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The 2022 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the 200-yard breaststroke finals from McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Minnesota’s Max McHugh is the defending champion in the event and was coming off of a 100-yard breaststroke championship on Friday.
He is aiming to be the first to earn repeat titles in both breaststroke events since Kevin Cordes did so in 2013 and 2014. If he wins, McHugh would be the sixth swimmer in history to repeat in both breaststroke events.
From 2001-04 Texas’ Brendan Hansen swept all four titles in both breaststroke events. Stanford’s John Moffet won both in 1984 and 1985, while SMU’s Steve Lundquist did the same in 1981 and 1982 and Stanford’s Brian Job accomplished the feat in 1970-71.
In the sixth prelims heat, Penn’s Matt Fallon clicked into a higher gear on the back half of the race to pull away from the field and touch the wall in 1:49.03, ahead of Virginia Tech’s Carles Coll Marti (1:51.19). It was an extremely strong move and it will be interesting to see how that plays out in the finals if he keeps the same race strategy.
In the final prelims heat, McHugh led at the halfway point. Arizona State’s Leon Marchand made a late move but McHugh touched in 1:50.31 and Marchand was just behind in 1:50.38.
Cal’s Reece Whitley won the fifth of seven heats in prelims, finishing in 1:50.71 to hold off Georgia Tech’s Caio Pumputis (1:50.85) and Cal teammate Jason Louser (1:51.91).
Cal’s Liam Bell put together a strong swim from an early heat, touching the wall in 1:52.32, well ahead of the field until the circle-seeded final three heats and snuck into the B final, along with teammate Hugh Gonzalez, giving Cal one up and three down in the event.
The NCAA Finalists
1. Matt Fallon, Penn, 1:49.03
2. Max McHugh, Minnesota, 1:50.31
3. Leon Marchand, Arizona State, 1:50.38
4. Caspar Corbeau, Texas, 1:50.51
5. Reece Whitley, Cal, 1:50.71
6. Caio Pumputis, Georgia Tech, 1:50.85
7. Carles Coll Marti, Virginia Tech, 1:51.19
8. Daniel Roy, Stanford, 1:51.32
NCAA Event 18 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
Meet: M 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
American: A 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
U. S. Open: O 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
Pool: P 1:48.12 3/26/2016 Will Licon, Texas
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Fallon, Matt FR Penn 1:49.03
r:+0.68 25.41 53.80 (28.39)
1:20.93 (27.13) 1:49.03 (28.10)
2 McHugh, Max SR Minnesota 1:50.31
r:+0.68 24.58 52.36 (27.78)
1:21.08 (28.72) 1:50.31 (29.23)
3 Marchand, Leon FR ASU 1:50.38
r:+0.67 24.82 52.56 (27.74)
1:21.10 (28.54) 1:50.38 (29.28)
4 Corbeau, Caspar JR Texas 1:50.51
r:+0.66 24.85 52.89 (28.04)
1:21.76 (28.87) 1:50.51 (28.75)
5 Whitley, Reece SR California 1:50.71
r:+0.72 24.88 52.79 (27.91)
1:21.53 (28.74) 1:50.71 (29.18)
6 Pumputis, Caio 5Y GT 1:50.85
r:+0.65 25.25 53.51 (28.26)
1:21.84 (28.33) 1:50.85 (29.01)
7 Coll Marti, Carles SO VT 1:51.19
r:+0.61 25.21 53.61 (28.40)
1:22.24 (28.63) 1:51.19 (28.95)
8 Roy, Daniel SR Stanford 1:51.32
r:+0.56 25.84 53.82 (27.98)
1:22.10 (28.28) 1:51.32 (29.22)
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9 Foster, Jake JR Texas 1:51.40
r:+0.61 24.91 52.99 (28.08)
1:21.60 (28.61) 1:51.40 (29.80)
10 Gonzalez, Hugo SR California 1:51.65
r:+0.62 24.96 53.52 (28.56)
1:22.43 (28.91) 1:51.65 (29.22)
11 Louser, Jason JR California 1:51.91
r:+0.70 24.86 53.08 (28.22)
1:22.03 (28.95) 1:51.91 (29.88)
12 Hillis, Dillon SR Florida 1:52.14
r:+0.63 24.96 53.67 (28.71)
1:22.42 (28.75) 1:52.14 (29.72)
13 Puente Bustamante, An JR TAMU 1:52.20
r:+0.69 25.06 53.39 (28.33)
1:22.28 (28.89) 1:52.20 (29.92)
14 Bell, Liam JR California 1:52.32
r:+0.63 24.54 52.46 (27.92)
1:21.79 (29.33) 1:52.32 (30.53)
15 O'Grady, Chris FR USC 1:52.41
r:+0.72 25.53 53.85 (28.32)
1:22.99 (29.14) 1:52.41 (29.42)
16 Pouch, AJ JR VT 1:52.57
r:+0.65 25.58 53.84 (28.26)
1:22.80 (28.96) 1:52.57 (29.77)
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