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The final morning of the men’s NCAA championships featured impressive top-seeded efforts from Dean Farris in the 100 free and Andreas Vazaios in the 200 fly, while Andrew Seliskar and Ian Finnerty set up a 200 breast showdown. As for the team race, Cal virtually put away a national championship.
Cal currently holds a 43-point lead in the team race, with four-time defending champion Texas, Indiana, NC State and Louisville rounding out the top five. The Golden Bears should only extend their lead in the finals after placing two swimmers in each of the four individual A-finals on the final day. No other team had more than three A-finalists. Full ups and downs for individual events are available below.
- Cal – 8 up, 2 down
- Texas – 3 up, 5 down
- Indiana – 3 up, 1 down
- NC State – 3 up, 1 down
- Georgia – 2 up, 1 down
- Minnesota – 2 up, 0 down
- Louisville – 1 up, 2 down
- Texas A&M – 1 up, 2 down
- Georgia Tech – 1 up, 1 down
- Hawaii – 1 up, 1 down
- Florida – 1 up, 1 down
- Ohio State – 1 up, 1 down
- Arizona State – 1 up, 0 down
- Alabama – 1 up, 0 down
- Harvard – 1 up, 0 down
- Virginia – 1 up, 0 down
- Towson – 1 up, 0 down
- Arizona – 0 up, 2 down
- Michigan – 0 up, 2 down
- Tennessee – 0 up, 2 down
- USC – 0 up, 1 down
- Denver – 0 up, 1 down
- Florida State – 0 up, 1 down
- Missouri – 0 up, 1 down
- South Carolina – 0 up, 1 down
- Stanford – 0 up, 1 down
- Virginia Tech – 0 up, 1 down
- Wisconsin – 0 up, 1 down
Early heats of the 1650 free will begin at 4 p.m. CT. Read below for an event-by-event recap of the session.
200 Back
The Texas duo of Austin Katz and John Shebat picked up the top two seeds in the men’s 200 back, with defending champion Katz touching in 1:37.72 and Shebat taking second in 1:37.97. But Texas’ outside hopes of catching Cal for the NCAA title took a hit when top seed Ryan Harty finished 10th in prelims in 1:39.53 and two Cal Bears qualified for the A-final.
Watch Katz and Shebat in heat three:
For Cal, Daniel Carr got through his prelims swim without incident this time after a backstroke wedge mishap in Friday’s 100 back, qualifying third in 1:38.56, and teammate Bryce Mefford took fourth in 1:38.95. Arizona State’s Zachary Poti was fifth in 1:39.09, followed by Hawaii’s Kane Follows (1:39.15), NC State’s Coleman Stewart (1:39.29) and Florida’s Clark Beach (1:39.37).
Event 16 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 1:35.73 26-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
Meet: M 1:35.73 26-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
American: A 1:35.73 26-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
U. S. Open: O 1:35.73 26-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
Pool: P 1:38.15 29-Nov-12 Ryan Murphy, California
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Katz, Austin SO Texas 1:39.33 1:37.72P
r:+0.67 22.97 47.72 (24.75)
1:12.84 (25.12) 1:37.72 (24.88)
2 Shebat, John SR Texas 1:39.55 1:37.97P
r:+0.62 22.77 47.48 (24.71)
1:12.87 (25.39) 1:37.97 (25.10)
3 Carr, Daniel SO California 1:39.43 1:38.56
r:+0.58 23.01 47.74 (24.73)
1:12.98 (25.24) 1:38.56 (25.58)
4 Mefford, Bryce SO California 1:39.13 1:38.95
r:+0.72 23.27 47.80 (24.53)
1:13.11 (25.31) 1:38.95 (25.84)
5 Poti, Zachary JR Arizona St 1:39.88 1:39.09
r:+0.64 23.28 48.77 (25.49)
1:14.25 (25.48) 1:39.09 (24.84)
6 Follows, Kane JR Hawaii 1:40.65 1:39.15
r:+0.68 23.71 48.29 (24.58)
1:13.49 (25.20) 1:39.15 (25.66)
7 Stewart, Coleman JR NC State 1:39.10 1:39.29
r:+0.74 23.61 48.69 (25.08)
1:13.84 (25.15) 1:39.29 (25.45)
8 Beach, Clark SO Florida 1:39.95 1:39.37
r:+0.54 23.49 48.40 (24.91)
1:13.72 (25.32) 1:39.37 (25.65)
100 Free
Harvard’s Dean Farris looks set to challenge for a second NCAA title after he qualified first by four tenths for the 100 free final. Farris put up a time of 41.00, well ahead of second seed Bowe Becker of Minnesota (41.44). Third went to Texas’ Daniel Krueger in 41.49, followed by Indiana’s Zach Apple (41.59) and Alabama’s Robert Howard (41.69).
