NCAA Division I Men’s Championships: USC Trojans Defend 800 Free Relay Title
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Southern California defending its men’s 800-yard free relay title at the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships with Reed Malone providing an amazing anchor leg.
The foursome of Cristian Quintero, Dylan Carter, Michael Domagala and Malone powered their way to a 6:11.64 for the win. That’s USC’s ninth win in the event’s history.
Previous USC wins:
1969 Southern California (George Watson, Mark Mader, Greg Charlton, Frank Heckl), 6:49.48
1970 Southern California (Mark Mader, James McConica, Greg Charlton, Frank Heckl), 6:51.77
1971 Southern California (James McConica, Kim Tutt, Thomas McBreen, Frank Heckl), 6:39.04
1972 Southern California (Edward McCleskey, Stephen Tyrrell, Thomas McBreen, James McConica), 6:38.635
1976 Southern California (John Naber, Richard Hannula, Scott Findorff, Bruce Furniss), 6:33.13
1977 Southern California (Steve Pickell, Mark Greenwood, Bruce Furniss, John Naber), 6:28.01
2002 Southern California (Jeff Lee, Rodrigo Castro, Tamas Kerekjarto, Klete Keller), 6:17.35
2014 Southern California (Cristian Quintero, Reed Malone, Dylan Carter, Dimitri Colupaev), 6:13.09
NC State’s Ryan Held, David Williams, Soeren Dahl and Simonas Bilis picked up second-place honors in 6:12.48, while Stanford’s Drew Cosgarea, Thomas Stephens, David Nolan and Tom Kremer claimed third in 6:14.83.
1 Southern Califor 6:12.51 6:11.64 40 1) Quintero, Cristian SR 2) r:+0.09 Carter, Dylan SO 3) r:+0.16 Domagala, Michael SO 4) r:+0.25 Malone, Reed SO r:+0.68 21.90 45.36 (45.36) 1:09.29 (1:09.29) 1:32.89 (1:32.89) 1:53.23 (20.34) 2:16.21 (43.32) 2:40.58 (1:07.69) 3:05.67 (1:32.78) 3:27.15 (21.48) 3:51.14 (45.47) 4:15.12 (1:09.45) 4:40.05 (1:34.38) 5:01.07 (21.02) 5:24.36 (44.31) 5:47.79 (1:07.74) 6:11.64 (1:31.59) 2 NC State 6:13.14 6:12.48 34 1) Held, Ryan FR 2) r:+0.13 Williams, David SR 3) r:+0.35 Dahl, Soeren SO 4) r:+0.36 Bilis, Simonas JR r:+0.66 21.76 45.86 (45.86) 1:10.03 (1:10.03) 1:33.62 (1:33.62) 1:54.22 (20.60) 2:17.44 (43.82) 2:41.69 (1:08.07) 3:06.13 (1:32.51) 3:27.47 (21.34) 3:51.32 (45.19) 4:15.07 (1:08.94) 4:39.48 (1:33.35) 4:59.95 (20.47) 5:23.75 (44.27) 5:47.72 (1:08.24) 6:12.48 (1:33.00) 3 Stanford 6:14.98 6:14.83 32 1) Cosgarea, Drew SR 2) r:+0.33 Stephens, Thomas SR 3) r:+0.18 Nolan, David SR 4) r:+0.24 Kremer, Tom JR r:+0.71 22.07 45.85 (45.85) 1:10.35 (1:10.35) 1:35.10 (1:35.10) 1:56.69 (21.59) 2:20.69 (45.59) 2:45.07 (1:09.97) 3:10.01 (1:34.91) 3:30.95 (20.94) 3:54.54 (44.53) 4:18.19 (1:08.18) 4:41.82 (1:31.81) 5:02.79 (20.97) 5:26.55 (44.73) 5:50.52 (1:08.70) 6:14.83 (1:33.01) 4 Michigan 