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The Texas Longhorns won their third straight NCAA title in men’s swimming on Saturday night at the 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. The Longhorns saw four victories on Saturday night and an NCAA record in every single one of them. Clark Smith, Will Licon and Jack Conger all won their respective events in an NCAA record time as seniors for the Longhorns. The 400 free relay also won and set an NCAA record. The top four teams remained the same from last year in the same order with Texas winning, Cal getting second, Florida third and NC State fourth.
Here are team scores so far:
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 21 1. Texas 542 2. California 349 3. Florida 294.5 4. NC State 272.5 5. Stanford 242 6. Southern Cali 237 7. Indiana 229.5 8. Univ of Georgia 183 9. Missouri 179.5 10. Alabama 153.5 11. Louisville 143.5 12. Auburn 127.5 13. Purdue 106.5 14. Arizona State 100 15. South Carolina 99 16. Texas A&M 87 17. Michigan 82 18. Wisconsin 63 19. Ohio St 58.5 20. Tennessee 55 21. University of Miami 51 22. Virginia Tech 48 23. Minnesota 43 24. Arizona 36.5 25. Notre Dame 29 26. Lsu 28 27. Harvard 24 28. Penn St 23 28. Northwestern 23 30. Denver 19 31. Florida State 16 32. Duke 12 33. George Washington 9 34. Pittsburgh 8 35. Cornell 7 36. UNC 6 37. Kentucky 4 38. University of Wyoming 3 39. Hawaii 2 39. Penn 2 39. Missouri State 2 42. Towson 1 42. Yale 1
Tonight’s Events:
- 1650 Free
- 200 Back
- 100 Free
- 200 Breast
- 200 Fly
- Platform Diving
- 400 Free Relay
1650 Free
NCAA Record:14:24.08, Martin Grodzki (2012)
American Record:14:23.52, Connor Jaeger (2014)
US Open Record: 14:23.52, Connor Jaeger (2014)
In what was easily the best race of the meet, Clark Smith of Texas swam a monster last 300 to overtake the leaders in the 1650. Smith held off a hard charging Felix Auboeck of Michigan, Akram Mahmoud of South Carolina and Jordan Wilimovsky of Northwestern to swim the fastest 1650 ever at 14:22.41. In fact, the top four were the fastest four swims in history. Auboeck (14:22.88), Mahmoud (14:22.99) and Wilimovsky (14:23.45) went back and forth throughout the back half to get the Saturday night session off to a fantastic start.
Wisconsin’s Matthew Hutchins, Michigan’s PJ Ransford, NC State’s Anton Ipsen and Stanford’s Grant Shoults all finished in the top eight.
Texas now has two NCAA titles in the 1650. Smith joins Michael McBroom (2011) as the only winners in the event for the Longhorns.
Event 15 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 14:24.08 3/24/2012 Martin Grodzki, Georgia
Championship: C 14:24.08 3/24/2012 Martin Grodzki, Georgia
American: A 14:23.52 12/6/2014 Connor Jaeger, Club Wolverine
U. S. Open: O 14:23.52 12/6/2014 Connor Jaeger, Club Wolverine