NC State’s Justin Ress took sixth in 41.74, and Cal swimmers Pawel Sendyk and Ryan Hoffer tied for seventh in 41.76. Notably, top seed Tate Jackson of Texas finished 25th in 42.44, while teammates Townley Haas (14th, 42.02) and Drew Kibler (15th, 42.17) will be in the B-final.
Event 17 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 39.90 24-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Meet: M 39.90 24-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: A 39.90 24-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 39.90 24-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 41.06 01-Dec-18 Tate Jackson, Texas
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Farris, Dean JR Harvard 41.42 41.00P
r:+0.69 19.62 41.00 (21.38)
2 Becker, Bowe SR Minnesota 41.53 41.44
r:+0.61 19.68 41.44 (21.76)
3 Krueger, Daniel FR Texas 42.31 41.49
r:+0.78 19.93 41.49 (21.56)
4 Apple, Zach SR Indiana 41.81 41.59
r:+0.67 19.91 41.59 (21.68)
5 Howard, Robert SR Alabama 41.57 41.69
r:+0.73 20.16 41.69 (21.53)
6 Ress, Justin SR NC State 42.25 41.74
r:+0.67 19.89 41.74 (21.85)
7 Sendyk, Pawel JR California 41.95 41.76
r:+0.64 19.83 41.76 (21.93)
7 Hoffer, Ryan SO California 42.40 41.76
r:+0.62 19.88 41.76 (21.88)
200 Breast
Many of the principle figures in the 200 breast prelims swam in separate heats, but they will go head-to-head in the final. Cal’s Andrew Seliskar will go for his third national title of the meet after qualifying first in prelims at 1:51.19. But just five hundredths behind was Indiana’s Ian Finnerty, who held off Seliskar on the last 50 to win last year’s NCAA title.
A pair of impressive freshman were the next two qualifiers, with Minnesota’s Max McHugh finishing just behind Finnerty in their heat at 1:51.36, and Cal’s Reece Whitley, who won heat five in 1:51.59. Georgia Tech’s Caio Pumputis took fifth in 1:52.40.
Ohio State’s Paul DeLakis (1:52.56), Texas A&M’s Benjamin Walker (1:52.58) and Georgia’s James Guest (1:52.75). Guest got into the final by one hundredth over Michigan’s Tommy Cope (1:52.76).
Event 18 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 1:47.91 25-Mar-17 Will Licon, Texas
Meet: M 1:47.91 25-Mar-17 Will Licon, Texas
American: A 1:47.91 25-Mar-17 Will Licon, Texas
U. S. Open: O 1:47.91 25-Mar-17 Will Licon, Texas
Pool: P 1:48.66 27-Mar-14 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Seliskar, Andrew SR California 1:49.80 1:51.19
r:+0.63 24.74 52.69 (27.95)
1:21.71 (29.02) 1:51.19 (29.48)
2 Finnerty, Ian SR Indiana 1:50.30 1:51.24
r:+0.68 24.68 52.51 (27.83)
1:21.21 (28.70) 1:51.24 (30.03)
3 McHugh, Max FR Minnesota 1:52.40 1:51.36
r:+0.75 25.51 53.98 (28.47)
1:22.52 (28.54) 1:51.36 (28.84)
4 Whitley, Reece FR California 1:50.62 1:51.59
r:+0.75 24.89 53.04 (28.15)
1:21.82 (28.78) 1:51.59 (29.77)
5 Pumputis, Caio SO Georgia Tech 1:51.46 1:52.40
r:+0.67 24.94 53.53 (28.59)
1:22.68 (29.15) 1:52.40 (29.72)
6 DeLakis, Paul SO Ohio St 1:53.57 1:52.56
r:+0.69 25.45 53.73 (28.28)
1:22.87 (29.14) 1:52.56 (29.69)
7 Walker, Benjamin JR TA&M 1:52.55 1:52.58
r:+0.69 25.30 54.00 (28.70)
1:23.32 (29.32) 1:52.58 (29.26)
8 Guest, James SR Georgia 1:53.11 1:52.75
r:+0.64 25.53 54.15 (28.62)
1:23.22 (29.07) 1:52.75 (29.53)
200 Fly
NC State’s Andreas Vazaios was the only swimmer to break 1:40 in the 200 fly prelims, coming in at 1:39.54 to secure lane four for the final. Louisville’s Nicolas Albiero took second in 1:40.16, while Vini Lanza, the 100 fly national champion Friday evening for Indiana, tied with Virginia’s Zach Fong for third in 1:40.18.
