NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: Matias Koski Keeps Georgia Streak Alive With 1650 Free Victory
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Georgia’s Matias Koski won the men’s 1650-yard freestyle with a superior final 500 yards at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Koski, who trailed Michigan freshman PJ Ransford by about half a pool with 500 yards to go, turned on the jets to win the event in 14:32.38. That’s the fifth victory for Georgia in the event’s history.
Other Georgia wins:
2006 Sebastien Rouault, Georgia, 14:29.43
2008 Sebastien Rouault, Georgia, 14:26.86
2009 Troyden Prinsloo, Georgia, 14:30.91
2012 Martin Grodzki, Georgia, 14:24.08
With the Georgia women putting up the top team finish ever without winning an individual or relay last week with a second-place effort behind California, Georgia’s 20-year streak of winning a title in either the men’s or women’s event was in jeopardy after two days without a Georgia win.
Koski kept that streak in tact.
Ransford, meanwhile, went out with the 10th-fastest 1000-yard free of all time with an 8:46.40 before settling for second overall in 14:34.36. That’s a 12-second drop for the rookie.
Ransford’s times broke 31-year-old and 32-year-old 17-18 U.S. National Age Group records of 8:48.57 and 14:38.22 set by Jeff Kostoff back in 1983 and 1984.
Northwestern’s Jordan Wilimovsky placed third overall with a 14:36.64, while Utah’s Bence Kiraly snared fourth with a 14:41.86 from the earlier heats.
1 Koski, Matias JR Georgia 14:38.72 14:32.38 20 r:+0.76 24.16 50.54 (26.38) 1:16.89 (26.35) 1:43.42 (26.53) 2:09.81 (26.39) 2:36.35 (26.54) 3:02.89 (26.54) 3:29.68 (26.79) 3:56.35 (26.67) 4:23.00 (26.65) 4:49.74 (26.74) 5:16.49 (26.75) 5:43.40 (26.91) 6:10.33 (26.93) 6:36.78 (26.45) 7:03.30 (26.52) 7:29.81 (26.51) 7:56.60 (26.79) 8:23.47 (26.87) 8:50.16 (26.69) 9:16.94 (26.78) 9:43.51 (26.57) 10:10.22 (26.71) 10:36.66 (26.44) 11:03.20 (26.54) 11:29.60 (26.40) 11:55.91 (26.31) 12:22.31 (26.40) 12:48.66 (26.35) 13:14.88 (26.22) 13:41.17 (26.29) 14:07.50 (26.33) 14:32.38 (24.88) 2 Ransford, PJ FR Michigan 14:49.63 14:34.36 17 r:+0.77 25.50 51.57 (26.07) 1:18.02 (26.45) 1:44.65 (26.63) 2:11.49 (26.84) 2:38.41 (26.92) 3:04.66 (26.25) 3:30.90 (26.24) 3:57.06 (26.16) 4:23.11 (26.05) 4:49.49 (26.38) 5:16.00 (26.51) 5:42.13 (26.13) 6:08.36 (26.23) 6:34.51 (26.15) 7:00.92 (26.41) 7:27.24 (26.32) 7:53.68 (26.44) 8:20.07 (26.39) 8:46.40 (26.33) 9:12.67 (26.27) 9:39.13 (26.46) 10:05.60 (26.47) 10:32.47 (26.87) 10:59.38 (26.91) 11:26.19 (26.81) 11:53.41 (27.22) 12:20.20 (26.79) 12:47.07 (26.87) 13:14.05 (26.98) 13:41.36 (27.31) 14:08.19 (26.83) 14:34.36 (26.17) 3 Wilimovsky, Jor JR Northwestern 14:33.50 14:36.64 16 r:+0.73 24.35 50.43 (26.08) 1:16.62 (26.19) 1:42.95 (26.33) 2:09.30 (26.35) 2:35.92 (26.62) 3:02.57 (26.65) 3:29.30 (26.73) 3:55.96 (26.66) 4:22.81 (26.85) 4:49.56 (26.75) 5:16.49 (26.93) 5:43.25 (26.76) 6:09.87 (26.62) 6:36.38 (26.51) 7:02.94 (26.56) 7:29.67 (26.73) 7:56.53 (26.86) 8:23.29 (26.76) 8:50.10 (26.81) 9:16.93 (26.83) 9:43.70 (26.77) 10:09.90 (26.20) 10:36.39 (26.49) 11:03.27 (26.88) 11:29.87 (26.60) 11:56.32 (26.45) 12:22.96 (26.64) 12:49.77 (26.81) 13:16.74 (26.97) 13:43.82 (27.08) 14:10.82 (27.00) 14:36.64 (25.82) 4 Kiraly, Bence JR Univ of Utah 14:51.17 14:41.86 15 r:+0.89 24.07 50.19 (26.12) 1:16.65 (26.46) 1:43.23 (26.58) 2:09.97 (26.74) 2:36.89 (26.92) 3:03.82 (26.93) 3:30.67 (26.85) 3:57.71 (27.04) 