Pool: P 14:27.18 Connor Jaeger, Michigan
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Clark Smith SR Texas 14:32.77 14:22.41A 20
r:+0.68 23.94 49.78 (25.84)
1:15.76 (25.98) 1:42.08 (26.32)
2:08.51 (26.43) 2:34.96 (26.45)
3:01.28 (26.32) 3:27.78 (26.50)
3:54.27 (26.49) 4:20.79 (26.52)
4:47.29 (26.50) 5:13.86 (26.57)
5:40.19 (26.33) 6:06.56 (26.37)
6:32.92 (26.36) 6:59.42 (26.50)
7:25.91 (26.49) 7:52.34 (26.43)
8:18.76 (26.42) 8:45.05 (26.29)
9:11.19 (26.14) 9:37.68 (26.49)
10:04.12 (26.44) 10:30.39 (26.27)
10:56.73 (26.34) 11:23.39 (26.66)
11:49.91 (26.52) 12:15.93 (26.02)
12:41.76 (25.83) 13:07.58 (25.82)
13:33.21 (25.63) 13:58.66 (25.45) 14:22.41 (23.75)
2 Felix Auboeck FR Michigan 14:29.25 14:22.88O 17
r:+0.84 24.11 50.47 (26.36)
1:17.08 (26.61) 1:43.77 (26.69)
2:09.99 (26.22) 2:36.29 (26.30)
3:02.48 (26.19) 3:28.74 (26.26)
3:55.20 (26.46) 4:21.50 (26.30)
4:47.77 (26.27) 5:14.25 (26.48)
5:40.52 (26.27) 6:06.81 (26.29)
6:33.07 (26.26) 6:59.36 (26.29)
7:25.91 (26.55) 7:52.34 (26.43)
8:18.77 (26.43) 8:45.07 (26.30)
9:11.33 (26.26) 9:37.80 (26.47)
10:04.10 (26.30) 10:30.29 (26.19)
10:56.54 (26.25) 11:22.83 (26.29)
11:49.13 (26.30) 12:15.52 (26.39)
12:41.89 (26.37) 13:08.20 (26.31)
13:34.26 (26.06) 13:59.59 (25.33) 14:22.88 (23.29)
3 Akaram Mahmoud JR South Carolina 14:38.91 14:22.99O 16
r:+0.72 24.38 51.20 (26.82)
1:17.78 (26.58) 1:44.52 (26.74)
2:11.19 (26.67) 2:37.90 (26.71)
3:04.42 (26.52) 3:31.00 (26.58)
3:57.69 (26.69) 4:24.14 (26.45)
4:50.52 (26.38) 5:16.88 (26.36)
5:43.18 (26.30) 6:09.57 (26.39)
6:35.91 (26.34) 7:02.16 (26.25)
7:28.34 (26.18) 7:54.47 (26.13)
8:20.66 (26.19) 8:46.97 (26.31)
9:13.04 (26.07) 9:39.30 (26.26)
10:05.41 (26.11) 10:31.60 (26.19)
10:57.72 (26.12) 11:23.66 (25.94)
11:49.73 (26.07) 12:15.68 (25.95)
12:41.62 (25.94) 13:07.53 (25.91)
13:33.19 (25.66) 13:58.70 (25.51) 14:22.99 (24.29)
4 Jordan Wilimovsky SR Northwestern 14:34.51 14:23.45A 15
r:+0.66 24.18 50.25 (26.07)
1:16.18 (25.93) 1:42.36 (26.18)
2:08.61 (26.25) 2:35.10 (26.49)
3:01.62 (26.52) 3:28.05 (26.43)
3:54.55 (26.50) 4:21.09 (26.54)
4:47.65 (26.56) 5:14.24 (26.59)
5:40.71 (26.47) 6:07.13 (26.42)
6:33.46 (26.33) 6:59.82 (26.36)
7:26.29 (26.47) 7:52.80 (26.51)
8:19.18 (26.38) 8:45.53 (26.35)
9:11.58 (26.05) 9:37.80 (26.22)
10:04.19 (26.39) 10:30.16 (25.97)
10:56.14 (25.98) 11:22.13 (25.99)
11:48.58 (26.45) 12:15.08 (26.50)
12:41.45 (26.37) 13:07.82 (26.37)
13:33.72 (25.90) 13:59.29 (25.57) 14:23.45 (24.16)
5 Matt Hutchins SR Wisconsin 14:47.62 14:31.19 14
r:+0.73 24.38 50.75 (26.37)
1:17.53 (26.78) 1:44.24 (26.71)
2:11.04 (26.80) 2:37.72 (26.68)
3:04.42 (26.70) 3:31.29 (26.87)
3:57.95 (26.66) 4:24.62 (26.67)
4:51.13 (26.51) 5:17.72 (26.59)
5:44.21 (26.49) 6:10.74 (26.53)
6:37.33 (26.59) 7:03.70 (26.37)
7:30.18 (26.48) 7:56.84 (26.66)
8:23.42 (26.58) 8:49.86 (26.44)
9:16.36 (26.50) 9:42.76 (26.40)
