | 44.18 |
| 2 | Joseph Schooling | 44.51 |
| 3 | Jack Conger | 44.55 |
| 4 | Albert Subirats | 44.57 |
| 5 | Tom Shields | 44.59 |
Even more history was made as Schooling’s .04 win against Conger tied the record for the NCAA in the men’s 100-yard fly.
Iowa’s Rafal Szukala beat Florida’s Stephen Clarke, 47.43 to 47.47, back in 1994.
It is fitting that all of this history was made in the birthplace of the butterly. Former Iowa coach David Armbruster is credited with creating the modern day butterfly back in 1934 here in Iowa.
The 92 points vaulted Texas to 315 points, while California was a distant second with 190 points.
1 Schooling, Jose FR Texas 45.04 44.51 20
r:+0.60 21.11 44.51 (23.40)
2 Conger, Jack SO Texas 45.17 44.55 17
r:+0.70 20.82 44.55 (23.73)
3 Cooper, Tripp SR Texas 45.33 45.06 16
r:+0.71 20.89 45.06 (24.17)
4 Glass, Will SO Texas 45.40 45.56 15
r:+0.71 21.14 45.56 (24.42)
5 Lewis, Sam JR UNC 45.60 45.66 14
r:+0.62 21.12 45.66 (24.54)
6 Ellis, Matt JR Texas 45.92 46.12 13
r:+0.68 21.58 46.12 (24.54)
7 McHugh, Matt SO Ohio St 45.82 46.45 12
r:+0.65 21.51 46.45 (24.94)
8 Murray, John JR Texas 45.89 46.72 11
r:+0.65 21.32 46.72 (25.40)
1. Texas 315 2. California 190 3. Florida 174 4. Michigan 137 5. Alabama 113 6. Georgia 112.5 7. Southern Cali 110 8. Auburn 97 9. Stanford 75 10. Arizona 68.5 11. Missouri 67 12. NC State 63.5 13. Louisville 48 14. Tennessee 43 15. UNC 38.5 16. Ohio St 33 17. Miami (Fl) 29 17. Indiana 29 19. Purdue 20 20. Georgia Tech 14 21. Univ of Utah 12.5 22. Unlv (M) 12 23. Wisconsin 10 24. Virginia Tech 9 25. Texas A&M 4.5 26. Minnesota 4 27. Florida St 2 27. Northwestern 2 27. South Carolina 2
2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Live Results – Results
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