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Kristian Gkolomeev delivered a monster anchor of 18.00 to pull Alabama to its first NCAA relay win ever with a triumph in the men’s 200-yard medley relay at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Gkolomeev, along with Florida’s Caeleb Dressel, turned in the first 18.00 splits as Alabama nearly broke the NCAA and U.S. Open record of 1:22.27 set by Michigan back in 2013.
Connor Oslin (20.86), Pasha Romanov (23.40), Lucas Kaliszak (20.02) and Gkolomeev (18.00) won the race in 1:22.28. Alabama isn’t new to the NCAA title game, with 13 individual wins in program history, but the team has never won a relay title until tonight.
California looked to be in control, starting off with Ryan Murphy’s unreal 20.20 backstroke split, but Murphy (20.20), Connor Hoppe (23.29), Justin Lynch (20.02) and Tyler Messerschmidt (18.98) could not hold off the freight train that was Gkolomeev.
Texas’ John Shebat (20.94), Will Licon (23.30), Joseph Schooling (19.36) and John Murray (19.15) finished an unbelievable day for Texas with a third-place 1:22.75.
Florida’s Jack Blyzynskyj (21.20), Mark Szaranek (24.10), Jan Switkowski (20.13) and Dressel (18.00) turned in a fourth-place time of 1:23.43.
Louisville (1:24.08), Tennessee (1:24.11), Georgia (1:24.31) and Auburn (1:24.51) completed the rest of the championship heat.
=== A - Final ===
1 Alabama 1:24.14 1:22.28P 40
1) Oslin, Connor JR 2) r:0.13 Romanov, Pasha JR
3) r:0.29 Kaliszak, Lucas SO 4) r:0.13 Gkolomeev, Kristian JR
r:+0.67 10.17 20.86 (20.86)
30.89 (10.03) 44.26 (23.40)
53.14 (8.88) 1:04.28 (20.02)
1:12.71 (8.43) 1:22.28 (18.00)
2 California 1:23.50 1:22.49P 34
1) Murphy, Ryan JR 2) r:0.18 Hoppe, Connor SO
3) r:0.24 Lynch, Justin SO 4) r:0.25 Messersschmidt,yler SR
r:+0.76 9.95 20.20 (20.20)
30.41 (10.21) 43.49 (23.29)
52.41 (8.92) 1:03.51 (20.02)
1:12.43 (8.92) 1:22.49 (18.98)
3 Texas 1:24.16 1:22.75P 32
1) Shebat, John FR 2) r:0.22 Licon, Will JR
3) r:0.22 Schooling, Joseph SO 4) r:0.13 Murray, John SR
r:+0.60 10.41 20.94 (20.94)
31.29 (10.35) 44.24 (23.30)
52.87 (8.63) 1:03.60 (19.36)
1:12.83 (9.23) 1:22.75 (19.15)
4 Florida 1:24.70 1:23.43P 30
1) Blyzinskyj, Jack JR 2) r:0.24 Szaranek, Mark SO
3) r:0.22 Switkowski, Jan SO 4) r:0.16 Dressel, Caeleb SO
r:+0.61 10.51 21.20 (21.20)
32.04 (10.84) 45.30 (24.10)
54.23 (8.93) 1:05.43 (20.13)
1:13.93 (8.50) 1:23.43 (18.00)
5 Louisville 1:24.70 1:24.08 28
1) Tarasevich, Grigory JR 2) r:0.21 Claverie, Carlos SO
3) r:0.09 Quallen, Joshua JR 4) r:0.30 Carroll, Trevor JR
r:+0.79 10.45 21.14 (21.14)
31.60 (10.46) 44.81 (23.67)
53.76 (8.95) 1:05.01 (20.20)
1:14.02 (9.01) 1:24.08 (19.07)
6 Tennessee 1:24.79 1:24.11 26
1) Lehane, Sean SR 2) r:0.16 Stevens, Peter SO
3) r:0.28 Coetzee, Ryan SO 4) r:0.28 Decoursey, Kyle FR
r:+0.67 10.76 21.54 (21.54)
31.38 (9.84) 44.23 (22.69)
53.51 (9.28) 1:05.14 (20.91)
1:14.25 (9.11) 1:24.11 (18.97)
7 Georgia 1:24.42 1:24.31 24
1) Dale, Taylor JR 2) r:0.28 Mattern, John JR
3) r:0.25 Clark, Pace JR 4) r:0.25 Trice, Michael SR
r:+0.62 10.26 20.82 (20.82)
31.65 (10.83) 45.14 (24.32)
54.24 (9.10) 1:05.57 (20.43)
1:14.34 (8.77) 1:24.31 (18.74)