10:09.01 (26.25) 10:35.28 (26.27)
11:01.67 (26.39) 11:27.99 (26.32)
11:54.56 (26.57) 12:20.98 (26.42)
12:47.32 (26.34) 13:13.72 (26.40)
13:40.04 (26.32) 14:06.07 (26.03) 14:31.19 (25.12)
6 PJ Ransford JR Michigan 14:38.72 14:32.35 13
r:+0.76 24.97 51.34 (26.37)
1:17.87 (26.53) 1:44.43 (26.56)
2:10.95 (26.52) 2:37.51 (26.56)
3:03.58 (26.07) 3:29.72 (26.14)
3:55.99 (26.27) 4:22.13 (26.14)
4:48.28 (26.15) 5:14.39 (26.11)
5:40.40 (26.01) 6:06.38 (25.98)
6:32.31 (25.93) 6:58.29 (25.98)
7:24.35 (26.06) 7:50.63 (26.28)
8:16.93 (26.30) 8:43.37 (26.44)
9:09.83 (26.46) 9:36.25 (26.42)
10:02.77 (26.52) 10:29.26 (26.49)
10:55.84 (26.58) 11:22.39 (26.55)
11:49.12 (26.73) 12:16.15 (27.03)
12:43.54 (27.39) 13:11.16 (27.62)
13:38.93 (27.77) 14:05.98 (27.05) 14:32.35 (26.37)
7 Anton Oerskov Ipsen JR NC State 14:35.89 14:34.85 12
r:+0.71 24.49 51.26 (26.77)
1:17.92 (26.66) 1:44.60 (26.68)
2:11.28 (26.68) 2:37.87 (26.59)
3:04.68 (26.81) 3:31.36 (26.68)
3:57.94 (26.58) 4:24.46 (26.52)
4:50.92 (26.46) 5:17.42 (26.50)
5:43.92 (26.50) 6:10.45 (26.53)
6:37.01 (26.56) 7:03.38 (26.37)
7:30.10 (26.72) 7:56.48 (26.38)
8:23.00 (26.52) 8:49.63 (26.63)
9:16.23 (26.60) 9:42.97 (26.74)
10:09.48 (26.51) 10:36.00 (26.52)
11:02.56 (26.56) 11:29.13 (26.57)
11:55.72 (26.59) 12:22.50 (26.78)
12:49.18 (26.68) 13:15.77 (26.59)
13:42.42 (26.65) 14:08.99 (26.57) 14:34.85 (25.86)
8 Grant Shoults FR Stanford 14:50.06 14:35.82 11
r:+0.64 23.82 50.01 (26.19)
1:16.58 (26.57) 1:43.39 (26.81)
2:10.26 (26.87) 2:37.22 (26.96)
3:04.41 (27.19) 3:31.54 (27.13)
3:58.79 (27.25) 4:25.96 (27.17)
4:53.08 (27.12) 5:20.15 (27.07)
5:47.17 (27.02) 6:14.10 (26.93)
6:41.06 (26.96) 7:07.77 (26.71)
7:34.43 (26.66) 8:01.16 (26.73)
8:27.55 (26.39) 8:54.02 (26.47)
9:20.19 (26.17) 9:46.18 (25.99)
10:12.32 (26.14) 10:38.58 (26.26)
11:05.00 (26.42) 11:31.62 (26.62)
11:58.10 (26.48) 12:24.63 (26.53)
12:51.26 (26.63) 13:17.97 (26.71)
13:44.71 (26.74) 14:10.92 (26.21) 14:35.82 (24.90)
200 back
NCAA Record: 1:35.73, Ryan Murphy (2016)
American Record: 1:35.73, Ryan Murphy (2016)
US Open Record: 1:35.73, Ryan Murphy (2016)
For the third time in NCAA history, a swimmer has won four consecutive 200 backstroke titles at the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Cal senior Ryan Murphy won his fourth straight 200 back title Saturday night with a 1:36.75. Murphy got some serious pressure from Texas sophomore John Shebat who finished second at 1:37.24. Shebat is now the third fastest performer in history. Southern California’s Patrick Mulcare finished third at 1:37.80, now fifth all-time.
Murphy joins the likes of USC’s John Naber (1974-1997) and Ohio State’s Yoshi Oyakawa (1952-1955) as fourpeat winners in the 200 back. Murphy also joins Naber as the only NCAA swimmers to go undefeated in backstroke races at the NCAA championships.