Watch Vazaios swim in heat five of the 200 fly:
Cal put two swimmers into the A-final to put a stamp on the Golden Bears’ all-but-certain national title, with Zheng Quah taking fifth (1:40.21) and Trenton Julian finishing eighth (1:40.94). Also qualifying for the A-final were Towson’s Jack Saunderson (1:40.44) and Georgia’s Camden Murphy (1:40.72).
Notably, Texas failed to score for the second straight event, while Louisvile’s Zach Harting, the Pan Pacs bronze medalist in the 200 fly, was 19th in 1:42.17.
Event 19 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 1:37.35 25-Mar-17 Jack Conger, Texas
Meet: M 1:37.35 25-Mar-17 Jack Conger, Texas
American: A 1:37.35 25-Mar-17 Jack Conger, Texas
U. S. Open: O 1:37.35 25-Mar-17 Jack Conger, Texas
Pool: P 1:39.17 25-Feb-17 Jack Conger, Texas
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Vazaios, Andreas SR NC State 1:41.03 1:39.54
r:+0.73 23.05 48.15 (25.10)
1:13.82 (25.67) 1:39.54 (25.72)
2 Albiero, Nicolas SO Louisville 1:40.70 1:40.16
r:+0.63 22.69 48.36 (25.67)
1:14.15 (25.79) 1:40.16 (26.01)
3 Lanza, Vini SR Indiana 1:39.28 1:40.18
r:+0.66 21.83 47.17 (25.34)
1:13.22 (26.05) 1:40.18 (26.96)
3 Fong, Zach SR Virginia 1:41.39 1:40.18
r:+0.64 23.61 48.50 (24.89)
1:14.18 (25.68) 1:40.18 (26.00)
5 Quah, Zheng JR California 1:39.29 1:40.21
r:+0.58 22.43 47.77 (25.34)
1:13.53 (25.76) 1:40.21 (26.68)
6 Saunderson, Jack SR Towson 1:40.63 1:40.44
r:+0.64 22.89 48.64 (25.75)
1:14.27 (25.63) 1:40.44 (26.17)
7 Murphy, Camden SO Georgia 1:40.62 1:40.72
r:+0.69 22.41 47.87 (25.46)
1:13.90 (26.03) 1:40.72 (26.82)
8 Julian, Trenton SO California 1:41.74 1:40.94
r:+0.67 22.79 48.32 (25.53)
1:13.89 (25.57) 1:40.94 (27.05)
400 Free Relay
Cal put a wrap on a dominant mornin gsession by claiming the top seed for finals in the 400 free relay. The foursome of Michael Jensen (42.50), Pawel Sendyk (42.34), Ryan Hoffer (42.16) and Andrew Seliskar (41.38) combined to swim a time of 2:48.38.
Indiana’s Zach Apple, Bruno Blaskovic, Mohamed Samy and Jack Franzman qualified second in 2:48.67, and Texas won heat three to qualify third in 2:49.07 with Drew Kibler, Jake Sannem, Matthew Willenbring and Daniel Krueger. Both Townley Haas and Tate Jackson could be options for the Longhorns in the final.
NC State qualified fourth for the final in 2:49.11 after Justin Ress anchored in 41.26, and the rest of the final will include Florida State (2:49.22), Ohio State (2:49.39), Louisville (2:49.64) and Arizona State (2:49.67).
Event 21 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: N 2:44.31 24-Mar-18 NC State
R Held, J Ress, J Molacek, C Stewart
Meet: M 2:44.31 24-Mar-18 NC State
R Held, J Ress, J Molacek, C Stewart
American: A 2:44.31 24-Mar-18 NC State
R Held, J Ress, J Molacek, C Stewart
U. S. Open: O 2:44.31 24-Mar-18 NC State
R Held, J Ress, J Molacek, C Stewart
Pool: P 2:48.33 27-Mar-14 Auburn
Chierighini, Disney-May, Mendes, Darmody
School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 California 2:48.44 2:48.38
1) Jensen, Michael JR 2) r:0.29 Sendyk, Pawel JR
3) r:0.17 Hoffer, Ryan SO 4) r:0.27 Seliskar, Andrew SR
r:+0.66 20.44 42.50 (42.50)
1:02.18 (19.68) 1:24.84 (42.34)
1:44.80 (19.96) 2:07.00 (42.16)
2:26.75 (19.75) 2:48.38 (41.38)
2 Indiana 2:48.67 2:48.67
