Andreas Vazaios Wins Back-to-Back 200 Fly NCAA Titles, Cal Clinches Title
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NC State senior Andreas Vazaios won the 200 fly final on Saturday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships for the second straight year. After moving to third all-time last year, Vazaios swam 0.03 faster in 2019 with a 1:38.57. Vazaios has the quickest second 100 as he used a huge 25.11 on his third 50 to solidify his lead going into the final 50. Vazaios finished ahead of 100 champion Vini Lanza (1:39.63) of Indiana and early leader Zheng Quah (1:39.68) of Cal.
Vazaios improved on his best time as he remains third all-time with his swim tonight. NC State has yet to win an NCAA title this week in Austin and Vazaios ended that drought with his gold in the 200 fly.
Zheng and Lanza are in the top eight all-time list but did not improve on their best times.
Louisville’s Nick Albiero (1:40.08), who has had a quietly successful meet in Austin, placed fourth for the Cardinals for his highest NCAA finish ever. He is now 13th all-time in the 200 fly.
Virginia’s Zach Fong (1:40.28), Cal’s Trenton Julian (1:40.94), Towson’s Jack Saunderson (1:41.06) and Georgia’s Camden Murphy (1:41.97) also swam in the A-Final.
Cal has officially clinched the 2019 NCAA title, their first title since winning in Austin in 2014.
NC State now has four NCAA titles in the 200 fly. Vazaios joins the likes of Richard Fadgen (1956), Steve Gregg (1976) and himself (2018) as winners of the event for the Wolfpack.
All-Time List:
- Jack Conger, Texas, 1:37.35 (2017)
- Joseph Schooling, Texas, 1:37.97 (2016)
- Andreas Vazaios, NC State, 1:38.57 (2019)
- Zheng Quah, Cal, 1:38.83 (2017)
- Vini Lanza, Indiana, 1:39.28 (2019)
- Dylan Bosch, Michigan, 1:39.33 (2014)
- Jan Switkowski, Florida, 1:39.55 (2018)
- Michael Phelps, NBAC, 1:39.65 (2010)
- Tom Shields, Cal, 1:39.65 (2013)
Event 19 Men 200 Yard Butterfly ========================================================================= NCAA: N 1:37.35 25-Mar-17 Jack Conger, Texas Meet: M 1:37.35 25-Mar-17 Jack Conger, Texas American: A 1:37.35 25-Mar-17 Jack Conger, Texas U. S. Open: O 1:37.35 25-Mar-17 Jack Conger, Texas Pool: P 1:39.17 25-Feb-17 Jack Conger, Texas Name Year School Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === Championship Final === 1 Vazaios, Andreas SR NC State 1:39.54 1:38.57P 20 r:+0.73 22.54 48.02 (25.48) 1:13.13 (25.11) 1:38.57 (25.44) 2 Lanza, Vini SR Indiana 1:40.18 1:39.63 17 r:+0.68 21.99 47.58 (25.59) 1:13.44 (25.86) 1:39.63 (26.19) 3 Quah, Zheng JR California 1:40.21 1:39.68 16 r:+0.57 21.99 47.13 (25.14) 1:12.69 (25.56) 1:39.68 (26.99) 4 Albiero, Nicolas SO Louisville 1:40.16 1:40.08 15 r:+0.64 22.35 48.20 (25.85) 1:13.83 (25.63) 1:40.08 (26.25) 5 Fong, Zach SR Virginia 1:40.18 1:40.28 14 r:+0.68 22.94 48.53 (25.59) 1:14.33 (25.80) 1:40.28 (25.95) 6 Julian, Trenton SO California 1:40.94 1:40.94 13 r:+0.65 22.43 47.59 (25.16) 1:13.60 (26.01) 1:40.94 (27.34) 7 Saunderson, Jack SR Towson 1:40.44 1:41.06 12 r:+0.64 22.35 47.79 (25.44) 1:13.77 (25.98) 1:41.06 (27.29) 8 Murphy, Camden SO Georgia 1:40.72 1:41.97 11 r:+0.68 22.70 48.78 (26.08) 1:14.83 (26.05) 1:41.97 (27.14)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 19 1. California 528 2. Texas 406 3. Indiana 355.5 4. NC State 273 5. Louisville 186 6. Florida 156 7. Alabama 124 8. Harvard 118 9. Virginia 106 10. Michigan 97 11. Stanford 95 11. Missouri 95 13. Texas A&M 93 14. Georgia 86 15. Tennessee 85 16. Arizona 83 17. Southern Cali 81 18. Minnesota 79 19. Ohio St 78 20. Florida St 69 21. Arizona St 47.5 22. Georgia Tech 45 23. Purdue 38 24. University of Miami 30 25. South Carolina 21 26. Penn 18 27. Duke 17 27. Hawaii 17 27. Penn St 17 30. Grand Canyon 16 31. Towson 14 31. Columbia University 14 33. Kentucky 11 33. Virginia Tech 11 35. Lsu 9 36. Denver 7 36. Missouri St 7 36. Wisconsin 7 36. Notre Dame 7 40. Auburn 6 40. Princeton 6 42. Navy 4
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The 3rd 50 in any 200 is the key…x’lnt swim