Alabama’s Connor Oslin, Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich, Missouri’s Carter Griffin, Denver’s Anton Loncar and Texas’ Jonathan Roberts also swam in the A-final.
Cal now has six NCAA titles in the 200 back. Murphy joins himself (2014-2016) and Peter Rocca (1978, 1979) as winners for the Golden Bears.
Event 16 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
Championship: C 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
American: A 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
U. S. Open: O 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
Pool: P 1:38.22 3/25/2017 Ryan Murphy, California
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Murphy, Ryan SR California 1:38.22 1:36.75P 20
r:+0.54 22.70 47.24 (24.54)
1:12.01 (24.77) 1:36.75 (24.74)
2 Shebat, John SO Texas 1:38.67 1:37.24P 17
r:+0.61 22.35 46.82 (24.47)
1:11.62 (24.80) 1:37.24 (25.62)
3 Mulcare, Patrick SO Southern Cali 1:38.56 1:37.80P 16
r:+0.63 23.17 47.89 (24.72)
1:12.52 (24.63) 1:37.80 (25.28)
4 Oslin, Connor SR Alabama 1:39.83 1:39.23 15
r:+0.60 23.37 48.85 (25.48)
1:14.01 (25.16) 1:39.23 (25.22)
5 Tarasevich, Grigory SR Louisville 1:38.74 1:39.73 14
r:+0.55 23.32 48.28 (24.96)
1:13.97 (25.69) 1:39.73 (25.76)
6 Griffin, Carter SR Missouri 1:39.46 1:40.20 13
r:+0.55 23.71 48.65 (24.94)
1:14.07 (25.42) 1:40.20 (26.13)
7 Loncar, Anton JR Denver 1:39.29 1:40.64 12
r:+0.64 23.63 49.05 (25.42)
1:15.03 (25.98) 1:40.64 (25.61)
8 Roberts, Jonathan JR Texas 1:39.05 1:41.35 11
r:+0.76 23.32 48.68 (25.36)
1:14.86 (26.18) 1:41.35 (26.49)
100 Free
NCAA Record: 40.46, Caeleb Dressel (2016)
American Record: 40.46, Caeleb Dressel (2016)
US Open Record: 40.46, Caeleb Dressel (2016)
There were a few barriers that were expected to be broken for the first time this weekend. One of them was the unthinkable 40 second barrier in the 100 freestyle. Florida junior Caeleb Dressel almost made that a reality on Saturday night with a 40.00 for his third win of the meet. Dressel was out in 19.01 to blitz the field and made the IU Natatorium collectively sigh when he touched the wall, getting oh so close to the 40 second barrier in the 100 free.
Dressel got pressure from Missouri’s Michael Chadwick who placed second at 40.95. NC State’s Ryan Held finished third at 41.21. Chadwick is now fourth all-time in that event, while Held is seventh all-time.
USC’s Dylan Carter, Santo Condorelli, Texas’ Brett Ringgold, Stanford’s Sam Perry and Indiana’s Blake Pieroni also swam in the A-Final.
Event 17 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Championship: C 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: A 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 40.76 Vlad Morozov, USC
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Dressel, Caeleb JR Florida 41.00 40.00N 20
r:+0.59 19.01 40.00 (20.99)
2 Chadwick, Michael SR Missouri 41.58 40.95 17
r:+0.63 19.43 40.95 (21.52)
3 Held, Ryan JR NC State 41.34 41.21 16
r:+0.63 19.54 41.21 (21.67)
4 Carter, Dylan JR Southern Cali 41.73 41.76 15
r:+0.56 19.88 41.76 (21.88)
5 Ringgold, Brett JR Texas 41.96 41.77 13.5
r:+0.68 19.75 41.77 (22.02)
5 Condorelli, Santo JR Southern Cali 41.92 41.77 13.5
r:+0.62 19.60 41.77 (22.17)
7 Perry, Sam JR Stanford 41.77 41.80 12
r:+0.61 19.62 41.80 (22.18)
8 Pieroni, Blake JR Indiana 41.89 41.85 11
r:+0.61 19.93 41.85 (21.92)
200 breast
NCAA Record: 1:48.12, Will Licon (2016)
American Record: 1:48.12, Will Licon (2016)
US Open Record: 1:48.12, Will Licon (2016)
Just five years ago, a sub-1:50 200 breast seemed impossible. Now, it is just another swim. Texas senior smashed his American Record with a 1:47.91, breaking the record he set last year at 1:48.12. Licon won his third straight 200 breast NCAA title and was not touched in the race tonight. Alabama’s Anton McKee finished second at 1:51.22, good for eighth all-time. Mauro Castillo of Texas A&M finished third at 1:52.09.
Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala, Louisville’s Carlos Claverie, South Carolina’s Nils Wich-Glasen, Purdue’s Marat Amaltdinov and Notre Dame’s Trent Jackson also competed in the A-Final.
Licon is the first to win three straight 200 breast titles since Texas’ Brendan Hansen won four straight from 2001-2004. Texas now has nine 200 breast titles. Licon joins himself (2015, 2016), Hansen (2001-2004), Eric Friedland (2011) and Kirk Stackle (1988) as winners for the Longhorns.
Event 18 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 1:48.12 3/26/2016 Will Licon, Texas
Championship: C 1:48.12 3/26/2016 Will Licon, Texas
American: A 1:48.12 3/26/2016 Will Licon, Texas
U. S. Open: O 1:48.12 3/26/2016 Will Licon, Texas
Pool: P 1:48.68 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Licon, Will SR Texas 1:49.80 1:47.91N 20
r:+0.67 24.23 51.42 (27.19)
1:19.41 (27.99) 1:47.91 (28.50)
2 McKee, Anton SR Alabama 1:51.99 1:51.22 17
r:+0.61 25.06 53.08 (28.02)
1:21.82 (28.74) 1:51.22 (29.40)
3 Castillo Luna, Mauro JR TAMU 1:52.01 1:52.09 16
r:+0.60 25.48 53.90 (28.42)
1:22.49 (28.59) 1:52.09 (29.60)
4 Fiala, Brandon SR VT 1:52.52 1:52.71 15
r:+0.64 25.12 53.57 (28.45)
1:22.70 (29.13) 1:52.71 (30.01)
5 Claverie, Carlos JR Louisville 1:53.45 1:52.81 14
r:+0.70 25.50 54.31 (28.81)
1:23.31 (29.00) 1:52.81 (29.50)
6 Wich-Glasen, Nils JR South Carolina 1:53.04 1:52.87 13
r:+0.66 25.22 53.44 (28.22)
1:22.65 (29.21) 1:52.87 (30.22)
7 Amaltdinov, Marat JR Purdue 1:52.79 1:53.04 12
r:+0.80 25.60 53.82 (28.22)
1:22.99 (29.17) 1:53.04 (30.05)
8 Jackson, Trent SR Notre Dame 1:53.58 1:55.24 11
r:+0.70 26.01 55.04 (29.03)
1:24.86 (29.82) 1:55.24 (30.38)
200 Fly
NCAA Record: 1:37.97, Joseph Schooling (2016)
American Record: 1:38.06, Jack Conger (2016)
US Open Record: 1:37.97, Joseph Schooling (2016)
Texas senior Jack Conger has been the runner up perhaps more times than anybody at the NCAA Championships. Going into today, it was expected to be a match race between Conger and Texas junior and two-time defending champion Joseph Schooling. Schooling did not make the A-final after a poor performance this morning, so it was expected to be all Conger. The senior took the lead early with a 45.78 100 split and never looked back. Conger finished way ahead of the records and swam the fastest time in history at 1:37.35 for his first individual NCAA title.
California’s Zheng Quah finished in second at 1:38.83. Quah is now third all-time in the event. Georgia’s Gunnar Bentz finished third at 1:40.07 for eighth all-time. Georgia’s Pace Clark, NC State’s Andreas Vazaios, California’s Andrew Seliskar and Arizona’s Justin Wright all swam in the A-final. Georgia’s Chase Kalisz was disqualified for a false start.
Texas now has four NCAA titles in the 200 fly. Conger joins Schooling (2015, 2016) and Rainer Kendrick (2004) as winners for the Longhorns in the event.
