NCAA Men’s Championships: Youssef Ramadan Second Fastest Ever in 100 Butterfly: ‘Finally My Time’
The 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued on Friday with the finals of the 100 butterfly.
It was a battle of the young upstart, the veteran and the defending champion.
It was the veteran, Virginia Tech’s Youssef Ramadan that became the second-fastest ever, winning the NCAA title in the 100 fly.
“After three years – finally,” Ramadan said. “Finally, this is my time. I have been saying my time would come for so long. To be the first one for VT means me so much. They had faith in my and I am super happy that I won for them. I am overwhelmed.”
The upstart, Florida freshman Josh Liendo led at the halfway point of the race but heading into the final turn, Ramadan had moved in front, making his move at the opportune time. He continued to build that lead and got to the wall in 43.15, the second-fastest performer in NCAA history after Caeleb Dressel.
Ramadan has been in the mix for an NCAA title for the past three years.
“I felt strong at the end and had faith,” he said. “They have so much faith in my so it would be a shame to come here and be scared and not fight. There were some points where I was scared. People were faster than me and had more experience than me. I had faith in myself and I knew I had my team with me and my home (in my heart). So I was on fire on the block.”
Ramadan won in 43.15 ahead of Liendo (43.40). Indiana’s Tomer Frankel was third in 44.04 ahead of defending champion Andrei Minakov (44.27) of Stanford.
Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks, the 50 free champion, was fifth in 44.29, followed by NC State’s Aiden Hayes (44.35), Nyls Korstanje (44.86) and Kacper Stokowski (48.27).
Event 9 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Meet: M 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: A 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
U. S. Open: O 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Ramadan, Youssef JR VT 44.00 43.15 20
r:+0.57 20.21 43.15 (22.94)
2 Liendo, Josh FR Florida 43.80 43.40 17
r:+0.61 20.13 43.40 (23.27)
3 Frankel, Tomer JR Indiana 44.26 44.04 16
r:+0.59 20.42 44.04 (23.62)
4 Minakov, Andrei JR Stanford 44.17 44.27 15
r:+0.64 20.36 44.27 (23.91)
5 Crooks, Jordan SO Tennessee 44.52 44.29 14
r:+0.60 20.40 44.29 (23.89)
6 Hayes, Aiden SO NC State 44.40 44.35 13
r:+0.63 20.66 44.35 (23.69)
7 Korstanje, Nyls SR NC State 44.56 44.86 12
r:+0.62 20.41 44.86 (24.45)
8 Stokowski, Kacper SR NC State 44.65 48.27 11
r:+0.62 22.19 48.27 (26.08)
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Burns, Brendan SR Indiana 44.79 44.60 9
r:+0.66 20.82 44.60 (23.78)
10 Rose, Dare JR California 44.86 44.75 7
r:+0.62 20.77 44.75 (23.98)
11 Bustos, Arsenio SO NC State 45.24 44.89 6
r:+0.65 21.03 44.89 (23.86)
12 Cohen Groumi, Gal SO Michigan 44.80 44.98 5
r:+0.61 20.88 44.98 (24.10)
13 Baganha, Victor SO Penn St 44.75 45.04 4
r:+0.59 20.80 45.04 (24.24)
14 Secchi, Clement 5Y Missouri 44.96 45.24 3
r:+0.58 20.93 45.24 (24.31)
15 Foote, Connor FR TAMU 45.21 45.41 2
r:+0.54 21.05 45.41 (24.36)
16 Sequeira, Aaron SO Stanford 44.87 45.56 1
r:+0.61 21.13 45.56 (24.43)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 9
1. California 222 2. Texas 204
3. Arizona St 198 4. NC State 193.5
5. Florida 168 6. Indiana 124
7. Tennessee 103 8. Stanford 90
9. Virginia Tech 72 10. Auburn 57
11. Louisville 55 12. Texas A&M 53
12. Virginia 53 14. Georgia 49
15. Ohio St 31.5 16. Alabama 26
17. Wisconsin 23 18. Lsu 22
18. Notre Dame 22 20. UNC 18
20. Michigan 18 22. Southern California 14
23. Missouri 13 24. Arizona 10
25. Miami 9 26. Princeton 4
26. Penn St 4 28. Georgia Tech 3
29. Pittsburgh 1
