2019 Men’s NCAA Swimming Championships Day Three Prelims: Cal Gets Eight A-Finalists, Coleman Stewart Crushes 100 Back (RACE VIDEOS)

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During the Friday morning prelims session at the men’s NCAA swimming championships in Austin, Texas, the California Golden Bears continued their dominance and push towards an NCAA title — which would be their first since 2014 — while NC State’s Coleman Stewart and Harvard’s Dean Farris posted all-time top-four times in the 100 back, and Minnesota freshman Max McHugh put up a monster 50.30 in the 100 breast.

Meanwhile, incredible depth in the men’s 200 free meant that 16 men swam faster than what it took to qualify for the championship final at last year’s NCAAs.

Cal placed eight swimmers qualified for individual A-finals, followed by Texas with five and Indiana with four. Cal initially had seven in the top heat, only to get one more when Daniel Carr blasted 44.86 in a 100 back re-swim to move up from 17th to fourth.

Louisville qualified three A-finalists, while NC State, Florida, Arizona, Georgia and Missouri all had multiple A-finalists. Check out the full ups and downs for individual events.

Cal – 8 up, 1 down
Texas – 5 up, 2 down
Indiana – 4 up, 2 down
Louisville – 3 up, 2 down
NC State – 2 up, 5 down
Florida – 2 up, 3 down
Arizona – 2 up, 1 down
Georgia – 2 up, 0 down
Missouri – 2 up, 0 down
Virginia – 1 up, 4 down
Stanford – 1 up, 2 down
Michigan – 1 up, 2 down
Georgia Tech – 1 up, 1 down
Ohio State – 1 up, 1 down
USC – 1 up, 1 down
Grand Canyon – 1 up, 0 down
Harvard – 1 up, 0 down
Minnesota – 1 up, 0 down
Penn – 1 up, 0 down
Alabama – 0 up, 2 down
Arizona State – 0 up, 2 down
Auburn – 0 up, 1 down
Florida State – 0 up, 1 down
Hawaii – 0 up, 1 down
Missouri State – 0 up, 1 down
Princeton – 0 up, 1 down
Purdue – 0 up, 1 down
South Carolina – 0 up, 1 down
Texas A&M – 0 up, 1 down
Towson – 0 up, 1 down

Full results

Read below for an event-by-event recap of the session.

400 IM

Defending national champion Abrahm DeVine entered the meet as the 30th seed in the 400 IM, but DeVine threw down a 3:38.53 in the second of five heats that stood up as the top time out of prelims. The next two qualifiers also came from outside the circle-seeded heats, as Virginia’s Brendan Casey qualified second in 3:39.02 and Cal’s Sean Grieshop took third in 3:39.64.

The next two qualifiers were also Cal Bears, Mike Thomas (3:39.70) and Trenton Julian (3:40.14). None except Julian were seeded to score, and Cal got another boost in their hopes for a national title.

Also making the final were Penn’s Mark Andrew (3:40.28), Arizona’s David Schlicht (3:40.75) and Florida’s Kieran Smith (3:40.78).

