NCAA Championships: Josh Liendo Throws Down 43 to Take Top Seed in 100 Butterfly
The 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued on Friday with the prelims of the 100 butterfly.
In the first circle-seeded heat, NC State’s Nyls Korstanje led at the halfway point. Florida’s Josh Liendo took a narrow lead at the final turn and hung on to win the race in 43.80. It was a time that would hold up with two heats to go.
In the second circle-seeded heat, Jordan Crooks held a narrow lead at the halfway point as he battled NC State’s Kacper Stokowski until the touch. Crooks got to the wall in 44.52, just ahead of Stokowski (44.66)
In the final heat, Stanford’s Andrei Minakov led at the halfway point. Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan used a late surge to get to the wall first in 44.00. Minakov was next at 44.14.
The NCAA overall top seed went to Liendo at 43.80, ahead of Ramadan (44.00) and Minakov (44.17).
Indiana junior Tomer Frankel took the fourth seed in 44.26, followed by NC State’s Aiden Hayes (44.40), Crooks (44.52), Korstanje (44.56) and Stokowsi (44.65) as the NC State Wolfpack put three in the NCAA final.
Event 9 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Meet: M 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: A 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Liendo, Josh FR Florida 44.11 43.80
r:+0.64 20.36 43.80 (23.44)
2 Ramadan, Youssef JR VT 43.93 44.00
r:+0.59 20.55 44.00 (23.45)
3 Minakov, Andrei JR Stanford 44.34 44.17
r:+0.64 20.46 44.17 (23.71)
4 Frankel, Tomer JR Indiana 44.66 44.26
r:+0.62 20.53 44.26 (23.73)
5 Hayes, Aiden SO NC State 44.66 44.40
r:+0.64 20.78 44.40 (23.62)
6 Crooks, Jordan SO Tennessee 44.04 44.52
r:+0.62 20.55 44.52 (23.97)
7 Korstanje, Nyls SR NC State 44.70 44.56
r:+0.62 20.30 44.56 (24.26)
8 Stokowski, Kacper SR NC State 44.68 44.65
r:+0.62 20.70 44.65 (23.95)
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9 Baganha, Victor SO Penn St 45.22 44.75
r:+0.56 20.69 44.75 (24.06)
10 Burns, Brendan SR Indiana 45.81 44.79
r:+0.66 21.12 44.79 (23.67)
11 Cohen Groumi, Gal SO Michigan 44.50 44.80
r:+0.60 20.91 44.80 (23.89)
12 Rose, Dare JR California 45.30 44.86
r:+0.61 20.52 44.86 (24.34)
13 Sequeira, Aaron SO Stanford 45.01 44.87
r:+0.62 20.95 44.87 (23.92)
14 Secchi, Clement 5Y Missouri 45.08 44.96
r:+0.57 20.78 44.96 (24.18)
15 Foote, Connor FR TAMU 45.22 45.21
r:+0.53 21.10 45.21 (24.11)
16 Bustos, Arsenio SO NC State 44.97 45.24
r:+0.63 21.06 45.24 (24.18)
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17 Gures, Umitcan SR Harvard 44.91 45.32
r:+0.62 21.24 45.32 (24.08)
18 Quach, Alex SO Ohio St 45.08 45.33
r:+0.61 21.12 45.33 (24.21)
