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Texas’ Joseph Schooling broke through not only the 1:39 barrier but also the 1:38 with a sizzling 1:37.97 to win the men’s 200-yard fly with an NCAA record in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Additionally, Texas’ Jack Conger broke his own American record with a 1:38.06 for second.
Coming into tonight, Dylan Bosch owned the NCAA record with a 1:39.33 from 2014, while Conger held the American mark of 1:39.31 with a time trial last year.
Comparative splits:
Schooling, 2016: 23.05, 47.53, 1:12.54, 1:37.97
Conger, 2016: 22.05, 46.88, 1:11.92, 1:38.06
Conger, 2015: 22.72, 47.32, 1:12.66, 1:39.31
Bosch, 2014: 22.65, 47.28, 1:12.75, 1:39.33
Schooling joined a long list of multiple winners in this event’s history.
Multiple 200 Fly Winners:
4 – Pablo Morales, Stanford
3 – Jack Kasley, Michigan
3 – Ugur Taner, California
2 – Par Arvidsson, California
2 – Robin Backhaus, Washington
2 – Craig Beardsley, Florida
2 – Bob Brawner, Princeton
2 – Shaune Fraser, Florida
2 – Ioan Gherghel, Alabama
2 – David Gillanders, Michigan
2 – Richard Hough, Princeton
2 – Adam Messner, Stanford
2 – Carl Robie, Michigan
2 – Fred Schmidt, Indiana
2 – James Skinner, Michigan
2 – Mark Spitz, Indiana
2 – Davis Tarwater, Michigan
2 – Joe Verdeur, La Salle
2 – Joseph Schooling, Texas
Texas is now tied for second all time with nine event titles this year.
Most Event Titles in a Year:
11 – Texas – 2001
9 – Ohio State -1954
9 – Indiana – 1969
9 – Stanford – 1992
9 – Texas, 2016
Tonight’s heat proved to be the fastest of all time, as four swimmers are now among the top 10 all time. Schooling and Conger moved to first and second, while California’s Andrew Seliskar (1:39.95) and Georgia’s Pace Clark (1:40.17) vaulted to sixth and seventh all time as they took third and fourth tonight.
All Time Top 200 Fly Performers:
1 1:37.97 Joseph Schooling Texas Atlanta 3/26/16
2 1:38.06 Jack Conger, Texas Atlanta 3/26/16
3 1:39.33 Dylan Bosch, Michigan 3/29/14
4 1:39.65 Michael Phelps NBAC Annapolis 3/7/10
4 1:39.65 Tom Shields California 3/28/13
6 1:39.95 Andrew Seliskar California Atlanta 3/26/16
7 1:40.17 Pace Clark Georgia Atlanta 3/26/16
8 1:40.19 Marcin Cieslak, Florida 3/27/14
9 1:40.59 Hugo Morris Auburn 2/19/16
10 1:40.60 Mark Dylla Georgia Minneapolis 3/24/11
NC State’s Christian McCurdy (1:41.06), Michigan’s Bosch (1:41.11), Georgia’s Gunnar Bentz (1:41.85) and Auburn’s Hugo Morris (1:42.06) also competed in the finale.
=== A - Final ===
1 Schooling, Joseph SO Texas 1:41.16 1:37.97O 20
r:+0.62 23.05 47.53 (24.48)
1:12.54 (25.01) 1:37.97 (25.43)
2 Conger, Jack JR Texas 1:40.04 1:38.06A 17
r:+0.69 22.05 46.88 (24.83)
1:11.92 (25.04) 1:38.06 (26.14)
3 Seliskar, Andrew FR California 1:41.29 1:39.95P 16
r:+0.64 22.23 47.85 (25.62)
1:13.53 (25.68) 1:39.95 (26.42)
4 Clark, Pace JR Georgia 1:42.07 1:40.17 15
r:+0.62 22.54 47.87 (25.33)
1:14.06 (26.19) 1:40.17 (26.11)
5 McCurdy, Christian SR NC State 1:41.59 1:41.06 14
r:+0.74 22.84 48.27 (25.43)
1:14.18 (25.91) 1:41.06 (26.88)
6 Bosch, Dylan SR Michigan 1:40.70 1:41.11 13
r:+0.67 22.45 47.40 (24.95)
1:13.51 (26.11) 1:41.11 (27.60)
7 Bentz, Gunnar SO Georgia 1:41.57 1:41.85 12
r:+0.70 23.17 49.49 (26.32)
1:16.02 (26.53) 1:41.85 (25.83)
8 Morris, Hugo SO Auburn 1:41.64 1:42.06 11
r:+0.64 22.33 48.30 (25.97)
1:14.61 (26.31) 1:42.06 (27.45)
=== B - Final ===
9 Switkowski, Jan SO Florida 1:42.26 1:41.40 9
r:+0.69 22.83 48.67 (25.84)
1:14.95 (26.28) 1:41.40 (26.45)
10 Lanza, Vinicius FR Indiana 1:42.51 1:41.80 7
r:+0.71 22.71 49.18 (26.47)
1:15.52 (26.34) 1:41.80 (26.28)
11 Wright, Justin SO Arizona 1:42.28 1:42.77 6
r:+0.61 23.53 48.99 (25.46)
1:15.46 (26.47) 1:42.77 (27.31)
12 Mendes, Arthur SR Auburn 1:42.58 1:43.15 5
r:+0.64 22.79 48.67 (25.88)
1:15.56 (26.89) 1:43.15 (27.59)
13 White, Evan SO Michigan 1:42.92 1:43.17 4
r:+0.62 23.24 49.58 (26.34)
1:16.32 (26.74) 1:43.17 (26.85)
14 Litherland, Mick SO Georgia 1:42.98 1:43.36 3
r:+0.71 23.26 49.78 (26.52)
1:16.53 (26.75) 1:43.36 (26.83)
15 Park, Patrick SO Arizona St 1:42.83 1:43.72 2
r:+0.69 23.79 50.14 (26.35)
1:16.39 (26.25) 1:43.72 (27.33)
16 Umbach, Gray SR Stanford 1:42.83 1:43.85 1
r:+0.73 22.88 48.55 (25.67)
1:15.49 (26.94) 1:43.85 (28.36)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 19 1. Texas 492.5 2. California 351 3. Florida 302 4. NC State 274 5. Georgia 211.5 6. Alabama 199 7. Missouri 174 8. Tennessee 167 9. Louisville 156.5 10. Indiana 150.5 11. Michigan 140 12. Auburn 127 13. Southern Cali 113 14. Stanford 85.5 15. Ohio St 71 16. Arizona 70 17. South Carolina 66 18. Virginia Tech 44.5 19. Wisconsin 41 20. Brigham Young 40 21. Pittsburgh 31 21. University of Miami 31 23. Penn 26 24. Texas A&M 19 25. Minnesota 18 26. UNC 16 26. Air Force 16 28. Virginia 15 28. Cleveland St 15 30. Oakland 13 31. Yale 11 31. George Washington 11 33. Unlv 9 33. Univ of Utah 9 35. Princeton 8 36. Duke 7 37. Lsu 6 37. Iowa 6 39. Hawaii 5 39. Georgia Tech 5 41. Purdue 3 42. Cornell 2 42. Penn State University 2 42. Harvard 2 42. Arizona St 2
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Steve Gregg You following this?
was a meet until finals last night. Yes this is another unbelievable swim from the meet