Event 8  Men 400 Yard IM
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         NCAA: N 3:33.42  24-Mar-17 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
         Meet: M 3:33.42  24-Mar-17 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
     American: A 3:33.42  24-Mar-17 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
   U. S. Open: O 3:33.42  24-Mar-17 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
         Pool: P 3:34.50  27-Mar-14 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 DeVine, Abrahm         SR Stanford          3:43.42    3:38.53  
    r:+0.69  23.19        49.62 (26.43)
        1:17.09 (27.47)     1:44.09 (27.00)
        2:14.89 (30.80)     2:46.53 (31.64)
        3:13.14 (26.61)     3:38.53 (25.39)
  2 Casey, Brendan         SR Virginia          3:39.93    3:39.02  
    r:+0.66  23.08        48.95 (25.87)
        1:15.69 (26.74)     1:42.48 (26.79)
        2:14.29 (31.81)     2:47.01 (32.72)
        3:13.56 (26.55)     3:39.02 (25.46)
  3 Grieshop, Sean         SO California        3:41.17    3:39.64  
    r:+0.67  23.68        50.50 (26.82)
        1:18.81 (28.31)     1:46.64 (27.83)
        2:18.01 (31.37)     2:49.58 (31.57)
        3:15.31 (25.73)     3:39.64 (24.33)
  4 Thomas, Mike           SR California        3:39.83    3:39.70  
    r:+0.68  23.00        49.42 (26.42)
        1:17.45 (28.03)     1:44.58 (27.13)
        2:16.33 (31.75)     2:48.05 (31.72)
        3:14.34 (26.29)     3:39.70 (25.36)
  5 Julian, Trenton        SO California        3:45.17    3:40.14  
    r:+0.66  22.84        48.84 (26.00)
        1:16.91 (28.07)     1:44.71 (27.80)
        2:16.50 (31.79)     2:48.50 (32.00)
        3:14.91 (26.41)     3:40.14 (25.23)
  6 Andrew, Mark           SR Penn              3:41.00    3:40.28  
    r:+0.73  23.64        50.86 (27.22)
        1:19.85 (28.99)     1:47.61 (27.76)
        2:17.30 (29.69)     2:47.63 (30.33)
        3:14.30 (26.67)     3:40.28 (25.98)
  7 Schlicht, David        FR Arizona           3:40.14    3:40.75  
    r:+0.66  23.43        50.12 (26.69)
        1:18.21 (28.09)     1:46.02 (27.81)
        2:16.81 (30.79)     2:48.07 (31.26)
        3:15.04 (26.97)     3:40.75 (25.71)
  8 Smith, Kieran          FR Florida           3:41.50    3:40.78  
    r:+0.71  23.39        50.57 (27.18)
        1:18.45 (27.88)     1:46.00 (27.55)
        2:17.79 (31.79)     2:50.02 (32.23)
        3:16.05 (26.03)     3:40.78 (24.73)

100 Fly

Indiana’s Vini Lanza and NC State’s Coleman Stewart put up impressive times in heat six that turned out to be the only sub-45-second performances. Lanza qualified first in 44.68, and Stewart took second in 44.93. Cal’s Ryan Hoffer, the 50 free champion Thursday, took third in 45.04.

Watch Lanza and Stewart swim the 100 fly:

One day after Andrew Seliskar narrowly missed Caeleb Dressel’s 200 IM American record, it’s almost impossible to imagine anyone in this field challenging the 42.80 Dressel swam last season.

Arizona’s Chatham Dobbs (45.20), Cal’s Zheng Quah (45.24) and Florida’s Maxime Rooney (45.29) finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, while Michigan’s Miles Smachlo and Georgia’s Camden Murphy tied for seventh in 45.31.

Event 9  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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         NCAA: N 42.80  23-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Meet: M 42.80  23-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
     American: A 42.80  23-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
   U. S. Open: O 42.80  23-Mar-18 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Pool: P 44.06  24-Feb-17 Joseph Schooling, Texas
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Lanza, Vini            SR Indiana             44.90      44.68  
    r:+0.69  20.90        44.68 (23.78)
  2 Stewart, Coleman       JR NC State            45.09      44.93  
    r:+0.64  21.34        44.93 (23.59)
  3 Hoffer, Ryan           SO California          45.60      45.04  
    r:+0.64  20.74        45.04 (24.30)
  4 Dobbs, Chatham         SR Arizona             45.49      45.20  
    r:+0.60  20.73        45.20 (24.47)
  5 Quah, Zheng            JR California          45.13      45.24  
    r:+0.60  20.81        45.24 (24.43)
  6 Rooney, Maxime         JR Florida             45.06      45.29  
    r:+0.64  21.03        45.29 (24.26)
  7 Smachlo, Miles         JR Michigan            44.82      45.31  
    r:+0.71  21.72        45.31 (23.59)
  7 Murphy, Camden         SO Georgia             45.26      45.31  
    r:+0.67  21.25        45.31 (24.06)

200 Free

In the fastest field of 200-yard freestyle in history, Cal’s Andrew Seliskar finished with the fastest time in 1:31.64, while 15 men joined him under the 1:33-barrier. While in 2018, it took under 1:33 to make the A-final and under 1:34 to make the B-final, this year it required a sub-1:33 to even score.

