NCAA Men’s Championships: Max McHugh Takes Top Seed, Aims for Three-peat in 100 Breaststroke
The NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued on Friday morning with the prelims of the 100 breaststroke.
Minnesota’s Max McHugh is aiming for a third consecutive title in the event, this time in his home pool as the meet is in Minneapolis.
He has the top seed heading into finals in an extremely close field.
In the first circle-seeded heat, Cal’s Liam Bell led at the turn and hung on in 50.76. Alabama senior Derek Maas was just behind in 51.05 from lane one.
In the second circle-seeded heat, McHugh led at the halfway point and clung to a narrow lead in the final turn. But it was a strong turn and he got to the wall first in 50.26 ahead of Indiana’s Van Mathias 50.57 and Cal’s Reece Whitley (51.00).
In the final heat, Caspar Corbeau led nearly start to finish to touch in 50.82.
McHugh, swimming in his home pool, took the top overall time in 50.26, followed by Mathias (50.57), Bell (50.76), Corbeau (50.82), Florida’s Dillon Hillis (50.88), Whitley (51.00), Maas (51.05) and Louisville senior Denis Petrashov (51.12).
Event 11 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 49.69 3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
Meet: M 49.69 3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
American: A 49.69 3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
U. S. Open: O 49.69 3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
Pool: P 49.69 3/24/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 McHugh, Max 5Y Minnesota 50.80 50.26
r:+0.67 23.35 50.26 (26.91)
2 Mathias, Van 5Y Indiana 51.32 50.57
r:+0.67 23.45 50.57 (27.12)
3 Bell, Liam SR California 51.58 50.76
r:+0.61 23.64 50.76 (27.12)
4 Corbeau, Caspar SR Texas 51.30 50.82
r:+0.66 23.56 50.82 (27.26)
5 Hillis, Dillon 5Y Florida 50.90 50.88
r:+0.65 23.77 50.88 (27.11)
6 Whitley, Reece 5Y California 51.12 51.00
r:+0.71 23.73 51.00 (27.27)
7 Maas, Derek SR Alabama 51.74 51.05
r:+0.62 23.98 51.05 (27.07)
8 Petrashov, Denis SR Louisville 51.26 51.12
r:+0.69 24.01 51.12 (27.11)
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9 Savickas, Aleksas FR Florida 50.73 51.14
r:+0.67 23.85 51.14 (27.29)
9 Polonsky, Ron SO Stanford 51.77 51.14
r:+0.65 23.97 51.14 (27.17)
11 Matheny, Josh SO Indiana 51.50 51.17
r:+0.61 24.20 51.17 (26.97)
12 Benzing, Brian JR Towson 51.25 51.30
r:+0.63 23.61 51.30 (27.69)
13 Van Der Laan, Cooper SR Pittsburgh 51.26 51.32
r:+0.60 24.14 51.32 (27.18)
14 Smith, Julian SO Florida 51.52 51.34
r:+0.64 24.21 51.34 (27.13)
15 Patton, Ben SR Missouri 51.53 51.43
r:+0.62 23.81 51.43 (27.62)
16 Mikuta, Reid JR Auburn 51.14 51.66
r:+0.63 24.02 51.66 (27.64)
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17 Nichols, Noah JR Virginia 50.82 51.67
r:+0.71 24.29 51.67 (27.38)
18 Coll Marti, Carles JR VT 51.50 51.71
r:+0.62 23.84 51.71 (27.87)