Event 19 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 1:37.97 3/26/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas
Championship: C 1:37.97 3/26/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas
American: A 1:38.06 3/26/2016 Jack Conger, Texas
U. S. Open: O 1:37.97 3/26/2016 Joseph Schooling, Texas
Pool: P 1:39.65 Tom Shields, California
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Conger, Jack SR Texas 1:39.88 1:37.35N 20
r:+0.66 21.65 45.78 (24.13)
1:10.87 (25.09) 1:37.35 (26.48)
2 Quah, Zheng FR California 1:40.44 1:38.83P 17
r:+0.60 22.11 47.00 (24.89)
1:12.45 (25.45) 1:38.83 (26.38)
3 Bentz, Gunnar JR Georgia 1:40.61 1:40.07 16
r:+0.71 22.98 48.88 (25.90)
1:14.82 (25.94) 1:40.07 (25.25)
4 Clark, Pace SR Georgia 1:40.98 1:40.41 15
r:+0.57 22.29 47.91 (25.62)
1:13.94 (26.03) 1:40.41 (26.47)
5 Vazaios, Andreas JR NC State 1:40.77 1:40.80 14
r:+0.68 22.69 48.28 (25.59)
1:14.14 (25.86) 1:40.80 (26.66)
6 Seliskar, Andrew SO California 1:41.16 1:40.91 13
r:+0.64 22.21 47.78 (25.57)
1:13.94 (26.16) 1:40.91 (26.97)
7 Wright, Justin JR Arizona 1:41.38 1:40.94 12
r:+0.59 23.36 49.16 (25.80)
1:14.92 (25.76) 1:40.94 (26.02)
-- Kalisz, Chase SR Georgia 1:40.62 DQ
False start
r:+0.67 22.81 48.73 (25.92)
1:15.11 (26.38) DQ (25.95)
Platform Diving
Event 20 Men Platform Diving
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Championship: C 548.90 3/26/2011 Nick McCrory, Duke
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Dinsmore, David FR Miami 443.05 528.20 20
2 Johnson, Steele SO Purdue 416.75 506.05 17
3 Zeng, Zhipeng SO Ohio St 498.40 478.25 16
4 Loschiavo, Brandon FR Purdue 467.45 445.75 15
5 Henschel, Tyler JR TAMU 465.40 437.35 14
6 Enos, Dashiell JR Southern Cali 383.40 428.30 13
7 Barnard, Matt SR Minnesota 406.65 422.90 12
8 Miclau, Theodore JR Stanford 377.45 391.85 11
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Grisell, Dylan SR FSU 359.45 389.00 9
10 Giordano, Dominc SR Pittsburgh 366.90 370.65 7
11 Law, Christopher SO Ohio St 330.95 356.80 5.5
11 Showalter, Max SO Purdue 341.80 356.80 5.5
13 Cramer, Andrew SR Northwestern 327.00 335.90 4
14 Mullin, Scotia FR Wyoming 331.80 323.30 3
15 Coldren, Cody JR Indiana 362.50 311.35 2
16 Lazeroff, Scott SO Auburn 373.70 301.45 1
400 Free Relay
NCAA Record: 2:46.03, Auburn (2009)
American Record: 2:47.02, Texas (2009)
US Open Record: 2:46.03, Auburn (2009)
Just in case there was any doubt or who the best team in the pool was at the 2017 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, Texas capped off their third straight team title with an NCAA and US Open Record in the 400 free relay. Brett Ringgold (42.06), Jack Conger (41.30), Townley Haas (41.01) and Joseph Schooling (41.02) swam the fastest 400 free relay ever with a 2:45.39. That smashed Auburn’s 2:46.03 from the 2009 NCAA Championships with Jakub Andkjaer, Gideon Louw, Kohlton Norys and Matt Targett on that relay.
Florida gave Texas all they could handle through three legs as Caeleb Dressel (40.48), Jan Switkowski (41.50), Maxime Rooney (42.13) and Mark Szaranek (42.10) finished second at 2:46.21. Southern California was third at 2:47.33. California, Stanford, Arizona State, NC State and Indiana also swam in the A-final.
Dressel (40.48), Haas (41.01), Schooling (41.02) and Southern Cal’s Dylan Carter (41.10) had the fastest splits across the board.
Texas now has nine NCAA titles in the 400 free relay. The 2017 team joins the teams from 2012, 2001, 1994, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988 and 1981 to win the 400 free relay for the Longhorns.
