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NCAA Men’s Championships: As Cal and Texas Battle, Bears’ Bjorn Seeliger Snares Top Seed in 100 Freestyle
One of the best parts of the Day Four preliminaries at the NCAA Championships is the jockeying for position for the last session of finals, and how the morning will impact the chase for the team title. The 100-yard freestyle provided the perfect example for how critical each qualifying slot can be.
With Cal and Texas battling – once again – for the championship, Golden Bear Bjorn Seeliger came through with a superb performance. The sophomore claimed the top seed for the final behind a clocking of 40.75, the only sub-41 outing of qualifying. Seeliger’s top-seeded showing followed Cal’s three-up effort in the 200 backstroke, which was the opening event of prelims.
Although Seeliger earned the top seed, Texas received a boost when the Longhorns advanced Drew Kibler (41.45) and Danny Kruger (41.46) to the final and added Cameron Auchinachie to the consolation final. Auchinachie was ninth in the morning, missing the championship final by one place.
Louisiana State’s Brooks Curry, who captured the title in the 50 freestyle earlier in the meet, will look to complete the sprint double after earning the third seed for the night session. Curry was timed in 41.19, which was just .03 off the 41.16 that Tennessee freshman Jordan Crooks delivered for the second seed. The fourth seed is Stanford’s Andrei Minakov (41.29), who is coming off a victory in the 100 butterfly.
Event 17 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Meet: M 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: A 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 40.46 3/26/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Seeliger, Bjorn SO California 40.75
r:+0.65 19.13 40.75 (21.62)
2 Crooks, Jordan FR Tennessee 41.16
r:+0.61 19.41 41.16 (21.75)
3 Curry, Brooks JR LSU 41.19
r:+0.61 19.66 41.19 (21.53)
4 Minakov, Andrei SO Stanford 41.29
r:+0.59 19.44 41.29 (21.85)
5 Kibler, Drew SR Texas 41.45
r:+0.61 19.73 41.45 (21.72)
6 Krueger, Danny SR Texas 41.46
r:+0.71 19.86 41.46 (21.60)
7 King, Matt SO Virginia 41.48
r:+0.62 19.82 41.48 (21.66)
8 Brownstead, Matt SO Virginia 41.52
r:+0.61 19.73 41.52 (21.79)
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9 Auchinachie, Cameron 5Y Texas 41.62
r:+0.67 19.68 41.62 (21.94)
10 Miroslaw, Rafael FR Indiana 41.63
r:+0.62 19.84 41.63 (21.79)
11 House, Grant SR ASU 41.67
r:+0.62 20.00 41.67 (21.67)
12 Farris, Dean SR Harvard 41.68
r:+0.64 19.86 41.68 (21.82)
13 Blaskovic, Bruno 5Y Indiana 41.72
r:+0.57 19.77 41.72 (21.95)
14 Gaziev, Ruslan SO Ohio St 41.79
r:+0.64 19.87 41.79 (21.92)
15 Ramadan, Youssef SO VT 41.80
r:+0.59 20.10 41.80 (21.70)
16 Armstrong, Hunter JR Ohio St 41.92
r:+0.62 20.28 41.92 (21.64)
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