6:12.20 6:16.05 30 1) Glanda, Justin SR 2) r:+0.36 Nielsen, Ander Lie JR 3) r:+0.18 Mangan, Jack SO 4) r:+0.54 Bosch, Dylan JR r:+0.72 22.16 45.95 (45.95) 1:10.26 (1:10.26) 1:34.61 (1:34.61) 1:55.68 (21.07) 2:18.89 (44.28) 2:42.82 (1:08.21) 3:07.05 (1:32.44) 3:28.22 (21.17) 3:51.86 (44.81) 4:15.85 (1:08.80) 4:40.81 (1:33.76) 5:02.69 (21.88) 5:26.28 (45.47) 5:50.71 (1:09.90) 6:16.05 (1:35.24) 5 Indiana 6:16.82 6:17.09 28 1) Pieroni, Blake FR 2) r:+0.32 Schmuhl, Steve SR 3) r:+0.13 Miller, Jackson SO 4) r:+0.29 Tavcar, Anze SO r:+0.71 21.76 45.66 (45.66) 1:10.17 (1:10.17) 1:34.41 (1:34.41) 1:55.66 (21.25) 2:19.25 (44.84) 2:43.73 (1:09.32) 3:08.56 (1:34.15) 3:30.02 (21.46) 3:53.61 (45.05) 4:17.88 (1:09.32) 4:42.57 (1:34.01) 5:03.76 (21.19) 5:27.65 (45.08) 5:52.28 (1:09.71) 6:17.09 (1:34.52) 6 California 6:19.30 6:17.11 26 1) Williams, Trent JR 2) r:+0.27 Gutierrez, Long SO 3) r:+0.27 Pebley, Jacob JR 4) r:+0.24 Hamilton, Will SR r:+0.71 21.63 45.18 (45.18) 1:09.29 (1:09.29) 1:33.61 (1:33.61) 1:54.92 (21.31) 2:18.74 (45.13) 2:44.00 (1:10.39) 3:09.78 (1:36.17) 3:31.68 (21.90) 3:55.54 (45.76) 4:19.58 (1:09.80) 4:44.24 (1:34.46) 5:05.76 (21.52) 5:29.44 (45.20) 5:53.56 (1:09.32) 6:17.11 (1:32.87) 7 Florida 6:12.85 6:17.12 24 1) Werner, Pawel JR 2) r:+0.39 D'Arrigo, Mitch SO 3) r:+0.32 Main, Corey JR 4) r:+0.30 Wallace, Dan SR r:+0.75 22.02 46.03 (46.03) 1:10.21 (1:10.21) 1:34.89 (1:34.89) 1:57.12 (22.23) 2:21.11 (46.22) 2:45.63 (1:10.74) 3:10.77 (1:35.88) 3:32.23 (21.46) 3:55.47 (44.70) 4:19.36 (1:08.59) 4:44.38 (1:33.61) 5:05.99 (21.61) 5:29.47 (45.09) 5:53.11 (1:08.73) 6:17.12 (1:32.74) 8 Texas 6:15.98 6:18.03 22 1) Smith, Clark SO 2) r:+0.42 Lewis, Sam JR 3) r:+0.23 Youngquist, Clay SR 4) r:+0.31 Roberts, Jonathan FR r:+0.71 21.92 45.95 (45.95) 1:10.59 (1:10.59) 1:34.88 (1:34.88) 1:56.63 (21.75) 2:20.38 (45.50) 2:44.80 (1:09.92) 3:09.62 (1:34.74) 3:30.97 (21.35) 3:54.63 (45.01) 4:18.96 (1:09.34) 4:43.59 (1:33.97) 5:04.99 (21.40) 5:29.04 (45.45) 5:53.55 (1:09.96) 6:18.03 (1:34.44)
1. Texas 399 2. California 275 3. Michigan 210 4. Florida 205 5. Southern Cali 197 6. Stanford 156 7. Georgia 148.5 8. Auburn 131 9. Alabama 127 10. NC State 104.5 11. Indiana 104 12. Arizona 91.5 13. Missouri 82 14. Tennessee 78 15. Louisville 72 15. Ohio St 72 17. UNC 49.5 18. Miami (Fl) 49 19. Purdue 29 20. Wisconsin 28 21. Penn St 20 22. South Carolina 19 23. Brigham Young 15 24. Georgia Tech 14 25. Virginia Tech 13 25. Wku 13 27. Univ of Utah 12.5 28. Unlv (M) 12 29. Florida St 11 30. Virginia 8 31. Notre Dame 7 32. Texas A&M 4.5 33. Minnesota 4 34. Southern Methodist University 2 34. Northwestern 2
2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Live Results – Results