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California’s Ryan Murphy has been unstoppable this week in the 100 backstroke, breaking his NCAA and American record in the men’s 100-yard back at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Murphy won the finale tonight in 43.49 to down his record of 43.51 set as the relay leadoff for California in the 400-yard medley relay.
Murphy topped the race by 1.83 seconds over Alabama’s Connor Oslin (45.32). That’s nearly the record for the biggest margin of victory in a 100 back at NCAAs. Brian Retterer of Stanford (45.43) beat Kurt Jachimowski of Auburn (47.35) by 1.92 seconds in 1995.
Holy Smokes! Ryan Murphy from California just swam the fastest 100 backstroke in history! 43.49!!! ? #NCAASwimDive pic.twitter.com/jU88ImU68A
— MySwimPro (@MySwimPro) March 25, 2016
Murphy also has been super consistent in this event throughout the past two years. He owns five of the top 10 times all time.
All Time Top 10 100 Back:
1 43.49 Ryan Murphy California Atlanta 3/25/16
2 43.51r Ryan Murphy California Atlanta 3/24/16
3 44.07 Nick Thoman SwimMAC 12/5/13
4 44.17r Ryan Murphy, California 3/26/15
5 44.21 Ryan Murphy, California 3/27/15
6 44.49 Matt Grevers Tucson Ford 12/5/13
7 44.55 Matt Grevers Tucson Ford 11/29/12
8 44.56 Nick Thoman SwimMAC 12/5/13
9 44.60p Ryan Murphy California Atlanta 3/25/16
9 44.60r Ryan Lochte Florida Atlanta 3/23/06
The win is also Murphy’s third as he joins a select few with three or more victories in the 100 back. If he wins next year, he’ll join John Naber as the only men to complete a career sweep in the event.
3+ 100 Back Winners:
4 – John Naber, Southern California
3 – Clay Britt, Texas
3 – Peter Marshall, Stanford
3 – Yoshi Oyakawa, Ohio State
3 – Jeff Rouse, Stanford
3 – Ryan Murphy, California
Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich (45.33), BYU’s Jake Taylor (45.52), USC’s Ralf Tribuntsov (45.57), California’s Jacob Pebley (45.61), NC State’s Hennessey Stuart (45.73) and Ohio State’s Matt McHugh (46.70) also took part in the historic heat.
=== A - Final ===
1 Murphy, Ryan JR California 44.60 43.49N 20
r:+0.55 20.96 43.49 (22.53)
2 Oslin, Connor JR Alabama 45.16 45.32 17
r:+0.65 21.58 45.32 (23.74)
3 Tarasevich, Grigory JR Louisville 45.26 45.33 16
r:+0.56 21.91 45.33 (23.42)
4 Taylor, Jake SR BYU 45.47 45.52 15
r:+0.64 21.86 45.52 (23.66)
5 Tribuntsov, Ralf SO USC 45.62 45.57 14
r:+0.59 21.96 45.57 (23.61)
6 Pebley, Jacob SR California 45.68 45.61 13
r:+0.68 21.99 45.61 (23.62)
7 Stuart, Hennessey SO NC State 45.75 45.73 12
r:+0.96 22.03 45.73 (23.70)
8 McHugh, Matt JR Ohio St 45.77 46.70 11
r:+0.69 22.38 46.70 (24.32)
=== B - Final ===
9 Dale, Taylor JR Georgia 46.02 45.13 9
r:+0.53 22.05 45.13 (23.08)
10 Dobbs, Chatham FR Arizona 46.05 45.62 7
r:+0.58 22.08 45.62 (23.54)
11 Shebat, John FR Texas 45.87 45.63 6
r:+0.64 22.29 45.63 (23.34)
12 Blyzinskyj, Jack JR Florida 45.96 45.82 5
r:+0.60 22.22 45.82 (23.60)
13 Kaliszak, Lucas SO Alabama 46.10 45.88 4
r:+0.75 21.91 45.88 (23.97)
14 Lehane, Sean SR Tennessee 45.88 45.92 3
r:+0.57 22.20 45.92 (23.72)
15 Schiellerup, Andreas JR NC State 46.09 46.12 2
r:+0.71 22.16 46.12 (23.96)
16 Rysemus, Logan JR LSU 45.91 46.44 1
r:+0.79 22.46 46.44 (23.98)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 12 1. Texas 311 2. California 237 3. Florida 225 4. NC State 183 5. Georgia 136 6. Tennessee 111 7. Michigan 108 7. Missouri 108 9. Louisville 106.5 10. Alabama 103 11. Auburn 89 12. Indiana 86.5 13. Southern Cali 83 14. Stanford 74.5 15. Ohio St 62 16. Arizona 44 17. South Carolina 36 18. Virginia Tech 28.5 19. Brigham Young 27 20. Wisconsin 25 21. Air Force 16 22. Cleveland St 15 23. University of Miami 14 24. Oakland 13 25. George Washington 11 25. Pittsburgh 11 27. Unlv 9 27. Univ of Utah 9 29. Princeton 8 30. Lsu 6 30. Penn 6 32. Georgia Tech 5 33. Minnesota 4 34. Virginia 3 34. UNC 3 36. Penn State University 2 36. Iowa 2 36. Harvard 2 39. Texas A&M 1
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WTF? Aiden le Roux Brodi Williams
Friggin impressive!!!
Chandler Rasnake
Jesus.
very nice JOSE. Is this ur ART ?