By Phillip Whitten
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 25. ARE you kidding me?
Are you kidding me?
After the prelims, Florida head coach Greg Troy told me he felt Ryan Lochte could break his American record of 1:38.29 if he wasn’t too tired.
Tired? Lochte doesn’t know from tired.
The Florida senior went after his record from the start, splitting about a second ahead of his record pace at the 50, 100 and 150 yard turn before touching in 1:37.68.
Yes, you read that right: 1:37.68. Yes, for backstroke!!
Lochte’s splits: 22.64
47.42 (24.78)
1; 12.14 (24.72)
1:37.68 (25.54)
Stanford’s Hongzhe Sun was second in 1;40.25 while Arizona’s Nick Thoman took third in 1:41.31 for 16 points. Auburn’s Doug Van Wie and JamesWike finished seventh and eighth for 23points, giving Auburn a two-point lead.
NCAA Division I Champ. Meet 3/25/2006 – 19:30PM
NCAA Men's D1 Championships – 3/23/2006 to 3/25/2006
Event 16 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 1:38.29 2005 Ryan Lochte, Florida
NCAA Meet: M 1:38.37 2005 Ryan Lochte, Florida
American: A 1:38.29 2005 Ryan Lochte, Florida
US Open: O 1:38.29 2005 Ryan Lochte, Florida
GTAC Pool: P 1:44.89 2/26/2005 Erik S Weinberg, Maryland-PV
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship ===
1 Lochte, Ryan SR Florida 1:40.07 1:37.68N
22.64 47.42 (24.78)
1:12.14 (24.72) 1:37.68 (25.54)
2 Sun, Hongzhe JR Stanford 1:40.78 1:40.25P
23.44 48.78 (25.34)
1:14.55 (25.77) 1:40.25 (25.70)
3 Thoman, Nick SO Arizona 1:42.20 1:41.31P
23.63 49.33 (25.70)
1:15.46 (26.13) 1:41.31 (25.85)
4 Cromwell, David SR Harvard 1:42.96 1:41.83P
23.81 49.28 (25.47)
1:15.60 (26.32) 1:41.83 (26.23)
5 Salatta, Lucas FR Florida 1:42.76 1:42.89P
23.99 49.72 (25.73)
1:16.13 (26.41) 1:42.89 (26.76)
5 Plummer, David SO Minnesota 1:43.31 1:42.89P
24.16 50.08 (25.92)
1:16.24 (26.16) 1:42.89 (26.65)
7 Van Wie, Doug SR Auburn 1:42.84 1:42.99P
23.98 49.58 (25.60)
1:15.85 (26.27) 1:42.99 (27.14)
8 Wike, James JR Auburn 1:42.16 1:43.18P
23.96 49.91 (25.95)
1:16.87 (26.96) 1:43.18 (26.31)
=== Consolation ===
9 Dejong, Chris SR Michigan 1:43.35 1:43.12P
24.81 50.99 (26.18)
1:17.41 (26.42) 1:43.12 (25.71)
10 Grant, Andy JR Stanford 1:45.07 1:44.06P
25.84 52.44 (26.60)
1:18.35 (25.91) 1:44.06 (25.71)
11 Lemyre, Robert JR Ohio State 1:44.38 1:44.12P
24.59 51.14 (26.55)
1:17.89 (26.75) 1:44.12 (26.23)
12 Clark, Ian JR Southern Method. 1:45.20 1:44.18P
24.08 50.39 (26.31)
1:17.19 (26.80) 1:44.18 (26.99)
13 Mitchell, Adam SR Minnesota 1:43.65 1:44.31P
25.36 51.78 (26.42)
1:18.31 (26.53) 1:44.31 (26.00)
14 King, Nathan JR Ohio State 1:45.18 1:44.33P
24.81 51.17 (26.36)
1:17.75 (26.58) 1:44.33 (26.58)
15 Vayo, Louis SO Cal. Berkeley 1:44.82 1:45.90
25.21 51.48 (26.27)
1:18.99 (27.51) 1:45.90 (26.91)
16 Hartley, Brian SR Florida 1:45.03 1:46.08
25.09 52.13 (27.04)
1:19.27 (27.14) 1:46.08 (26.81)
=== Preliminaries ===
17 McDermott, Caleb SO Texas 1:45.38
18 Maire, Romain SO Purdue 1:45.68
19 Eckert, Mark SO Cal. Berkeley 1:45.74
20 Winkler, Thomas SR Hawaii 1:45.76
21 Patton, Sean FR Texas 1:46.25
22 Caprara, Stefano SR Cornell 1:46.42
23 Schneider, Joey JR Auburn 1:46.75
24 Hesen, Ben SO Indiana 1:47.29
25 Sacco, Thomas JR Texas 1:47.34
26 Russell, David FR Cal. Berkeley 1:47.68
27 Boswell, Brad JR Tennessee 1:49.20
28 Mellors, Pat SO Virginia 1:49.23
29 Morrell, Nolan FR Tennessee 1:49.89
30 Botha, Jarryd SO Florida State 1:50.02
31 Beard, Scott SO Virginia Polytec 1:50.80
— Wolfe, Michael SO Tennessee DFS
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