Missouri’s Mikel Schreuders qualified second in 1:32.15, followed by Indiana’s Zach Apple (1:32.17), Texas’ Jeff Newkirk (1:32.19) and Ohio State’s Paul DeLakis (1:32.32). Texas’ Townley Haas, the three-time defending champion, qualified sixth in 1:32.35.

Louisville’s Zach Harting (1:32.41) and Texas’ Drew Kibler (1:32.42) took the last two spots in the championship final, locking out Texas’ Jake Sannem (1:32.43) by four hundredths. In this shockingly deep field, NC State’s Jacob Molacek was the last man into the B-final with his 1:32.93.

Event 10  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: N 1:29.15  27-Mar-19 Dean Farris, Harvard
         Meet: M 1:29.15  27-Mar-19 Dean Farris, Harvard
     American: A 1:29.15  27-Mar-19 Dean Farris, Harvard
   U. S. Open: O 1:29.15  27-Mar-19 Dean Farris, Harvard
         Pool: P 1:29.15  27-Mar-19 Dean Farris, Harvard
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Seliskar, Andrew       SR California        1:30.86    1:31.64  
    r:+0.63  21.26        44.64 (23.38)
        1:07.94 (23.30)     1:31.64 (23.70)
  2 Schreuders, Mikel      SR Missouri          1:31.27    1:32.15  
    r:+0.67  21.37        44.35 (22.98)
        1:07.94 (23.59)     1:32.15 (24.21)
  3 Apple, Zach            SR Indiana           1:32.68    1:32.17  
    r:+0.64  21.36        44.56 (23.20)
        1:08.26 (23.70)     1:32.17 (23.91)
  4 Newkirk, Jeff          SR Texas             1:33.57    1:32.19  
    r:+0.68  21.34        44.34 (23.00)
        1:07.89 (23.55)     1:32.19 (24.30)
  5 DeLakis, Paul          SO Ohio St           1:33.15    1:32.32  
    r:+0.68  21.87        44.91 (23.04)
        1:08.40 (23.49)     1:32.32 (23.92)
  6 Haas, Townley          SR Texas             1:32.42    1:32.35  
    r:+0.73  21.11        44.21 (23.10)
        1:08.34 (24.13)     1:32.35 (24.01)
  7 Harting, Zach          SR Louisville        1:33.52    1:32.41  
    r:+0.63  21.88        45.70 (23.82)
        1:09.09 (23.39)     1:32.41 (23.32)
  8 Kibler, Drew           FR Texas             1:32.20    1:32.42  
    r:+0.62  21.06        44.45 (23.39)
        1:08.55 (24.10)     1:32.42 (23.87)

100 Breast

Minnesota freshman Max McHugh became the fourth-fastest performer in history in the 100 breast as he swam a 50.30 to pace prelims. McHugh, who entered seeded at 51.08, moved up on the all-time list to trail only Ian Finnerty, Caeleb Dressel and Kevin Cordes.

Video McHugh’s 100 breast heat:

Indiana’s Finnerty qualified second in 50.61, and USC’s Carsten Vissering finished third in 50.68 to move into a tie with Will Licon for fifth all-time in the event.

Cal’s Reece Whitley (51.50) and Indiana’s Zane Backes (51.51) qualified fourth and fifth, respectively, and the rest of the A-final will include Georgia Tech’s Caio Pumputis (51.66), Louisville’s Evgenii Somov (51.93) and Missouri’s Jordan O’Brien (51.93). Hawaii’s Olli Kokko also broke 52, swimming a time of 51.98, but that just missed the A-final.

