NC State Wins 1st Ever NCAA Relay Title With Close Triumph Against Texas in 400 Free Relay
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NC State collected its first NCAA relay title with a victory in the men’s 400-yard free relay at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Ryan Held (41.82), Simonas Bilis (40.80), Andreas Schiellerup (42.10) and Soeren Dahl (42.09) won the finale in a close battle with a 2:46.81.
Texas’ Brett Ringgold (41.61), Joseph Schooling (41.97), John Murray (42.12) and Jack Conger (41.15) finished second in 2:46.85 in a super close finale.
The .04-second margin of victory is not the closest ever as Texas (2:54.84) beat Auburn (2:54.87) by .03 in 1981.
Florida’s Caeleb Dressel (40.86), Corey Main (42.06), Mark Szaranek (42.37) and Jan Switkowski (41.87) raced their way to third in 2:47.16.
Indiana (2:49.10), Georgia (2:49.84), Alabama (2:49.96) and Auburn (2:50.93) finished fourth through seventh, while California drew a disqualification.
=== A - Final === 1 NC State 2:47.36 2:46.81P 1) Held, Ryan SO 2) r:0.49 Bilis, Simonas SR 3) r:0.33 Schiellerup, Anreas JR 4) r:0.25 Dahl, Soeren JR r:+0.66 19.80 41.82 (41.82) 1:00.90 (19.08) 1:22.62 (40.80) 1:42.38 (19.76) 2:04.72 (42.10) 2:24.46 (19.74) 2:46.81 (42.09) 2 Texas 2:51.40 2:46.85P 1) Ringgold, Brett SO 2) r:0.25 Schooling, Joseph SO 3) r:0.19 Murray, John SR 4) r:0.20 Conger, Jack JR r:+0.73 19.71 41.61 (41.61) 1:01.58 (19.97) 1:23.58 (41.97) 1:43.44 (19.86) 2:05.70 (42.12) 2:25.21 (19.51) 2:46.85 (41.15) 3 Florida 2:48.70 2:47.16P 1) Dressel, Caeleb SO 2) r:0.25 Main, Corey SR 3) r:0.30 Szaranek, Mark SO 4) r:0.33 Switkowski, Jan SO r:+0.65 19.35 40.86 (40.86) 1:00.45 (19.59) 1:22.92 (42.06) 1:42.90 (19.98) 2:05.29 (42.37) 2:25.22 (19.93) 2:47.16 (41.87) 4 Indiana 2:50.10 2:49.10 1) Tavcar, Anze JR 2) r:0.28 Khalafalla, Ali SO 3) r:0.23 Lorentz, Sam JR 4) r:0.26 Pieroni, Blake SO r:+0.75 20.18 42.38 (42.38) 1:02.29 (19.91) 1:24.79 (42.41) 1:44.82 (20.03) 2:07.62 (42.83) 2:27.32 (19.70) 2:49.10 (41.48) 5 Georgia 2:51.29 2:49.84 1) Koski, Matias SR 2) r:0.28 Dale, Taylor JR 3) r:0.26 Bentz, Gunnar SO 4) r:0.37 Trice, Michael SR r:+0.68 20.49 42.62 (42.62) 1:02.42 (19.80) 1:25.42 (42.80) 1:45.66 (20.24) 2:07.67 (42.25) 2:27.26 (19.59) 2:49.84 (42.17) 6 Alabama 2:51.30 2:49.96 1) Bams, Laurent SO 2) r:0.47 Reid, Christopher SO 3) r:0.41 Howard, Robert FR 4) r:0.37 Gkolomeev, Kristian JR r:+0.67 20.57 42.79 (42.79) 1:03.12 (20.33) 1:25.35 (42.56) 1:45.62 (20.27) 2:08.44 (43.09) 2:27.96 (19.52) 2:49.96 (41.52) 7 Auburn 2:51.01 2:50.93 1) Mendes, Arthur SR 2) r:0.43 Darmody, Kyle JR 3) r:0.04 Molacek, Jacob SO 4) r:0.04 Holoda, Peter SO r:+0.61 20.53 42.82 (42.82) 1:03.06 (20.24) 1:25.90 (43.08) 1:45.91 (20.01) 2:08.74 (42.84) 2:28.36 (19.62) 2:50.93 (42.19) -- California 2:49.67 DQ 1) Gutierrez, Long JR 2) r:-0.07 Williams, Trent SR 3) r:0.09 Lynch, Justin SO 4) r:0.16 Murphy, Ryan JR r:+0.65 20.38 42.83 (42.83) 1:03.05 (20.22) 1:25.63 (42.80) 