Event 21 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: N 2:46.03 2/21/2009 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
Championship: C 2:46.56 3/17/2007 Auburn
J Andkjaer, C Cielo, M Targett, B Lundquist
American: A 2:47.02 3/28/2009 Texas
J Feigen, R Berens, P Jameson, D Walters
U. S. Open: O 2:46.03 2/21/2009 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
Pool: P 2:47.78 3/25/2017 Texas
J Nichols, B Ringgold, T Jackson, F Haas
School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Texas 2:47.78 2:45.39N 40
1) Ringgold, Brett JR 2) r:0.03 Conger, Jack SR
3) r:0.35 Haas, Townley SO 4) r:0.27 Schooling, Joseph JR
r:+0.69 19.95 42.06 (42.06)
1:01.38 (19.32) 1:23.36 (41.30)
1:42.95 (19.59) 2:04.37 (41.01)
2:23.57 (19.20) 2:45.39 (41.02)
2 Florida 2:47.90 2:46.21C 34
1) Dressel, Caeleb JR 2) r:0.27 Switkowski, Jan JR
3) r:0.30 Rooney, Maxime FR 4) r:0.37 Szaranek, Mark JR
r:+0.61 19.27 40.48 (40.48)
1:00.24 (19.76) 1:21.98 (41.50)
1:41.96 (19.98) 2:04.11 (42.13)
2:24.22 (20.11) 2:46.21 (42.10)
3 Southern Cali 2:48.17 2:47.33P 32
1) Condorelli, Santo JR 2) r:0.34 Tribuntsov, Ralf JR
3) r:0.21 Carter, Dylan JR 4) r:0.25 Malone, Reed SR
r:+0.62 19.39 41.87 (41.87)
1:01.49 (19.62) 1:23.67 (41.80)
1:43.01 (19.34) 2:04.77 (41.10)
2:25.02 (20.25) 2:47.33 (42.56)
4 California 2:49.58 2:48.49 30
1) Lynch, Justin JR 2) r:0.11 Murphy, Ryan SR
3) r:0.18 Seliskar, Andrew SO 4) r:0.31 Jensen, Michael FR
r:+0.63 20.09 42.71 (42.71)
1:01.96 (19.25) 1:24.44 (41.73)
1:43.78 (19.34) 2:06.56 (42.12)
2:26.19 (19.63) 2:48.49 (41.93)
5 Stanford 2:49.26 2:48.80 28
1) Perry, Sam JR 2) r:0.19 Liang, Andrew JR
3) r:0.21 DeVine, Abrahm SO 4) r:0.09 Kremer, Tom SR
r:+0.61 19.75 41.77 (41.77)
1:02.04 (20.27) 1:24.72 (42.95)
1:45.02 (20.30) 2:07.20 (42.48)
2:26.95 (19.75) 2:48.80 (41.60)
6 ASU 2:49.64 2:49.00 26
1) Craig, Cameron FR 2) r:0.34 Porter, Andrew JR
3) r:0.30 Duskinas, Tadas SR 4) r:0.23 Bohus, Richard SR
r:+0.65 20.39 42.29 (42.29)
1:02.29 (20.00) 1:25.12 (42.83)
1:44.87 (19.75) 2:07.20 (42.08)
2:27.08 (19.88) 2:49.00 (41.80)
7 NC State 2:49.34 2:49.09 24
1) Held, Ryan JR 2) r:0.17 Ress, Justin SO
3) r:0.34 Bonk, Joe SR 4) r:0.33 Dahl, Soeren SR
r:+0.62 19.59 41.36 (41.36)
1:00.80 (19.44) 1:23.40 (42.04)
1:43.58 (20.18) 2:06.53 (43.13)
2:26.59 (20.06) 2:49.09 (42.56)
8 Indiana 2:49.62 2:49.53 22
1) Samy, Mohamed SO 2) r:0.20 Pieroni, Blake JR
3) r:0.26 Khalafalla, Ali JR 4) r:0.29 Lorentz, Sam SR
r:+0.72 20.23 42.97 (42.97)
1:02.61 (19.64) 1:24.88 (41.91)
1:44.40 (19.52) 2:06.65 (41.77)
2:27.04 (20.39) 2:49.53 (42.88)
