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At the women’s meet last week, Katie Ledecky and Mallory Comerford tied for the gold in the 200 freestyle in perhaps the craziest race of the meet. Just six days later, it looked like deja vu. Seven guys turned dead even at the 175 in the 200 IM on Thursday night at the men’s meet.
It looked like Cal’s Ryan Murphy would steal the show with a win on the outside, but it was Florida’s Mark Szaranek and Texas’ Will Licon who out-touched Murphy at the finish. The duo touched at 1:40.67 ahead of Murphy’s 1:40.73. Licon seemed out of the race at the 100 when he turned in 8th place, but he used his 27.96 breaststroke split, a second ahead of the next fastest Chase Kalisz (28.86), to surge to the front.
Hear from Szaranek post race:
Gunnar Bentz, Chase Kalisz, Andrew Seliskar, Andreas Vazaios and Jon Roberts also swam in the A-final. Szaranek now moves up to 9th all-time in the 200 IM, while Murphy and Bentz are now right behind him at 10th and 12th respectively.
Texas (140.5) has extended its lead over now second place Florida (96.5). NC State is now in third (96) and Cal is in fourth (91).
Licon is now the first swimmer to repeat in the 200 IM since Ryan Lochte won in 2005 and 2006. Texas now has four 200 IM NCAA titles with Licon (2016), Austin Surhoff (2010) and Nate Dusing (2001). Florida now has eight 200 IM titles. Szaranek joins Marcin Cieslak (2014), Bradley Ally (2009), Ryan Lochte (2005, 2006), Greg Burgess (1994, 1993) and Martin Zubero (1991) as 200 IM champions.
Event 4 Men 200 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 1:39.38 3/26/2015 David Nolan, Stanford
Championship: C 1:39.38 3/26/2015 David Nolan, Stanford
American: A 1:39.38 3/26/2015 David Nolan, Stanford
U. S. Open: O 1:39.38 3/26/2015 David Nolan, Stanford
Pool: P 1:40.50 3/23/2017 Will Licon, Texas
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Licon, Will SR Texas 1:40.50 1:40.67 18.5
r:+0.68 22.09 48.34 (26.25)
1:16.30 (27.96) 1:40.67 (24.37)
1 Szaranek, Mark JR Florida 1:41.11 1:40.67 18.5
r:+0.63 22.16 47.13 (24.97)
1:16.42 (29.29) 1:40.67 (24.25)
3 Murphy, Ryan SR California 1:41.79 1:40.73 16
r:+0.61 21.78 46.22 (24.44)
1:15.93 (29.71) 1:40.73 (24.80)
4 Bentz, Gunnar JR Georgia 1:41.12 1:40.90 15
r:+0.70 22.04 47.81 (25.77)
1:16.74 (28.93) 1:40.90 (24.16)
5 Kalisz, Chase SR Georgia 1:41.20 1:41.19 14
r:+0.70 23.18 47.70 (24.52)
1:16.56 (28.86) 1:41.19 (24.63)
6 Seliskar, Andrew SO California 1:41.49 1:41.26 13
r:+0.61 21.82 46.93 (25.11)
1:16.18 (29.25) 1:41.26 (25.08)
7 Vazaios, Andreas JR NC State 1:40.77 1:41.53 12
r:+0.68 21.92 46.74 (24.82)
1:16.45 (29.71) 1:41.53 (25.08)
8 Roberts, Jonathan JR Texas 1:42.24 1:42.56 11
r:+0.70 22.42 47.81 (25.39)
1:18.23 (30.42) 1:42.56 (24.33)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 4 1. Texas 140.5 2. Florida 96.5 3. NC State 96 4. California 91 5. Stanford 76 6. Indiana 56 7. Univ of Georgia 55 8. Auburn 41 9. South Carolina 40 10. Louisville 29 11. Alabama 28 11. Southern Cali 28 11. Michigan 28 14. Missouri 25 15. Arizona State 22 16. Wisconsin 21 17. Notre Dame 12 18. Texas A&M 10 19. Florida State 7 20. UNC 6 20. Harvard 6 22. Northwestern 4 22. Tennessee 4 22. Virginia Tech 4 25. Arizona 2 25. Hawaii 2
Great job Horns!
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