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Texas’ Clark Smith dropped the hammer with a 24.03 final split to become the first Longhorn ever to win the men’s 500-yard free at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Smith scorched the finale with a time of 4:09.72, vaulting him to sixth all time in the event’s history.
All Time 500 Free
| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Vanderkaay | 4:08.54 |
| 2 | Tom Dolan | 4:08.75 |
| 3 | Jean Basson | 4:08.92 |
| 4 | Michael Klueh | 4:09.32 |
| 5 | Sebastien Rouault | 4:09.48 |
| 6 | Clark Smith | 4:09.72 |
| 7 | Larsen Jensen | 4:09.80 |
| 8 | Matt McLean | 4:10.00 |
Although Smith won, Texas was unable to maximize point scoring from three A finalists as Sam Lewis (4:16.75) and Jonathan Roberts (4:16.89) took seventh and eighth.
Florida’s Dan Wallace wound up second in 4:10.48 to move up to 11th all time in the event’s history, while USC’s Reed Malone earned third in 4:11.94.
Defending champion Cristian Quintero of USC finished fifth in 4:13.21, while Georgia’s Matias Koski would have finished third overall with his 4:11.83 to win the B final.
1 Smith, Clark SO Texas 4:11.17 4:09.72 20
r:+0.69 22.69 47.35 (24.66)
1:12.54 (25.19) 1:38.02 (25.48)
2:03.47 (25.45) 2:28.97 (25.50)
2:54.51 (25.54) 3:20.11 (25.60)
3:45.69 (25.58) 4:09.72 (24.03)
2 Wallace, Dan SR Florida 4:12.52 4:10.48 17
r:+0.69 22.88 47.76 (24.88)
1:13.00 (25.24) 1:38.61 (25.61)
2:04.07 (25.46) 2:29.41 (25.34)
2:54.65 (25.24) 3:19.90 (25.25)
3:45.20 (25.30) 4:10.48 (25.28)
3 Malone, Reed SO Southern Califor 4:13.07 4:11.94 16
r:+0.73 22.85 47.67 (24.82)
1:12.72 (25.05) 1:38.46 (25.74)
2:04.38 (25.92) 2:29.87 (25.49)
2:55.26 (25.39) 3:20.88 (25.62)
3:46.63 (25.75) 4:11.94 (25.31)
4 Nielsen, Anders JR Michigan 4:13.65 4:12.16 15
r:+0.73 23.13 48.36 (25.23)
1:13.86 (25.50) 1:39.49 (25.63)
2:05.38 (25.89) 2:31.27 (25.89)
2:56.79 (25.52) 3:22.67 (25.88)
3:47.83 (25.16) 4:12.16 (24.33)
5 Quintero, Crist SR Southern Califor 4:13.24 4:13.21 14
r:+0.67 22.44 47.21 (24.77)
1:12.42 (25.21) 1:38.40 (25.98)
2:04.37 (25.97) 2:30.15 (25.78)
2:55.68 (25.53) 3:21.49 (25.81)
3:47.59 (26.10) 4:13.21 (25.62)
6 D'Arrigo, Mitch SO Florida 4:12.72 4:14.30 13
r:+0.72 23.52 48.83 (25.31)
1:14.44 (25.61) 1:40.05 (25.61)
2:05.76 (25.71) 2:31.36 (25.60)
2:56.66 (25.30) 3:22.18 (25.52)
3:48.08 (25.90) 4:14.30 (26.22)
7 Lewis, Sam JR Texas 4:12.44 4:16.75 12
r:+0.67 23.00 47.96 (24.96)
1:13.30 (25.34) 1:39.13 (25.83)
2:05.16 (26.03) 2:31.41 (26.25)
2:57.71 (26.30) 3:24.28 (26.57)
3:51.06 (26.78) 4:16.75 (25.69)
8 Roberts, Jonath FR Texas 4:13.10 4:16.89 11
r:+0.75 23.54 48.72 (25.18)
1:14.24 (25.52) 1:39.99 (25.75)
2:06.05 (26.06) 2:32.25 (26.20)
2:58.68 (26.43) 3:24.98 (26.30)
3:51.31 (26.33) 4:16.89 (25.58)
1. Texas 83 2. Southern Cali 58 3. Florida 45 4. Michigan 39 5. California 34 6. Auburn 32 7. Alabama 30 8. Missouri 26 9. Arizona 18 10. Georgia 12.5 11. Unlv (M) 12 12. Ohio St 9 12. Louisville 9 14. UNC 7.5 15. NC State 7 16. Wisconsin 6 16. Stanford 6 18. Univ of Utah 5 19. Northwestern 2 19. Tennessee 2
2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Live Results – Results
Hook em
Was he the best swimmer out of his high school his senior year?
Also a 2014 graduate of Regis Jesuit in Denver — Missy Franklin.
2013 rather
This is strange yet Longhorn perfection. In the last several years everyone has gone to Texas and BECOME a butterflyer; Clark was Junior National Champion in 200 fly while in High School and one of the top HS 100 flyers. Now he wins the 500. Is in 200 Free also and is seeded 4th in 200 fly. Jack, Joseph and Dylan better watch out. Longhorn perfection in that prior generation was one of the most valuable Longhorns in his era, dad John, and Mom Tori (Trees) was a US 1984 Olympian. Truly Hook’em.
For example, John was anchor on Texas winning 400 Medley Relay in 1984.