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Arizona’s Kevin Cordes turned in the second-best time ever in the 100-yard breast to become just the third swimmer to ever win the event four times at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Cordes, who owns the NCAA and American record with a scorching 50.04 from last year, posted a 50.25 this evening. That gives Cordes the top six times of all time in the event’s history.
Cordes’ wins:
2012 Kevin Cordes, Arizona 51.71
2013 Kevin Cordes, Arizona, 50.74
2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona, 50.04
2015 Kevin Cordes, Arizona, 50.25
Cordes joines Texas’ Brendan Hansen and SMU’s Steve Lundquist as four-time NCAA 100-yard breaststroke winners.
Lundquist wins:
1980 Steve Lundquist, SMU, 53.59
1981 Steve Lundquist, SMU, 52.93
1982 Steve Lundquist, SMU, 53.09
1983 Steve Lundquist, SMU, 52.48
Hansen wins:
2001 Brendan Hansen, Texas, 52.35
2002 Brendan Hansen, Texas, 52.47
2003 Brendan Hansen, Texas, 51.96
2004 Brendan Hansen, Texas, 58.19 *SCM
In fact, Cordes is just the 14th man to complete a career sweep in NCAA history, and the first from Arizona:
- Bill Smith, Ohio State (220 free 1943-47-48-49)
- Yoshi Oyakawa, Ohio State (200 back 1952-53-54-55)
- Mark Spitz, Indiana (100 fly 1969-70-71-72)
- John Naber, Southern California (100 back 1974-75-76-77, 200 back 1974-75-76-77)
- Steve Lundquist, SMU (100 breast 1980-81-82-83)
- Pablo Morales, Stanford (100 fly 1984-85-86-87, 200 fly 1984-85-86-87)
- David Wharton, Southern California (400 IM 1988-89-90-91)
- Artur Wojdat, Iowa (500 free 1989-90-91-92)
- Gustavo Borges, Michigan (100 free 1992-93-94-95)
- Troy Dumais, Texas (three-meter diving 1999-2000-01-02)
- Ian Crocker, Texas (100 butterfly 2001-02-03-04)
- Brendan Hansen, Texas (100 and 200 breaststroke 2001-02-03-04).
- Nick McCrory, Duke (Platform 2010-11-13-14)
Georgia’s Nic Fink placed second tonight in 51.08 to move to fourth all time behind California’s Chuck Katis, who took third all time with a preliminary 50.89. Katis settled for third tonight in 51.15.
1 Cordes, Kevin SR Arizona 50.93 50.25 20
r:+0.75 23.73 50.25 (26.52)
2 Fink, Nicolas SR Georgia 51.59 51.08 17
r:+0.70 23.80 51.08 (27.28)
3 Katis, Chuck SR California 50.89 51.15 16
r:+0.73 23.99 51.15 (27.16)
4 Tierney, Sam SR Missouri 51.54 51.54 15
r:+0.72 24.15 51.54 (27.39)
5 Funk, Richard SR Michigan 51.41 51.65 14
r:+0.66 24.46 51.65 (27.19)
6 Schwingenschlog SO WKU 51.66 51.66 13
r:+0.66 24.13 51.66 (27.53)
7 Ortiz, Bruno SR Michigan 51.77 51.68 12
r:+0.69 24.46 51.68 (27.22)
8 Dahlia, Thomas SR Louisville 51.83 51.99 11
r:+0.68 24.47 51.99 (27.52)
1. Texas 341 2. California 227 3. Michigan 180 4. Florida 178 5. Georgia 138.5 6. Southern Cali 133 7. Alabama 113 8. Auburn 104 9. Arizona 91.5 10. Stanford 91 11. Missouri 82 12. NC State 70.5 13. Louisville 59 14. Ohio St 56 15. Tennessee 49 16. Indiana 44 17. UNC 38.5 18. Miami (Fl) 29 19. Purdue 20 20. Georgia Tech 14 21. Wku 13 22. Univ of Utah 12.5 23. Unlv (M) 12 24. Florida St 11 25. Wisconsin 10 26. Virginia Tech 9 27. Notre Dame 5 28. Texas A&M 4.5 29. Minnesota 4 30. Northwestern 2 30. South Carolina 2 32. Virginia 1
2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Live Results – Results