1:45.51 (19.88) 2:07.88 (42.25) 2:27.32 (19.44) DQ (41.56) === B - Final === 9 Michigan 2:52.40 2:51.17 1) Powers, Paul SO 2) r:0.12 Sanders, Tristan SO 3) r:0.03 Brumm, Pete SR 4) r:0.24 Nielsen, Anders SR r:+0.62 20.10 42.67 (42.67) 1:02.70 (20.03) 1:25.36 (42.69) 1:45.52 (20.16) 2:08.31 (42.95) 2:28.28 (19.97) 2:51.17 (42.86) 10 Stanford 2:51.93 2:51.54 1) Perry, Sam SO 2) r:0.21 Garnier, Jeff SR 3) r:0.32 Duggan, Sean SR 4) r:0.20 DeShon, Spencer JR r:+0.60 20.21 42.67 (42.67) 1:03.00 (20.33) 1:25.78 (43.11) 1:46.40 (20.62) 2:08.83 (43.05) 2:29.07 (20.24) 2:51.54 (42.71) 11 Wisconsin 2:52.59 2:51.83 1) Clifton, Cannon JR 2) r:0.17 Pinfold, Brett JR 3) r:0.25 Stack, Ryan SO 4) r:0.37 Barsanti, Ryan JR r:+0.64 20.22 43.22 (43.22) 1:03.38 (20.16) 1:25.65 (42.43) 1:46.15 (20.50) 2:08.94 (43.29) 2:29.12 (20.18) 2:51.83 (42.89) 12 Tennessee 2:52.22 2:51.99 1) Decoursey, Kyle FR 2) r:0.29 Aberg Lejdstromstav SR 3) r:0.23 Coetzee, Ryan SO 4) r:0.30 Lehane, Sean SR r:+0.71 20.79 43.20 (43.20) 1:03.43 (20.23) 1:26.09 (42.89) 1:46.22 (20.13) 2:09.20 (43.11) 2:29.52 (20.32) 2:51.99 (42.79) 13 Louisville 2:51.47 2:52.18 1) Lindenbauer, Matthias JR 2) r:0.17 Tarasevich, Grigory JR 3) r:0.17 Boland, David JR 4) r:0.18 Carroll, Trevor JR r:+0.67 20.73 43.25 (43.25) 1:03.13 (19.88) 1:25.52 (42.27) 1:46.18 (20.66) 2:09.47 (43.95) 2:29.54 (20.07) 2:52.18 (42.71) 14 Missouri 2:52.52 2:52.26 1) Margritier, Matthew SR 2) r:0.14 Schreuders, Mikel FR 3) r:0.25 Schwingenschlogbian JR 4) r:0.25 Chadwick, Michael JR r:+0.63 21.10 43.87 (43.87) 1:04.20 (20.33) 1:27.11 (43.24) 1:47.50 (20.39) 2:11.03 (43.92) 2:30.64 (19.61) 2:52.26 (41.23) 15 USC 2:52.79 2:53.73 1) Tribuntsov, Ralf SO 2) r:0.21 Mulcare, Pat FR 3) r:0.31 Morgan, David JR 4) r:0.29 Malone, Reed JR r:+0.70 20.50 43.18 (43.18) 1:03.55 (20.37) 1:26.49 (43.31) 1:47.08 (20.59) 2:10.27 (43.78) 2:30.80 (20.53) 2:53.73 (43.46) -- Arizona 2:52.64 DQ 1) Richmond, Renny JR 2) r:0.09 Dobbs, Chatham FR 3) r:0.05 Maudslien, Thane JR 4) r:-0.03 Idensohn, Chad FR r:+0.63 20.73 43.42 (43.42) 1:03.83 (20.41) 1:25.99 (42.57) 1:46.43 (20.44) 2:09.20 (43.21) 2:28.83 (19.63) DQ (42.62)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 21 1. Texas 541.5 2. California 351 3. Florida 334 4. NC State 314 5. Georgia 239.5 6. Alabama 225 7. Tennessee 188 8. Missouri 184 9. Indiana 180.5 10. Auburn 167 11. Louisville 164.5 12. Michigan 158 13. Southern Cali 117 14. Stanford 112.5 15. Ohio St 91 16. Arizona 87 17. South Carolina 71 18. Wisconsin 53 19. Virginia Tech 44.5 20. Minnesota 41 21. Brigham Young 40 22. University of Miami 31 22. Pittsburgh 31 24. Penn 26 25. Texas A&M 20 26. UNC 16 26. Air Force 16 28. Virginia 15 28. Cleveland St 15 30. Oakland 13 31. Hawaii 12 31. Florida St 12 33. George Washington 11 33. Yale 11 35. Univ of Utah 9 35. Unlv 9 37. Georgia Tech 8 37. Princeton 8 39. Duke 7 40. Lsu 6 40. Iowa 6 40. Kentucky 6 43. Purdue 5 44. Cornell 2 44. Penn State University 2 44. Harvard 2 44. Arizona St 2