4:24.74 (27.03) 4:51.72 (26.98) 5:18.71 (26.99) 5:45.85 (27.14) 6:12.96 (27.11) 6:39.99 (27.03) 7:06.86 (26.87) 7:33.88 (27.02) 8:00.70 (26.82) 8:27.43 (26.73) 8:54.11 (26.68) 9:20.71 (26.60) 9:47.50 (26.79) 10:14.41 (26.91) 10:41.09 (26.68) 11:07.93 (26.84) 11:34.76 (26.83) 12:01.63 (26.87) 12:28.62 (26.99) 12:55.65 (27.03) 13:22.79 (27.14) 13:49.81 (27.02) 14:16.50 (26.69) 14:41.86 (25.36) 5 Ipsen, Anton Oe FR NC State 14:48.52 14:43.16 14 r:+0.74 24.93 51.89 (26.96) 1:18.75 (26.86) 1:45.49 (26.74) 2:12.22 (26.73) 2:39.04 (26.82) 3:05.66 (26.62) 3:32.33 (26.67) 3:59.00 (26.67) 4:25.75 (26.75) 4:52.46 (26.71) 5:19.10 (26.64) 5:45.74 (26.64) 6:12.54 (26.80) 6:39.27 (26.73) 7:05.99 (26.72) 7:32.66 (26.67) 7:59.12 (26.46) 8:25.89 (26.77) 8:52.56 (26.67) 9:19.08 (26.52) 9:45.82 (26.74) 10:12.54 (26.72) 10:39.30 (26.76) 11:06.06 (26.76) 11:33.01 (26.95) 12:00.17 (27.16) 12:27.15 (26.98) 12:54.37 (27.22) 13:21.38 (27.01) 13:48.77 (27.39) 14:16.19 (27.42) 14:43.16 (26.97) 6 Mahmoud, Akaram FR South Carolina 14:51.27 14:46.50 13 r:+0.75 24.47 51.03 (26.56) 1:17.83 (26.80) 1:44.67 (26.84) 2:11.65 (26.98) 2:38.78 (27.13) 3:05.81 (27.03) 3:32.74 (26.93) 3:59.77 (27.03) 4:26.77 (27.00) 4:53.69 (26.92) 5:20.71 (27.02) 5:47.64 (26.93) 6:14.73 (27.09) 6:41.57 (26.84) 7:08.48 (26.91) 7:35.32 (26.84) 8:02.30 (26.98) 8:29.37 (27.07) 8:56.16 (26.79) 9:22.97 (26.81) 9:49.71 (26.74) 10:16.50 (26.79) 10:43.37 (26.87) 11:10.18 (26.81) 11:37.16 (26.98) 12:04.00 (26.84) 12:31.07 (27.07) 12:58.16 (27.09) 13:25.29 (27.13) 13:52.44 (27.15) 14:19.78 (27.34) 14:46.50 (26.72) 7 Bunch, Dylan JR Denver 14:55.62 14:47.53 12 r:+0.85 24.91 51.25 (26.34) 1:18.30 (27.05) 1:45.45 (27.15) 2:12.44 (26.99) 2:39.49 (27.05) 3:06.44 (26.95) 3:33.31 (26.87) 4:00.34 (27.03) 4:27.40 (27.06) 4:54.55 (27.15) 5:21.65 (27.10) 5:48.60 (26.95) 6:15.63 (27.03) 6:42.58 (26.95) 7:09.37 (26.79) 7:36.19 (26.82) 8:03.13 (26.94) 8:30.19 (27.06) 8:57.32 (27.13) 9:24.44 (27.12) 9:51.35 (26.91) 10:18.39 (27.04) 10:45.45 (27.06) 11:12.69 (27.24) 11:40.08 (27.39) 12:07.07 (26.99) 12:34.15 (27.08) 13:01.44 (27.29) 13:28.46 (27.02) 13:55.20 (26.74) 14:21.79 (26.59) 14:47.53 (25.74) 8 Pinion, Evan FR Tennessee 14:42.04 14:47.85 11 r:+0.72 24.87 51.44 (26.57) 1:18.23 (26.79) 1:44.91 (26.68) 2:11.74 (26.83) 2:38.45 (26.71) 3:05.21 (26.76) 3:31.95 (26.74) 3:59.07 (27.12) 4:25.94 (26.87) 4:52.82 (26.88) 5:19.98 (27.16) 5:46.83 (26.85) 6:13.83 (27.00) 6:40.98 (27.15) 7:08.13 (27.15) 7:35.20 (27.07) 8:02.50 (27.30) 8:29.89 (27.39) 8:56.91 (27.02) 9:24.25 (27.34) 9:51.36 (27.11) 10:18.49 (27.13) 10:45.75 (27.26) 11:12.65 (26.90) 11:39.64 (26.99) 12:06.71 (27.07) 12:33.84 (27.13) 13:00.92 (27.08) 13:27.82 (26.90) 13:54.86 (27.04) 14:21.87 (27.01) 14:47.85 (25.98)
1. Texas 408 2. California 275 3. Michigan 227 4. Florida 211 5. Southern Cali 197 6. Georgia 168.5 7. Stanford 156 8. Auburn 131 9. Alabama 127 10. NC State 118.5 11. Indiana 104 12. Tennessee 92 13. Arizona 91.5 14. Missouri 82 15. Ohio St 72 15. Louisville 72 17. UNC 49.5 18. Miami (Fl) 49 19. South Carolina 36 20. Wisconsin 35 21. Purdue 29 22. Univ of Utah 27.5 23. Penn St 20 24. Northwestern 18 25. Brigham Young 15 26. Georgia Tech 14 27. Wku 13 27. Virginia Tech 13 29. Denver 12 29. Unlv (M) 12 31. Florida St 11 32. Virginia 8 33. Notre Dame 7 34. Penn 6 35. Texas A&M 4.5 36. Minnesota 4 37. Southern Methodist University 2 37. Yale 2
2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Live Results – Results