The Louisville Cardinals won their first ever NCAA relay title on Friday night at the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships in Greensboro with a 1:22.11 in the 200 medley relay. The team of Mitchell Whyte (20.72), Evgenii Somov (22.87), Nick Albiero (20.07) and Haridi Sameh (18.45) won ahead of Florida (1:22.41) and California (1:22.43) as a lot of eyes were on the Texas – Cal battle that the Cardinals and Gators went out and finished ahead of those schools.
Florida has now finished top four in all four relays thus far with the team of Adam Chaney (20.55), Dillon Hillis (23.33), Eric Friese (19.87) and Will Davis (18.66) getting second here, adding to their second in the 200 free relay.
Cal tried closing the gap on the back half with Ryan Hoffer and Bjorn Seeliger but it was not enough as they did finish ahead of Texas, closing the gap to 42 points heading into tomorrow. Daniel Carr (20.79), Reece Whitley (23.57), Hoffer (19.70) and Seeliger (18.37) finished in third overall while Ohio State was fourth from the penultimate heat with Joseph Armstrong (20.75), Hudson McDaniel (22.70), Justin Fleagle (20.37) and Sem Andreis (18.67) at 1:22.49.
Texas (1:22.56), Michigan (1:22.81), Georgia (1:23.07) and Virginia (1:23.26) also finished in the top eight.
The quickest splits outside the top four came from NC State’s Kacper Stokowski (20.61), Michigan’s Will Chan (22.71), Pittsburgh’s Blaise Vera (19.52) and Michigan’s Gus Borges (18.49).
This is Louisville’s first ever relay title at NCAAs and also the first for the ACC in this event.
Listen to the Louisville relay here:
Event 14 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 1:21.54 3/24/2017 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
Meet: M 1:21.54 3/24/2017 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
American: A 1:21.88 3/23/2018 California
D Carr, C Hoppe, J Lynch, R Hoffer
U. S. Open: O 1:21.54 3/24/2017 Texas
J Shebat, W Licon, J Schooling, B Ringgold
Pool: P 1:22.37 2/27/2019 NC State
C Stewart, D Graber, N Korstanje, J Ress
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Louisville 1:22.71 1:22.11P 40
1) Whyte, Mitchell JR 2) r:0.10 Somov, Evgenii SR
3) r:0.13 Albiero, Nicolas SR 4) r:0.20 Sameh, Haridi SO
r:+0.67 20.72 43.59 (22.87)
1:03.66 (20.07) 1:22.11 (18.45)
2 Florida 1:23.17 1:22.41 34
1) Chaney, Adam FR 2) r:0.39 Hillis, Dillon JR
3) r:0.09 Friese, Eric SO 4) r:0.13 Davis, Will JR
r:+0.99 20.55 43.88 (23.33)
1:03.75 (19.87) 1:22.41 (18.66)
3 California 1:22.74 1:22.43 32
1) Carr, Daniel SR 2) r:0.16 Whitley, Reece JR
3) r:0.20 Hoffer, Ryan SR 4) r:0.20 Seeliger, Bjorn FR
r:+0.59 20.79 44.36 (23.57)
1:04.06 (19.70) 1:22.43 (18.37)
4 Ohio St 1:23.27 1:22.49 30
1) Armstrong, Hunter SO 2) r:0.02 McDaniel, Hudson JR
3) r:0.14 Fleagle, Justin FR 4) r:0.23 Andreis, Sem JR
r:+0.69 20.75 43.45 (22.70)
1:03.82 (20.37) 1:22.49 (18.67)
5 Texas 1:23.21 1:22.56 28
1) Staka, Chris SR 2) r:0.27 Corbeau, Caspar SO
3) r:0.23 Jiang, Alvin SR 4) r:0.28 Krueger, Daniel JR
r:+0.64 20.98 44.08 (23.10)
1:03.92 (19.84) 1:22.56 (18.64)
6 Michigan 1:22.35 1:22.81 26
1) Davis, Wyatt FR 2) r:0.17 Chan, Will JR
3) r:0.30 Wright, River SO 4) r:0.17 Borges, Gus SR
r:+0.53 21.45 44.16 (22.71)
1:04.32 (20.16) 1:22.81 (18.49)
7 Georgia 1:23.60 1:23.07 24
1) Urlando, Luca FR 2) r:0.24 Acevedo, Javi SR
3) r:0.23 Murphy, Camden SR 4) r:0.23 Downing, Dillon SO
r:+0.67 21.07 44.47 (23.40)
1:04.44 (19.97) 1:23.07 (18.63)
8 Virginia 1:23.86 1:23.26 22
1) Brownstead, Matt FR 2) r:0.10 Barnum, Keefer SR