Event 11  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 49.69  23-Mar-18 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
         Meet: M 49.69  23-Mar-18 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
     American: A 49.69  23-Mar-18 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
   U. S. Open: O 49.69  23-Mar-18 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
         Pool: P 50.04  27-Mar-14 Kevin Cordes, Arizona
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 McHugh, Max            FR Minnesota           51.08      50.30  
    r:+0.69  23.72        50.30 (26.58)
  2 Finnerty, Ian          SR Indiana             50.60      50.61  
    r:+0.64  23.41        50.61 (27.20)
  3 Vissering, Carsten     SR Southern Cali       50.78      50.68  
    r:+0.65  23.76        50.68 (26.92)
  4 Whitley, Reece         FR California          51.38      51.50  
    r:+0.73  24.22        51.50 (27.28)
  5 Backes, Zane           FR Indiana             51.73      51.51  
    r:+0.72  24.20        51.51 (27.31)
  6 Pumputis, Caio         SO Georgia Tech        52.07      51.66  
    r:+0.65  24.17        51.66 (27.49)
  7 O'Brien, Jordan        SR Missouri            52.15      51.93  
    r:+0.74  24.45        51.93 (27.48)
  7 Somov, Evgenii         SO Louisville          51.90      51.93  
    r:+0.71  24.35        51.93 (27.58)

100 Back

Harvard’s Dean Farris threw down a 44.14 in heat four, but NC State’s Coleman Stewart did even better with a 44.06 in the final heat to claim the top seed. That made Stewart the second-fastest man in history behind Ryan Murphy, while Farris ranks fourth all-time behind Murphy, Stewart and Nick Thoman.

Stewart video:

Farris video:

Texas’ John Shebat qualified third in 44.79, and Grand Canyon’s Mark Nikolaev qualified fourth, later bumped down to fifth, in 44.91. Shebat currently ranks fifth all-time in the event at 44.35, and Nikolaev is tied for sixth at 44.49.

Cal’s Daniel Carr intially finished 17th but re-swam the event after the session. In that second swim, he moved into fourth with his time of 44.86.

Louisville’s Nicolas Albiero finished the prelims in fifth at 44.93, followed by Texas’ Ryan Harty (45.05) and Georgia’s Javier Acevedo (45.09). Alabama’s Zane Waddell (45.11) was knocked from the A-final after Carr’s re-swim, and Texas’ Austin Katz was knocked out of scoring entirely.

Event 12  Men 100 Yard Backstroke
==================================================================
         NCAA: N 43.49  25-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
         Meet: M 43.49  25-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
     American: A 43.49  25-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
   U. S. Open: O 43.49  25-Mar-16 Ryan Murphy, California
         Pool: P 44.06  29-Mar-19 Coleman Stewart, NC State
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Stewart, Coleman       JR NC State            44.36      44.06P 
    r:+0.69  21.56        44.06 (22.50)
  2 Farris, Dean           JR Harvard             44.62      44.14  
    r:+0.63  21.30        44.14 (22.84)
  3 Shebat, John           SR Texas               45.44      44.79  
    r:+0.72  21.54        44.79 (23.25)
  4 Carr, Daniel           SO California          45.59      44.86  
    r:+0.63  21.75        44.86 (23.11)
  5 Nikolaev, Mark         SR Grand Canyon        44.61      44.91  
    r:+0.62  21.32        44.91 (23.59)
  6 Albiero, Nicolas       SO Louisville          44.88      44.93  
    r:+0.84  21.88        44.93 (23.05)
  7 Harty, Ryan            JR Texas               45.19      45.05  
    r:+0.60  21.80        45.05 (23.25)
  8 Acevedo, Javier        JR Georgia             45.42      45.09  
    r:+0.71  21.98        45.09 (23.11)

200 Medley Relay

The Alabama Crimson Tide wrapped up prelims with the top seed in the 200 medley relay. The team of Zane Waddell, Laurent Bams, Knox Auerbach and Robert Howard combined to swim a time of 1:23.13. Waddell missed the bad at the end of his backstroke leg, affecting the splits but not the overall time.

NC State’s team of Andreas Vazaios, Daniel Graber, Nyls Korstanje and Justin Ress qualified second in 1:23.23, and Louisville’s Mitchell Whyte, Evgenii Somov, Zach Harting and Andrej Barna took third in 1:23.57.