1) Apple, Zach SR 2) r:0.38 Blaskovic, Bruno SO
3) r:0.32 Samy, Mohamed JR 4) r:0.20 Franzman, Jack FR
r:+0.63 19.88 41.84 (41.84)
1:01.80 (19.96) 1:24.33 (42.49)
1:44.31 (19.98) 2:06.44 (42.11)
2:26.38 (19.94) 2:48.67 (42.23)
3 Texas 2:47.79 2:49.07
1) Kibler, Drew FR 2) r:0.22 Sannem, Jake SO
3) r:0.31 Willenbring, Mathew FR 4) r:0.38 Krueger, Daniel FR
r:+0.61 20.30 42.54 (42.54)
1:02.48 (19.94) 1:24.51 (41.97)
1:44.95 (20.44) 2:07.41 (42.90)
2:27.25 (19.84) 2:49.07 (41.66)
4 NC State 2:48.71 2:49.11
1) Korstanje, Nyls FR 2) r:0.23 Izzo, Giovanni SO
3) r:0.16 McGlaughlin, Mark JR 4) r:0.01 Ress, Justin SR
r:+0.63 20.32 42.50 (42.50)
1:02.16 (19.66) 1:24.97 (42.47)
1:45.10 (20.13) 2:07.85 (42.88)
2:27.17 (19.32) 2:49.11 (41.26)
5 Florida St 2:48.51 2:49.22
1) Pisani, Will SR 2) r:0.04 Ksiazek, Jakub FR
3) r:0.22 Muratovic, Emir SR 4) r:0.14 Kaleoaloha, Kanoa SR
r:+0.67 20.02 42.53 (42.53)
1:02.55 (20.02) 1:25.07 (42.54)
1:44.72 (19.65) 2:07.05 (41.98)
2:26.58 (19.53) 2:49.22 (42.17)
6 Ohio St 2:48.75 2:49.39
1) Loy, Andrew JR 2) r:0.17 DeLakis, Paul SO
3) r:0.18 Abeysinghe, Matthew JR 4) r:0.17 Gaziev, Ruslan FR
r:+0.66 20.19 42.13 (42.13)
1:02.47 (20.34) 1:24.59 (42.46)
1:44.55 (19.96) 2:07.35 (42.76)
2:27.03 (19.68) 2:49.39 (42.04)
7 Louisville 2:48.35 2:49.64
1) Albiero, Nicolas SO 2) r:0.20 Barna, Andrej JR
3) r:0.30 Piszczorowicz, Bart FR 4) r:0.21 Harting, Zach SR
r:+0.62 20.63 42.49 (42.49)
1:02.36 (19.87) 1:25.02 (42.53)
1:45.56 (20.54) 2:07.83 (42.81)
2:27.94 (20.11) 2:49.64 (41.81)
8 Arizona St 2:50.51 2:49.67
1) Swift, Carter SO 2) r:0.20 Carlson, Evan SO
3) r:0.27 Poti, Zachary JR 4) r:0.18 House, Grant SO
r:+0.59 20.38 42.48 (42.48)
1:02.00 (19.52) 1:24.68 (42.20)
1:44.74 (20.06) 2:07.39 (42.71)
2:27.52 (20.13) 2:49.67 (42.28)
Platform Diving
Miami’s David Dinsmore put up the top score in platform diving prelims at 459.90, and the only diver close to that score was Tennessee’s Zhipeng Zeng (445.65). Miami’s Zach Cooper was third (370.85)
Event 20 Men Platform Diving
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Meet: M 548.90 26-Mar-11 Nick McCrory, Duke
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Dinsmore, David JR Miami NP 459.90
2 Zeng, Zhipeng SR Tennessee NP 445.65
3 Cooper, Zach SO Miami NP 370.85
4 Bramley, Ben FR Purdue NP 368.55
5 Windle, Jordan SO Texas NP 363.90
6 Canova, Joseph SO Ohio St NP 362.80
7 Hernandez, Juan JR LSU NP 356.20
8 Masterton, Sebastian SR Kentucky NP 340.70
9 Yang, Nick SR Minnesota NP 337.60
10 Cornish, Jacob JR Texas NP 335.10
11 Somhegyi, Krisztian SR IUPUI NP 331.45
12 Vigran, Noah FR Stanford NP 323.90
13 Fielding, Jacob FR Ohio St NP 323.75
14 Allen, Bryan JR UNC NP 323.55
15 Selim, Youssef JR Arizona St NP 322.40
16 Daniels-Freeman, Aaro SR Ohio St NP 320.80
In the consolation final, Texas’ Jacob Cornish put up the top score (394.10) to secure ninth-place points.
9 Cornish, Jacob JR Texas 335.10 394.10 10 Daniels-Freeman, Aaro SR Ohio St 320.80 346.20 11 Selim, Youssef JR Arizona St 322.40 322.35 12 Yang, Nick SR Minnesota 337.60 321.25 13 Somhegyi, Krisztian SR IUPUI 331.45 309.80 14 Fielding, Jacob FR Ohio St 323.75 309.25 15 Allen, Bryan JR UNC 323.55 276.85 16 Vigran, Noah FR Stanford 323.90 260.35
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