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The 2022 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championship continued with the prelims of the 500-yard freestyle from McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Georgia looked to land a couple in the finals with top-seeded Matthew Sates and teammate Jake Magahey. Meanwhile, Arizona’s Brooks Fail, Texas’ Luke Hobson and Florida’s Kieran Smith all had something to say about it as well.
In heat 4, Florida’s Bobby Finke went a 4:11.77 from Lane 1 to put in the best time of the first few heats. But it was only fast enough to take the ninth seed and land in the B final.
In the next heat, Florida’s Kieran Smith held off Ross Dant in a close heat. Smith touched in 4:10.53, while Dant touched in 4:10.66.
In heat 6, Texas’ Luke Hobson pulled away to touch the wall in 4:10.38. Teammate David Johnston was next in 4:10.96.
In the final heat, Georgia’s Matthew Sates cranked it into another level about the 350 mark and catapulted past a couple of swimmers. He kept up the pace and won the heat in 4:08.73. Teammate Jake Magahey was next at 4:09.22 and Florida’s Alfonso Mestre touched in 4:09.464
The NCAA Finalists
1. Matthew Sates, Georgia, 4:08.73
2. Jake Magahey, Georgia, 4:09.22
3. Alfonso Mestre, Florida, 4:09.74
4. Luke Hobson, Texas, 4:10.38
5. Kieran Smith, Florida, 4:10.53
6. Ross Dant, NC State, 4:10.66
7. David Johnston, Texas, 4:10.96
8. Brooks Fail, Arizona, 4:11.27
NCAA DIVISION I TOP SEEDS COMING INTO MEET
500 Freestyle: Matthew Sates, Georgia, 4:09.06
200 IM: Leon Marchand, Arizona State, 1:39.65
50 Freestyle: Jordan Crooks, Tennessee, 18.53
400 IM: Leon Marchand, Arizona State, 3:34.45
100 Butterfly: Andrei Minakov, Stanford, 43.90
200 Freestyle: Grant House, Arizona State, 1;30.23
NCAA 100 Breaststroke: Max McHugh, Minnesota, 50.58
100 Backstroke: Brendan Burns, Indiana, 44.31
1650 Freestyle: Bobby Finke, Florida, 14:27.70
200 Backstroke: Destin Lasco, Cal, 1:38.81
100 Freestyle: Brooks Curry, LSU, 40.99
200 Breaststroke: Max McHugh, Minnesota, 1:49.45
200 Butterfly: Nick Albiero, Louisville, 1:37.92
Event 3 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida
Meet: M 4:07.97 3/25/2021 Jake Magahey, Georgia
American: A 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida
U. S. Open: O 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida
Pool: P 4:08.60 12/5/2008 Peter Vanderkaay, Club Wolverine
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Sates, Matthew FR Georgia 4:08.73
r:+0.62 22.35 47.63 (25.28)
1:13.12 (25.49) 1:38.94 (25.82)
2:04.83 (25.89) 2:30.46 (25.63)
2:54.88 (24.42) 3:19.35 (24.47)
3:44.21 (24.86) 4:08.73 (24.52)
2 Magahey, Jake SO Georgia 4:09.22
r:+0.68 22.95 48.03 (25.08)
1:13.43 (25.40) 1:39.11 (25.68)
2:04.70 (25.59) 2:30.20 (25.50)
2:55.26 (25.06) 3:20.12 (24.86)
3:44.75 (24.63) 4:09.22 (24.47)
3 Mestre, Alfonso JR Florida 4:09.74
r:+0.66 22.54 47.49 (24.95)
1:12.82 (25.33) 1:38.32 (25.50)
2:03.81 (25.49) 2:28.93 (25.12)
2:54.39 (25.46) 3:19.90 (25.51)