Texas (Ryan Harty, Charlie Scheinfeld, John Shebat and Tate Jackson) and Cal (Daniel Carr, Reece Whitley, Pawel Sendyk and Michael Jensen) will both be in the mix after the Longhorns qualified fourth in 1:23.77 and the Bears fifth in 1:23.78. Tennessee (1:23.96), Florida State (1:24.01) and USC (1:24.07) also made the A-final.

Event 14  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
====================================================================
         NCAA: N 1:21.54  24-Mar-17 Texas
                          J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
         Meet: M 1:21.54  24-Mar-17 Texas
                          J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
     American: A 1:21.88  23-Mar-18 California
                          D Carr, C Hoppe, J Lynch, R Hoffer
   U. S. Open: O 1:21.54  24-Mar-17 Texas
                          J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
         Pool: P 1:22.83  27-Mar-14 California
                          Murphy, Katis, Cox, Messerschmidt
    School                                 Seed    Prelims        
====================================================================
                       === Preliminaries ===                        
 
  1 Alabama                             1:22.19    1:23.13  
     1) Waddell, Zane JR              2) r:+0.29 Bams, Laurent SR     
     3) r:0.16 Auerbach, Knox SR      4) r:0.21 Howard, Robert SR     
    r:+0.68  20.70        44.13 (23.43)
        1:04.44 (20.31)     1:23.13 (18.69)
  2 NC State                            1:22.37    1:23.23  
     1) Vazaios, Andreas SR           2) r:0.20 Graber, Daniel SR     
     3) r:0.10 Korstanje, Nyls FR     4) r:0.17 Ress, Justin SR       
    r:+0.67  20.98        44.81 (23.83)
        1:04.65 (19.84)     1:23.23 (18.58)
  3 Louisville                          1:23.10    1:23.57  
     1) Whyte, Mitchell FR            2) r:0.19 Somov, Evgenii SO     
     3) r:0.11 Harting, Zach SR       4) r:0.12 Barna, Andrej JR      
    r:+0.65  21.12        44.75 (23.63)
        1:04.72 (19.97)     1:23.57 (18.85)
  4 Texas                               1:24.25    1:23.77  
     1) Harty, Ryan JR                2) r:0.22 Scheinfeld, Charlie FR
     3) r:0.21 Shebat, John SR        4) r:0.34 Jackson, Tate SR      
    r:+0.64  21.29        45.13 (23.84)
        1:05.05 (19.92)     1:23.77 (18.72)
  5 California                          1:23.42    1:23.78  
     1) Carr, Daniel SO               2) r:0.21 Whitley, Reece FR     
     3) r:0.45 Sendyk, Pawel JR       4) r:0.20 Jensen, Michael JR    
    r:+0.55  21.01        45.00 (23.99)
        1:05.13 (20.13)     1:23.78 (18.65)
  6 Tennessee                           1:22.79    1:23.96  
     1) Garcia, Matthew JR            2) r:0.12 Houlie, Michael FR    
     3) r:0.26 Verhage, Braga JR      4) r:0.37 Decoursey, Kyle SR    
    r:+0.68  21.52        45.03 (23.51)
        1:05.05 (20.02)     1:23.96 (18.91)
  7 Florida St                          1:23.63    1:24.01  
     1) Muratovic, Emir SR            2) r:0.21 Bastian, Izaak FR     
     3) r:0.22 Kaleoaloha, Kanoa SR   4) r:0.13 Pisani, Will SR       
    r:+0.65  21.22        45.21 (23.99)
        1:05.37 (20.16)     1:24.01 (18.64)
  8 Southern Cali                       1:23.84    1:24.07  
     1) Mulcare, Patrick SR           2) r:0.25 Vissering, Carsten SR 
     3) r:0.20 Grissom, Kyle SR       4) r:0.24 Miljenic, Nikola SO   
    r:+0.63  22.05        44.80 (22.75)
        1:05.05 (20.25)     1:24.07 (19.02)

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5 years ago

Live results are from womens ncaa!!!!