Ryan Hoffer Uses Stellar Underwaters to Go Perfect 3-For-3 in Individual Events With 100 Free Victory
Cal senior Ryan Hoffer dominated the 100 freestyle final in Greensboro to win his third individual NCAA title of the weekend with a 40.89, moving himself up to fourth all-time in the event, improving on his 40.90 best time from this morning. Hoffer adds to his wins this weekend in the 50 free and 100 butterfly as his win helped Cal stay in the team race, sitting behind Texas by 27 points with four events to go.
Hoffer had a lot of hype surrounding him out of high school as he was a 41.23 as a junior in 2015, capturing the attention of a lot of swimming fans when he had stellar underwaters at age 17. He lived up to the hype, capturing his third individual title of the weekend over Texas’ Daniel Krueger (41.59), who had the fastest time in the nation all year, and Drew Kibler (41.59), who made the final in both the 200 and 500 freestyle.
Cal’s Bjorn Seeliger finished in fourth for the Bears at 41.74 as the 400 free relay will certainly get interesting between Texas and Cal at the end of the night.
Alabama’s Matt King (41.76) placed fifth ahead of Florida’s Kieran Smith (41.89), LSU’s Brooks Curry (41.99) and Purdue’s Nikola Acin (42.15).
Both Seeliger and King are freshmen which should make things interesting for the next three years in this event.
California now has 13 NCAA titles in the 100 freestyle as Hoffer joins the likes of Matt Biondi (1985-1987), Bart Kizierowski (1999), Anthony Ervin (2000-2002), Duje Draganja (2003, 2005), and Nathan Adrian (2009-2011) as winners of the event for the Golden Bears.
All-Time Rankings:
- 39.90, Caeleb Dressel, Florida, 2018
- 40.76, Vladimir Morozov, USC, 2013
- 40.80, Dean Farris, Harvard, 2019
- 40.83, Bowen Becker, Minnesota, 2019
- 40.89, Ryan Hoffer, California, 2021
- 40.92, Cesar Cielo, Auburn, 2008
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 40.90 3/27/2021 Ryan Hoffer, California
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Hoffer, Ryan SR California 40.90 40.89P 20
r:+0.66 19.57 40.89 (21.32)
2 Kibler, Drew JR Texas 41.45 41.59 16.5
r:+0.60 19.56 41.59 (22.03)
2 Krueger, Daniel JR Texas 41.48 41.59 16.5
r:+0.69 19.78 41.59 (21.81)
4 Seeliger, Bjorn FR California 41.65 41.74 15
r:+0.62 19.98 41.74 (21.76)
5 King, Matt FR Alabama 41.83 41.76 14
r:+0.68 19.98 41.76 (21.78)
6 Smith, Kieran JR Florida 41.79 41.89 13
r:+0.68 20.19 41.89 (21.70)
7 Curry, Brooks SO LSU 41.77 41.99 12
r:+0.58 19.83 41.99 (22.16)
8 Acin, Nikola JR Purdue 41.81 42.15 11
r:+0.68 20.26 42.15 (21.89)
=== Consolation Final ===
9 Brownstead, Matt FR Virginia 42.20 42.12 9
r:+0.61 20.11 42.12 (22.01)
10 Ramadan, Youssef FR VT 42.09 42.25 7
r:+0.62 19.92 42.25 (22.33)
11 Wright, River SO Michigan 42.47 42.30 6
r:+0.63 20.30 42.30 (22.00)
12 Vera, Blaise SR Pittsburgh 42.47 42.40 5
r:+0.65 19.84 42.40 (22.56)
13 Friese, Eric SO Florida 42.45 42.44 4
r:+0.68 20.16 42.44 (22.28)
14 Staka, Chris SR Texas 42.37 42.47 3
r:+0.68 20.09 42.47 (22.38)
15 Theall, Mark SR TAMU 42.43 42.62 2
r:+0.68 20.38 42.62 (22.24)
16 Downing, Dillon SO Georgia 42.45 43.09 1
r:+0.66 20.29 43.09 (22.80)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 17 1. Texas 502 2. California 475 3. Florida 331 4. Georgia 237 5. Indiana 168 6. Louisville 159 7. Texas A&M 149 8. NC State 136 9. Ohio St 119 10. Virginia 114 11. Michigan 106 12. Arizona 81 13. Missouri 73 14. Virginia Tech 72 15. Alabama 67 16. Lsu 64 16. Stanford 64 18. Purdue 42 19. Tennessee 38 19. University of Miami 38 21. UNC 31 22. Georgia Tech 29 22. Notre Dame 29 24. Pittsburgh 28 25. Florida St 24.5 26. Minnesota 20 27. Wisconsin 15 27. Southern California 15 29. Penn St 13 30. Kentucky 9 31. Utah 6.5
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