3) r:0.00 Edwards, Max SO 4) r:-0.02 Lamb, August SO
r:+0.73 21.33 44.44 (23.11)
1:04.63 (20.19) 1:23.26 (18.63)
9 TAMU 1:23.28 1:23.45 18
1) Casas, Shaine JR 2) r:0.16 Olson, Tanner SR
3) r:0.18 Brown, Jace SO 4) r:0.18 Theall, Mark SR
r:+0.64 20.67 44.03 (23.36)
1:04.52 (20.49) 1:23.45 (18.93)
10 NC State 1:24.14 1:23.57 14
1) Stokowski, Kacper SO 2) r:0.37 Kusto, Rafal JR
3) r:0.12 Sobolewski, Luke SR 4) r:0.01 Izzo, Giovanni JR
r:+0.60 20.61 44.51 (23.90)
1:04.80 (20.29) 1:23.57 (18.77)
11 Indiana 1:23.35 1:23.68 12
1) Burns, Brendan SO 2) r:0.20 Backes, Zane JR
3) r:0.11 Frankel, Tomer FR 4) r:0.29 Franzman, Jack JR
r:+0.66 21.15 44.26 (23.11)
1:04.41 (20.15) 1:23.68 (19.27)
12 Alabama 1:23.28 1:23.75 10
1) Menke, Matthew SO 2) r:0.10 Maas, Derek SO
3) r:0.09 Stogner, Colton JR 4) r:0.26 King, Matt FR
20.98 44.77 (23.79)
1:04.81 (20.04) 1:23.75 (18.94)
13 VT 1:23.91 1:23.89 8
1) Webb, Forest SO 2) r:0.24 Coll Marti, Carles FR
3) r:0.21 Ivanov, Antani JR 4) r:0.09 Hallock, Thomas SR
r:+0.65 21.48 44.98 (23.50)
1:04.84 (19.86) 1:23.89 (19.05)
14 Florida St 1:23.91 1:23.91 6
1) Herbet, Mason FR 2) r:0.28 Bastian, Izaak JR
3) r:0.13 McCusker, Max JR 4) r:0.28 Varjasi, Peter SO
r:+0.64 21.30 44.59 (23.29)
1:04.91 (20.32) 1:23.91 (19.00)
15 Utah 1:24.23 1:24.15 4
1) Ungur, Andrei JR 2) r:0.18 Britton, Andrew JR
3) r:0.30 Deryk, Cooper JR 4) r:0.03 O'Haimhirgin, Finn SO
r:+0.66 21.49 44.84 (23.35)
1:05.02 (20.18) 1:24.15 (19.13)
16 Tennessee 1:24.03 1:24.19 2
1) Chambers, Micah FR 2) r:0.16 Houlie, Michael JR
3) r:0.12 Mota, Kayky SR 4) r:0.10 Scanlon, Scott SO
21.76 44.82 (23.06)
1:05.36 (20.54) 1:24.19 (18.83)
17 GT 1:23.41 1:24.35
1) Barone, Kyle JR 2) r:0.30 Pumputis, Caio SR
3) r:0.16 Ferraro, Christian SR 4) r:0.13 Daniel, Austin SR
r:+0.65 21.33 44.95 (23.62)
1:05.08 (20.13) 1:24.35 (19.27)
18 UNC 1:24.46 1:24.46
1) Burhans, Tucker JR 2) r:0.35 Abaliksta, Valdas SR
3) r:0.01 Poelke, Boyd FR 4) r:0.25 Messenger, Jack SR
r:+0.64 21.43 45.12 (23.69)
1:05.34 (20.22) 1:24.46 (19.12)
19 Missouri 1:24.42 1:24.56
1) Dahlgren, Jack JR 2) r:0.37 Patton, Ben SO
3) r:0.21 Kovac, Danny JR 4) r:0.26 Leach, Kyle JR
21.39 45.08 (23.69)
1:05.14 (20.06) 1:24.56 (19.42)
20 Pittsburgh 1:24.20 1:24.65
1) Hopta, Stephen JR 2) r:0.37 Van Der Laan, Coper JR
3) r:0.21 Vera, Blaise SR 4) r:0.31 Pytlarczyk, Szymon SO
r:+0.56 21.79 45.30 (23.51)
1:04.82 (19.52) 1:24.65 (19.83)
21 Purdue 1:23.82 1:24.80
1) Juengel, Michael SO 2) r:0.12 Pellini, Trent SR
3) r:0.14 Hrosik, Ryan JR 4) r:0.17 Acin, Nikola JR
22.07 45.30 (23.23)
1:06.19 (20.89) 1:24.80 (18.61)
22 Arizona 1:24.64 1:25.02
1) Maric, Ogi SO 2) r:0.07 Foote, Ryan SO
3) r:0.11 Reid, Noah SR 4) r:0.31 Ercegovic, Marin JR
r:+0.57 21.45 45.26 (23.81)
1:05.87 (20.61) 1:25.02 (19.15)
23 Penn St 1:24.86 1:25.22
1) Roberson, Will SR 2) r:0.15 Raisanen, Daniel SO
3) r:0.24 Houck, Jake FR 4) r:0.09 Castano, Gabe SR
r:+0.71 21.55 45.64 (24.09)
1:06.25 (20.61) 1:25.22 (18.97)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 14 1. Texas 414 2. California 372 3. Florida 282 4. Georgia 198 5. Indiana 158 6. Louisville 150 7. Texas A&M 127 8. NC State 120 9. Ohio St 108 10. Virginia 102 11. Michigan 100 12. Missouri 67 13. Arizona 66 14. Virginia Tech 60 15. Stanford 58 16. Alabama 53 17. Lsu 52 18. Tennessee 38 18. University of Miami 38 20. UNC 31 20. Purdue 31 22. Georgia Tech 29 23. Florida St 24.5 24. Pittsburgh 23 25. Minnesota 20 26. Notre Dame 15 26. Southern California 15 28. Penn St 13 29. Wisconsin 10 30. Kentucky 9 31. Utah 6.5
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