3:45.20 (25.30) 4:09.74 (24.54)
4 Hobson, Luke FR Texas 4:10.38
r:+0.77 23.33 48.30 (24.97)
1:13.73 (25.43) 1:39.37 (25.64)
2:05.07 (25.70) 2:30.52 (25.45)
2:55.59 (25.07) 3:20.80 (25.21)
3:45.85 (25.05) 4:10.38 (24.53)
5 Smith, Kieran SR Florida 4:10.53
r:+0.70 22.18 46.90 (24.72)
1:11.83 (24.93) 1:37.20 (25.37)
2:02.67 (25.47) 2:28.19 (25.52)
2:53.86 (25.67) 3:19.76 (25.90)
3:45.73 (25.97) 4:10.53 (24.80)
6 Dant, Ross JR NCSU 4:10.66
r:+0.59 22.70 47.52 (24.82)
1:12.62 (25.10) 1:37.97 (25.35)
2:03.29 (25.32) 2:28.75 (25.46)
2:54.30 (25.55) 3:19.88 (25.58)
3:45.62 (25.74) 4:10.66 (25.04)
7 Johnston, David SO Texas 4:10.96
r:+0.69 22.98 47.88 (24.90)
1:12.94 (25.06) 1:38.23 (25.29)
2:03.47 (25.24) 2:29.01 (25.54)
2:54.59 (25.58) 3:20.27 (25.68)
3:46.01 (25.74) 4:10.96 (24.95)
8 Fail, Brooks 5Y Arizona 4:11.27
r:+0.69 22.93 48.03 (25.10)
1:13.68 (25.65) 1:39.48 (25.80)
2:05.54 (26.06) 2:31.41 (25.87)
2:56.89 (25.48) 3:22.06 (25.17)
3:46.88 (24.82) 4:11.27 (24.39)
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9 Finke, Bobby SR Florida 4:11.77
r:+0.73 23.31 48.40 (25.09)
1:14.00 (25.60) 1:39.58 (25.58)
2:05.14 (25.56) 2:30.67 (25.53)
2:55.98 (25.31) 3:21.33 (25.35)
3:46.93 (25.60) 4:11.77 (24.84)
10 Carrozza, Coby SO Texas 4:12.09
r:+0.73 22.66 47.37 (24.71)
1:12.81 (25.44) 1:38.38 (25.57)
2:04.26 (25.88) 2:30.27 (26.01)
2:55.69 (25.42) 3:21.29 (25.60)
3:46.62 (25.33) 4:12.09 (25.47)
11 Forst, Preston SO Stanford 4:12.41
r:+0.65 23.42 48.49 (25.07)
1:13.99 (25.50) 1:39.89 (25.90)
2:05.78 (25.89) 2:31.43 (25.65)
2:57.13 (25.70) 3:22.59 (25.46)
3:47.61 (25.02) 4:12.41 (24.80)
12 Soloveychik, Bar FR Minnesota 4:12.76
r:+0.67 23.15 48.38 (25.23)
1:13.83 (25.45) 1:39.42 (25.59)
2:05.19 (25.77) 2:30.95 (25.76)
2:56.80 (25.85) 3:22.66 (25.86)
3:48.54 (25.88) 4:12.76 (24.22)
13 Freeman, Trey JR Florida 4:12.80
r:+0.63 22.80 47.60 (24.80)
1:13.04 (25.44) 1:38.77 (25.73)
2:04.67 (25.90) 2:30.82 (26.15)
2:56.89 (26.07) 3:22.86 (25.97)
3:48.55 (25.69) 4:12.80 (24.25)
14 Plage, James SO NCSU 4:12.88
r:+0.64 23.82 49.11 (25.29)
1:14.54 (25.43) 1:40.06 (25.52)
2:05.56 (25.50) 2:31.06 (25.50)
2:56.37 (25.31) 3:21.84 (25.47)
3:47.69 (25.85) 4:12.88 (25.19)
15 Shoults, Grant 5Y Stanford 4:13.14
r:+0.64 22.96 48.42 (25.46)
1:14.07 (25.65) 1:39.75 (25.68)
2:05.54 (25.79) 2:31.25 (25.71)
2:56.94 (25.69) 3:22.69 (25.75)
3:48.23 (25.54) 4:13.14 (24.91)
16 Hill, Julian JR ASU 4:13.81
r:+0.65 23.25 48.57 (25.32)
1:14.38 (25.81) 1:40.21 (25.83)
2:06.01 (25.80) 2:31.78 (25.77)
2:57.29 (25.51) 3:22.85 (25.56)
3:48.51 (25.66) 4:13.81 (25.30)
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17 Zettle, Alex SR Texas 4:13.88
r:+0.76 23.58 49.11 (25.53)
1:14.68 (25.57) 1:40.45 (25.77)
2:06.13 (25.68) 2:31.86 (25.73)
2:57.61 (25.75) 3:23.18 (25.57)
3:48.74 (25.56) 4:13.88 (25.14)
18 Gallant, Will SO NCSU 4:13.99
r:+0.63 23.38 48.61 (25.23)
1:14.04 (25.43) 1:39.46 (25.42)
2:05.26 (25.80) 2:30.98 (25.72)
2:56.79 (25.81) 3:22.62 (25.83)
3:48.62 (26.00) 4:13.99 (25.37)
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