NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: Cristian Quintero Moves to 9th All Time With 200 Free Win
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Southern California’s Cristian Quintero joined a long line of USC 200 free victors at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Quintero threw down a time of 1:32.03 to move to ninth overall in the all time rankings for the victory.
That’s the eighth time a Trojan has won the award, and first time in 14 years as Klete Keller previously won in 2001.
Other USC wins:
1965 Roy Saari, Southern California, 1:42.9
1966 Roy Saari, Southern California, 1:44.66
1971 James McConica, Southern California, 1:39.75
1973 James McConica, Southern California, 1:39.625
1977 Bruce Furniss, Southern California, 1:36.16
1978 Bruce Furniss, Southern California, 1:37.02
2001 Klete Keller, Southern California, 1:34.43
Michigan’s Anders Nielsen started to close on Quintero, but settled for second overall with a 1:32.73.
Texas’ Clay Youngquist picked up third-place honors with a time of 1:33.10 as the Longhorns continued to pile onto their top team tally.
Texas led California, 337-211, following the 200 free.
1 Quintero, Crist SR Southern Califor 1:32.70 1:32.03 20 r:+0.70 21.49 44.68 (23.19) 1:08.34 (23.66) 1:32.03 (23.69) 2 Nielsen, Anders JR Michigan 1:32.80 1:32.73 17 r:+0.74 22.05 45.33 (23.28) 1:08.68 (23.35) 1:32.73 (24.05) 3 Youngquist, Cla SR Texas 1:32.85 1:33.10 16 r:+0.73 21.73 45.20 (23.47) 1:09.13 (23.93) 1:33.10 (23.97) 4 Pieroni, Blake FR Indiana 1:33.26 1:33.29 15 r:+0.69 21.51 45.13 (23.62) 1:09.15 (24.02) 1:33.29 (24.14) 5 Williams, Trent JR California 1:33.01 1:33.43 14 r:+0.63 22.05 45.64 (23.59) 1:09.66 (24.02) 1:33.43 (23.77) 6 Kremer, Tom JR Stanford 1:33.18 1:33.52 13 r:+0.51 21.88 45.55 (23.67) 1:09.39 (23.84) 1:33.52 (24.13) 7 Disalle, Michae SR Ohio St 1:33.22 1:33.53 12 r:+0.68 21.34 45.01 (23.67) 1:09.11 (24.10) 1:33.53 (24.42) 8 Fleagle, Josh JR Ohio St 1:33.09 1:33.72 11 r:+0.69 21.33 45.08 (23.75) 1:09.40 (24.32) 1:33.72 (24.32)
1. Texas 337 2. California 211 3. Florida 178 4. Michigan 154 5. Southern Cali 131 6. Georgia 121.5 7. Alabama 113 8. Auburn 97 9. Stanford 91 10. NC State 70.5 11. Arizona 68.5 12. Missouri 67 13. Ohio St 56 14. Louisville 48 15. Indiana 44 16. Tennessee 43 17. UNC 38.5 18. Miami (Fl) 29 19. Purdue 20 20. Georgia Tech 14 21. Univ of Utah 12.5 22. Unlv (M) 12 23. Wisconsin 10 24. Virginia Tech 9 25. Texas A&M 4.5 26. Minnesota 4 27. Florida St 2 27. Northwestern 2 27. South Carolina 2
2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Live Results – Results