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Georgia senior Chase Kalisz swam the fastest 400 IM in history at 3:33.42, breaking his old record he set in 2014 at 3:34.50. Kalisz took last year off for the Olympics, and was dethroned by Will Licon in 2015, but before all of that Kalisz won two straight 400 IM titles in 2013 and 2014. Kalisz is now the sixth swimmer to win at least three 400 IM NCAA titles and the first since Tim Siciliano won three straight from 1999-2001.
Kalisz was dominant once he started swimming breaststroke. The big battle behind him was between Cal sophomore Andrew Seliskar and Florida junior Mark Szaranek. Seliskar finished second at 3:36.18 and Szaranek was third at 3:36.31. Seliskar is now fourth all-time while Szaranek is sixth. Georgia’s Gunnar Bentz, Stanford’s Abrahm DeVine, Texas’ Jonathan Roberts, Georgia’s Jay Litherland and Virginia Tech’s Robert Owen also swam in the championship final.
Georgia now has five NCAA titles in the 400 IM. Kalisz joins himself (2013, 2014), Bill Cregar (2011) and Robert Margalis (2003) as winners in the event.
Event 8 Men 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:34.50 3/28/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Championship: C 3:34.50 3/28/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
American: A 3:34.50 3/28/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
U. S. Open: O 3:34.50 3/28/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Pool: P 3:37.18 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Kalisz, Chase SR Georgia 3:37.18 3:33.42N 20
r:+0.72 23.31 49.78 (26.47)
1:17.16 (27.38) 1:43.68 (26.52)
2:12.56 (28.88) 2:42.29 (29.73)
3:08.26 (25.97) 3:33.42 (25.16)
2 Seliskar, Andrew SO California 3:40.64 3:36.18P 17
r:+0.63 22.75 49.71 (26.96)
1:18.00 (28.29) 1:45.40 (27.40)
2:15.40 (30.00) 2:45.32 (29.92)
3:10.98 (25.66) 3:36.18 (25.20)
3 Szaranek, Mark JR Florida 3:38.55 3:36.31P 16
r:+0.64 23.06 50.23 (27.17)
1:18.11 (27.88) 1:45.33 (27.22)
2:15.35 (30.02) 2:45.68 (30.33)
3:11.41 (25.73) 3:36.31 (24.90)
4 Bentz, Gunnar JR Georgia 3:38.62 3:36.60P 15
r:+0.73 23.53 50.52 (26.99)
1:19.09 (28.57) 1:46.77 (27.68)
2:17.46 (30.69) 2:47.86 (30.40)
3:12.84 (24.98) 3:36.60 (23.76)
5 DeVine, Abrahm SO Stanford 3:39.44 3:37.73 14
r:+0.66 23.19 50.53 (27.34)
1:18.29 (27.76) 1:45.63 (27.34)
2:16.09 (30.46) 2:46.90 (30.81)
3:12.89 (25.99) 3:37.73 (24.84)
6 Roberts, Jonathan JR Texas 3:38.91 3:38.18 13
r:+0.73 23.18 49.69 (26.51)
1:16.79 (27.10) 1:43.79 (27.00)
2:15.57 (31.78) 2:47.49 (31.92)
3:13.94 (26.45) 3:38.18 (24.24)
7 Litherland, Jay JR Georgia 3:38.39 3:38.66 12
r:+0.70 23.64 50.56 (26.92)
1:18.30 (27.74) 1:45.92 (27.62)
2:16.51 (30.59) 2:48.40 (31.89)
3:13.75 (25.35) 3:38.66 (24.91)
8 Owen, Robert SR VT 3:38.97 3:41.21 11
r:+0.72 23.15 50.03 (26.88)
1:17.90 (27.87) 1:44.89 (26.99)
2:16.71 (31.82) 2:49.15 (32.44)
3:15.64 (26.49) 3:41.21 (25.57)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 8 1. Texas 243.5 2. California 160 3. Florida 154.5 4. NC State 129 5. Indiana 121 6. Univ of Georgia 120 6. Stanford 120 8. Auburn 76.5 9. Southern Cali 75 10. Missouri 71.5 11. Louisville 61 12. South Carolina 49 13. Michigan 39 14. Arizona State 34 15. Purdue 33 16. Alabama 32 17. Texas A&M 23 18. Tennessee 22 19. Wisconsin 21 20. Ohio St 17 21. Virginia Tech 15 22. University of Miami 14 23. Notre Dame 12 23. Lsu 12 25. Arizona 10 26. Florida State 7 27. Harvard 6 27. UNC 6 29. Northwestern 4 29. Kentucky 4 31. Penn 2 31. Penn St 2 31. Hawaii 2 34. Pittsburgh 1
So awesome!!!! Yay Chase Kalisz???