NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: California Safely Wins 200 Medley Relay
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California put together a safe men’s 200-yard medley relay to win the finale at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
After clocking a sizzling American record of 1:22.40 this morning during prelims, and after witnessing plenty of disqualifications the past two days, California’s Ryan Murphy, Chuck Katis, Justin Lynch and Tyler Messerschmidt played it safe and still managed to win in 1:22.74.
That’s California’s fifth victory in the 200-yard medley relay all time. Other Cal wins:
2005 California (Milorad Cavic, Henrique Barbosa, Duje Draganja, Rolandas Gimbutis), 1:25.30
2010 California (Guy Barnea, Damir Dugonjic, Graeme Moore, Joshua Daniels), 1:23.08
2011 California (Guy Barnea, Damir Dugonjic, Graeme Moore, Nathan Adrian), 1:23.12
2014 California (Ryan Murphy, Chuck Katis, Tony Cox, Tyler Messerschmidt), 1:22.83
Alabama’s Connor Oslin, Anton McKee, Brett Walsh and Kristian Gkolomeev picked up second overall with a time of 1:23.35, while Texas’s Kip Darmody, John Murray, Joseph Schooling and Brett Ringgold snared third overall in 1:23.46.
Texas was the first team to crack 200 points as the Longhorns took a 203-159 lead over California after the event.
1 California 1:22.40 1:22.74 40 1) Murphy, Ryan SO 2) r:+0.33 Katis, Chuck SR 3) r:+0.44 Lynch, Justin FR 4) r:+0.30 Messerschmidt,yler JR 10.23 20.64 (20.64) 30.72 (10.08) 43.43 (22.79) 52.95 (9.52) 1:04.06 (20.63) 1:12.81 (8.75) 1:22.74 (18.68) 2 Alabama 1:23.96 1:23.35 34 1) Oslin, Connor SO 2) r:+0.20 McKee, Anton SO 3) r:+0.18 Walsh, Brett JR 4) r:+0.11 Gkolomeev, Kritian SO 10.29 20.78 (20.78) 31.21 (10.43) 44.64 (23.86) 53.63 (8.99) 1:05.11 (20.47) 1:13.74 (8.63) 1:23.35 (18.24) 3 Texas 1:24.00 1:23.46 32 1) Darmody, Kip SR 2) r:+0.25 Murray, John JR 3) r:+0.31 Schooling, Joseph FR 4) r:+0.51 Ringgold, Brett FR 10.75 21.29 (21.29) 31.40 (10.11) 44.84 (23.55) 53.95 (9.11) 1:04.75 (19.91) 1:13.58 (8.83) 1:23.46 (18.71) 4 Louisville 1:24.01 1:23.90 30 1) Tarasevich, Grigory SO 2) r:+0.07 Dahlia, Thomas SR 3) r:+0.40 Quallen, Josh SO 4) r:+0.51 Carroll, Trevor SO 10.70 21.54 (21.54) 31.69 (10.15) 44.92 (23.38) 53.64 (8.72) 1:04.90 (19.98) 1:13.70 (8.80) 1:23.90 (19.00) 5 Auburn 1:24.18 1:24.03 28 1) Darmody, Kyle SO 2) r:+0.19 Duderstadt, Mihael SO 3) r:+0.42 Mendes, Arthur JR 4) r:+0.33 Molacek, Jacob FR 10.58 21.30 (21.30) 31.64 (10.34) 44.71 (23.41) 54.02 (9.31) 1:05.24 (20.53) 1:14.06 (8.82) 1:24.03 (18.79) 6 Southern Califor 1:23.90 1:24.08 26 1) Spinazzola, Luca SR 2) r:+0.29 Klarskov, Morten JR 3) r:+0.13 Carter, Dylan SO 4) r:+0.28 Condorelli, Santo SO 10.60 21.23 (21.23) 32.13 (10.90) 45.23 (24.00) 54.06 (8.83) 1:05.27 (20.04) 1:14.19 (8.92) 1:24.08 (18.81) 7 Florida 1:24.14 1:24.16 24 1) Blyzinskyj, Jack SO 2) r:+0.22 Munch, Ricky SR 3) r:+0.37 Dressel, Caeleb FR 4) r:+0.33 Main, Corey JR 10.68 21.36 (21.36) 31.86 (10.50) 44.96 (23.60) 54.21 (9.25) 1:05.07 (20.11) 1:14.25 (9.18) 1:24.16 (19.09) 8 Tennessee 1:24.33 1:24.26 22 1) Lehane, Sean JR 2) r:+0.23 Stevens, Peter FR 3) r:+0.39 Thulin, Jacob SR 4) r:+0.52 Tillman, Troy SR 10.72 21.43 (21.43) 31.58 (10.15) 44.41 (22.98) 53.88 (9.47) 1:05.29 (20.88) 1:14.35 (9.06) 1:24.26 (18.97)
1. Texas 203 2. California 159 3. Florida 132 4. Michigan 123 5. Alabama 113 6. Southern Cali 103 7. Auburn 95 8. Stanford 75 9. Georgia 73.5 10. NC State 63.5 11. Missouri 63 12. Arizona 62.5 13. Louisville 39 14. Tennessee 34 15. Miami (Fl) 29 15. Indiana 29 17. UNC 24.5 18. Ohio St 21 19. Purdue 20 20. Georgia Tech 14 21. Univ of Utah 12.5 22. Unlv (M) 12 23. Wisconsin 10 24. Texas A&M 4.5 25. Minnesota 4 26. Virginia Tech 2 26. South Carolina 2 26. Northwestern 2 29. Florida St 1
2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Live Results – Results