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Texas’ Joseph Schooling, who admitted he wasn’t feeling the best heading into the race, broke the NCAA and U.S. Open record in the men’s 100-yard fly at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Schooling unloaded a blistering time of 44.01 to defend his NCAA title. He won with a 44.51 last year that is the fourth-fastest time ever.
Schooling’s 44.01 blasted the NCAA and U.S. Open record of 44.18 set by Stanford’s Austin Staab back in 2009.
Comparative splits:
Schooling: 20.46, 44.01
Staab: 20.56, 44.18
The title defense made Schooling one of several multiple winners in the event’s history. More importantly, he kept a potential career sweep intact. Texas’ Ian Crocker, Stanford’s Pablo Morales and Indiana’s Mark Spitz are the only swimmers to ever pull off that feat.
Multiple 100 Fly Winners:
4 – Ian Crocker, Texas
4 – Pablo Morales, Stanford
4 – Mark Spitz, Indiana
3 – Lars Frolander, SMU
3 – Anthony Nesty, Florida
3 – Tom Shields, California
2 – Par Arvidsson, California
2 – Bob Brawner, Princeton
2 – David Gillanders, Michigan
2 – Matthew Gribble, Miami (Fla.)
2 – Jay Mortenson, Stanford
2 – Walt Richardson, Minnesota
2 – Austin Staab, Stanford
2 – Albert Subirats, Arizona
2 – John Trembley, Tennessee
2 – Joseph Schooling, Texas
The win gave Texas its sixth victory of the meet, more than halfway to the record of 11 wins by a team set by Texas in 2001.
Florida’s Caeleb Dressel, fresh off a stunning 18.20 in the 50 free yesterday, moved to third all time in the event’s history with a blistering 44.40.
All Time Top 10 100 Fly:
1 44.01 Joseph Schooling Texas Atlanta 3/25/16
2 44.18 Austin Staab Stanford TAMU 3/27/09
3 44.40 Caeleb Dressel Florida Atlanta 3/25/16
4 44.51 Joseph Schooling, Texas 3/27/15
5 44.55 Jack Conger, Texas 3/27/15
6 44.57 Albert Subirats Arizona Minneapolis 3/15/07
7 44.59 Tom Shields, California 3/28/13
8 44.62 Joseph Schooling Texas 2/26/16
9 44.63 Tyler McGill Auburn TAMU 3/27/09
10 44.66 Austin Staab Stanford Pac 10s 3/2/11
Texas’ Jack Conger (44.87), Cleveland State’s Philipp Sikatzki (45.37), Alabama’s Lucas Kaliszak (45.49), Ohio State’s Matt McHugh (45.64), Michigan’s Dylan Bosch (45.88) and Georgia’s Pace Clark (46.26) also competed in the finale.
=== A - Final ===
1 Schooling, Joseph SO Texas 44.68 44.01N 20
r:+0.61 20.46 44.01 (23.55)
2 Dressel, Caeleb SO Florida 45.00 44.40P 17
r:+0.64 20.82 44.40 (23.58)
3 Conger, Jack JR Texas 45.55 44.87 16
r:+0.66 21.38 44.87 (23.49)
4 Sikatzki, Philipp JR Cleveland St 45.65 45.37 15
r:+0.70 21.04 45.37 (24.33)
5 Kaliszak, Lucas SO Alabama 45.18 45.49 14
r:+0.64 20.98 45.49 (24.51)
6 McHugh, Matt JR Ohio St 45.35 45.64 13
r:+0.66 21.06 45.64 (24.58)
7 Bosch, Dylan SR Michigan 45.64 45.88 12
r:+0.69 21.59 45.88 (24.29)
8 Clark, Pace JR Georgia 45.66 46.26 11
r:+0.60 21.61 46.26 (24.65)
=== B - Final ===
9 Glass, Will JR Texas 45.93 45.93 9
r:+0.70 21.31 45.93 (24.62)
10 Lynch, Justin SO California 46.18 45.94 7
r:+0.64 21.67 45.94 (24.27)
11 Lanza, Vinicius FR Indiana 46.01 45.98 6
r:+0.70 21.60 45.98 (24.38)
12 Rysemus, Logan JR LSU 45.83 46.03 5
r:+0.68 21.36 46.03 (24.67)
13 Coutinho, Pedro SR Louisville 45.91 46.21 4
r:+0.63 21.53 46.21 (24.68)
14 Sansoucie, Andrew JR Missouri 45.86 46.30 3
r:+0.62 21.49 46.30 (24.81)
15 Murray, John SR Texas 46.16 46.31 2
r:+0.63 21.56 46.31 (24.75)
16 Lewis, Sam SR UNC 46.01 46.45 1
r:+0.60 21.40 46.45 (25.05)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 9 1. Texas 285 2. Florida 189 3. California 182 4. NC State 137 5. Georgia 110 6. Michigan 102 7. Tennessee 91 8. Missouri 84 9. Alabama 82 10. Auburn 78.5 11. Louisville 75 12. Stanford 74.5 13. Indiana 68 14. Southern Cali 55 15. Ohio St 51 16. Arizona 28 17. South Carolina 24 18. Wisconsin 23 19. Cleveland St 15 20. University of Miami 14 20. Virginia Tech 14 22. Brigham Young 12 23. Pittsburgh 11 24. Univ of Utah 9 24. Unlv 9 26. Princeton 8 27. Penn 6 28. Lsu 5 28. Georgia Tech 5 30. Minnesota 4 31. UNC 3 32. Harvard 2 32. Penn State University 2 34. Texas A&M 1
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So backstroke is now faster than fly…. Had to happen sooner or later
How does this kid get out faster than Conger when he’s only 6’0?
Skill, technique, training…
On the list of multiple 100 Fly winners, its “Par” Arvidsson, not “Pat”…the guy was only a former world record holder in the event. Coulda got his name right.
Wow, records , goodby….