8 Auburn 1:24.66 1:24.51 22
1) Darmody, Kyle JR 2) r:0.19 Duderstadt, Michael JR
3) r:0.29 Mendes, Arthur SR 4) r:0.21 Holoda, Peter SO
r:+0.63 10.55 21.40 (21.40)
32.02 (10.62) 45.12 (23.72)
54.14 (9.02) 1:05.53 (20.41)
1:14.62 (9.09) 1:24.51 (18.98)
=== B - Final ===
9 Missouri 1:25.02 1:24.23 18
1) Love, Dillon SR 2) r:0.21 Schwingenschlogbian JR
3) r:0.12 Sansoucie, Andrew JR 4) r:0.17 Chadwick, Michael JR
r:+0.52 10.65 21.82 (21.82)
32.10 (10.28) 45.19 (23.37)
54.13 (8.94) 1:05.55 (20.36)
1:14.32 (8.77) 1:24.23 (18.68)
10 NC State 1:24.82 1:24.28 14
1) Stuart, Hennessey SO 2) r:0.18 Hren, Derek JR
3) r:0.41 Bilis, Simonas SR 4) r:0.29 Held, Ryan SO
r:+0.51 10.72 21.69 (21.69)
32.35 (10.66) 45.45 (23.76)
54.29 (8.84) 1:05.63 (20.18)
1:14.52 (8.89) 1:24.28 (18.65)
11 Indiana 1:25.26 1:24.36 12
1) Glover, Bob JR 2) r:0.17 Kurz, Tanner SR
3) r:0.37 Lanza, Vinicius FR 4) r:0.26 Khalafalla, Ali SO
r:+0.58 10.44 21.23 (21.23)
31.48 (10.25) 44.63 (23.40)
54.02 (9.39) 1:05.41 (20.78)
1:14.42 (9.01) 1:24.36 (18.95)
12 Michigan 1:25.15 1:24.70 10
1) Whitaker, Aaron SO 2) r:0.11 Klein, Christopher JR
3) r:0.27 Raisky, Jeremy SR 4) r:0.27 Powers, Paul SO
r:+0.57 10.44 21.17 (21.17)
31.50 (10.33) 44.94 (23.77)
54.22 (9.28) 1:05.66 (20.72)
1:14.81 (9.15) 1:24.70 (19.04)
13 Arizona 1:25.74 1:24.74 8
1) Dobbs, Chatham FR 2) r:0.41 Bish, Blair FR
3) r:0.18 Idensohn, Chad FR 4) r:0.17 Richmond, Renny JR
r:+0.99 10.44 21.18 (21.18)
32.32 (11.14) 45.35 (24.17)
54.10 (8.75) 1:05.59 (20.24)
1:14.58 (8.99) 1:24.74 (19.15)
14 Duke 1:25.45 1:25.32 6
1) Takabayashi, Kazumu JR 2) r:0.14 Kropp, Peter JR
3) r:0.24 Armstrong, David SR 4) r:0.13 Peek, James JR
r:+0.55 10.71 21.67 (21.67)
32.42 (10.75) 45.50 (23.83)
54.74 (9.24) 1:06.24 (20.74)
1:15.12 (8.88) 1:25.32 (19.08)
15 Stanford 1:25.69 1:25.58 4
1) Dudzinski, Ryan FR 2) r:0.26 Anderson, Matt FR
3) r:0.17 Liang, Andrew SO 4) r:0.18 Perry, Sam SO
r:+0.54 10.67 21.95 (21.95)
32.46 (10.51) 45.95 (24.00)
55.29 (9.34) 1:06.74 (20.79)
1:15.55 (8.81) 1:25.58 (18.84)
16 Minnesota 1:26.12 1:26.09 2
1) Turner, Daryl JR 2) r:0.21 McHugh, Conner SO
3) r:0.04 Fair, Paul JR 4) r:0.40 Becker, Bowen FR
r:+0.61 10.73 22.18 (22.18)
32.92 (10.74) 46.43 (24.25)
55.35 (8.92) 1:06.73 (20.30)
1:16.08 (9.35) 1:26.09 (19.36)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. Texas 366 2. California 271 3. Florida 255 4. NC State 197 5. Georgia 162 6. Tennessee 152 7. Alabama 143 8. Missouri 140 9. Louisville 134.5 10. Michigan 118 11. Indiana 113.5 12. Auburn 111 13. Southern Cali 83 14. Stanford 78.5 15. Ohio St 66 16. Arizona 52 17. South Carolina 36 18. Pittsburgh 31 18. University of Miami 31 20. Virginia Tech 28.5 21. Brigham Young 27 22. Wisconsin 25 23. Minnesota 18 24. UNC 16 24. Air Force 16 26. Cleveland St 15 27. Oakland 13 28. Texas A&M 12 29. George Washington 11 30. Univ of Utah 9 30. Unlv 9 32. Princeton 8 33. Duke 7 34. Penn 6 34. Lsu 6 36. Hawaii 5 36. Georgia Tech 5 38. Purdue 3 38. Virginia 3 40. Iowa 2 40. Harvard 2 40. Penn State University 2
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So Justine can beat this guy? Pretty quick. It got Craig’s attention
ROLL TIDE!!!!