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The 2022 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championship last night continued from the McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, with the 100-yard freestyle finals
In the prelims, Cal sophomore Bjorn Seeliger scorched a 40.75 to become the second-fastest performer in history. Florida’s Caeleb Dressel still holds the NCAA, meet, American and U.S. Open record at 39.90. But his pool record of 40.46 looked within reach heading into finals.
Seeliger has scorched some fast splits on relays in this meet, too, the fastest 50 backstroke split to lead off the 200 medley relay, and just about every swim he has participated in so far.
The talented field that Seeliger faced included U.S. Olympians Brooks Curry and Drew Kibler.
It all added up to a thrilling race.
In a late charge, LSU’s Brooks Curry won the 100 free in 40.84, giving him two NCAA titles this meet after winning the 50 free in his home town.
“I’ve been dreaming about this race in particular for a long time, especially to be In this pool coming back home. It’s a great feeling coming back here in such a fast field and be able to win that heat,” Curry said. “It’s awesome.”
Curry trailed Cal’s Bjorn Seeliger and Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks at the 50 mark. Seeliger was at 19.21 and Crooks at 19.29.
But Curry finished in 21.38, a half second faster than both of them to get to the wall first.
“I was going into that, and I was thinking, ‘I’m right there at the 50.’ If I’m right inside at the 25, I knew it was mine. That last 25, I knew I would put my head down and really claw to the finish. I had to get my head down and power through,” Curry said. “That prelim time really didn’t tweak my strategy. Ideal would have been I had gone faster than 40.8. I was going for the pool record today. It will definitely happen another time. It didn’t change my strategy today. I knew it was the fastest 100 free field I’ve ever swum in, so I had to lay it on the line.”
“It was a battle for sure. It hurt a lot. I was going for it tonight.”
Seeliger finished second in 41.00, ahead of Stanford sophomore Andrei Minakov (41.09), Virginia sophomore Matt Brownstead (41.22) and Crooks (41.24).
Texas senior Drew Kibler was sixth in 41.33, ahead of Virginia sophomore Matt King (41.34) and Texas senior Danny Krueger (41.62).
Harvard’s Dean Farris won the consolation final in 41.42, finishing ninth overall in his final collegiate race. The ESPN broadcast said that Farris was retiring after the meet, the end of one of the better college careers in the past decade that included NCAA championships and the NCAA and American record in the 200 free.
Event 17 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Meet: M 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: A 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Curry, Brooks JR LSU 41.19 40.84 20
r:+0.59 19.46 40.84 (21.38)
2 Seeliger, Bjorn SO California 40.75 41.00 17
r:+0.67 19.21 41.00 (21.79)
3 Minakov, Andrei SO Stanford 41.29 41.09 16
r:+0.59 19.57 41.09 (21.52)
4 Brownstead, Matt SO Virginia 41.52 41.22 15
r:+0.58 19.65 41.22 (21.57)
5 Crooks, Jordan FR Tennessee 41.16 41.24 14
r:+0.62 19.29 41.24 (21.95)
6 Kibler, Drew SR Texas 41.45 41.33 13
r:+0.62 19.68 41.33 (21.65)
7 King, Matt SO Virginia 41.48 41.34 12
r:+0.64 19.53 41.34 (21.81)
8 Krueger, Danny SR Texas 41.46 41.62 11
r:+0.65 19.84 41.62 (21.78)
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Farris, Dean SR Harvard 41.68 41.42 9
r:+0.65 19.69 41.42 (21.73)
10 Gaziev, Ruslan SO Ohio St 41.79 41.56 7
r:+0.64 20.15 41.56 (21.41)
11 Auchinachie, Cameron 5Y Texas 41.62 41.72 5.5
r:+0.67 19.85 41.72 (21.87)
11 Ramadan, Youssef SO VT 41.80 41.72 5.5
r:+0.57 19.73 41.72 (21.99)
13 Miroslaw, Rafael FR Indiana 41.63 42.02 4
r:+0.63 19.99 42.02 (22.03)
14 House, Grant SR ASU 41.67 42.03 3
r:+0.61 20.12 42.03 (21.91)
15 Blaskovic, Bruno 5Y Indiana 41.72 42.10 2
r:+0.58 19.89 42.10 (22.21)
16 Armstrong, Hunter JR Ohio St 41.92 42.70 1
r:+0.63 20.51 42.70 (22.19)
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