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California’s Ryan Murphy was back at it again after clearing the 100-yard back NCAA, American record last night. This morning, during the men’s 200-yard back at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships, Murphy put up another sizzling time.
Murphy topped prelims with a 1:37.80. That’s the sixth-fastest effort all time.
All Time 200 Back Top 10:
1 1:36.77 Ryan Murphy California Iowa City 3/28/15
2 1:36.81 Ryan Lochte Daytona Beach Atlanta11/29/07
3 1:37.35 Ryan Murphy California Austin 3/29/14
4 1:37.58 Tyler Clary Michigan TAMU 3/28/09
5 1:37.68 Ryan Lochte Florida Atlanta 3/23/06
6 1:37.80p Ryan Murphy California Atlanta 3/26/16
7 1:37.87 Arkady Vyatchanin NYAC 12/5/13
8 1:38.15 Ryan Murphy Bolles 11/29/12
9 1:38.17p Tyler Clary Michigan TAMU 3/28/09
10 1:38.21 Eugene Godsoe, Stanford 12/13/12
Murphy, the two-time defending champion, is looking to join a rare group of 3-time winners, and keep the career sweep chance intact to join John Naber and Yoshi Oyakawa as only the third swimmer to claim the 200 back NCAA Title their entire career.
3+ 200 Back Winners:
4 – John Naber, Southern California
4 – Yoshi Oyakawa, Ohio State
3 – Rick Carey, Texas
3 – Charlie Hickcox, Indiana
3 – Sean Murphy, Stanford
3 – Cory Chitwood, Arizona
Murphy will have to seriously falter tonight to not win the title. California’s Jacob Pebley (1:39.14), Texas’ Ryan Harty (1:39.17), Tennessee’s Sean Lehane (1:39.24), NC State’s Hennessey Stuart (1:39.38), BYU’s Jake Taylor (1:39.42), USC’s Pat Mulcare (1:39.68) and Alabama’s Connor Oslin (1:39.92) also made the championship heat, and will likely be battling for second.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Murphy, Ryan JR California 1:38.35 1:37.80
r:+0.60 23.09 48.42 (25.33)
1:13.39 (24.97) 1:37.80 (24.41)
2 Pebley, Jacob SR California 1:38.86 1:39.14
r:+0.63 23.29 48.13 (24.84)
1:14.16 (26.03) 1:39.14 (24.98)
3 Harty, Ryan FR Texas 1:40.39 1:39.17
r:+0.57 23.30 48.62 (25.32)
1:13.91 (25.29) 1:39.17 (25.26)
4 Lehane, Sean SR Tennessee 1:40.30 1:39.24
r:+0.58 23.49 48.80 (25.31)
1:13.76 (24.96) 1:39.24 (25.48)
5 Stuart, Hennessey SO NC State 1:39.58 1:39.38
r:+0.57 23.01 48.07 (25.06)
1:13.82 (25.75) 1:39.38 (25.56)
6 Taylor, Jake SR BYU 1:40.60 1:39.42
r:+0.55 23.62 48.91 (25.29)
1:14.20 (25.29) 1:39.42 (25.22)
7 Mulcare, Pat FR USC 1:39.64 1:39.68
r:+0.66 23.74 48.58 (24.84)
1:13.85 (25.27) 1:39.68 (25.83)
8 Oslin, Connor JR Alabama 1:40.42 1:39.92
r:+0.60 24.12 49.16 (25.04)
1:14.38 (25.22) 1:39.92 (25.54)
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9 Tarasevich, Grigory JR Louisville 1:39.28 1:39.96
r:+0.58 23.68 49.15 (25.47)
1:14.55 (25.40) 1:39.96 (25.41)
10 Reid, Christopher SO Alabama 1:40.95 1:40.11
r:+0.75 23.76 49.22 (25.46)
1:14.69 (25.47) 1:40.11 (25.42)
11 Shebat, John FR Texas 1:42.05 1:40.30
r:+0.93 23.29 48.55 (25.26)
1:14.34 (25.79) 1:40.30 (25.96)
12 Dezwirek, Jeremie SR California 1:41.21 1:40.54
r:+0.95 23.09 48.28 (25.19)
1:14.18 (25.90) 1:40.54 (26.36)
13 Owen, Robert JR VT 1:41.28 1:40.60
r:+0.73 23.35 48.23 (24.88)
1:14.19 (25.96) 1:40.60 (26.41)
14 Griffin, Carter JR Missouri 1:41.11 1:40.67
r:+0.59 23.70 48.66 (24.96)
1:14.40 (25.74) 1:40.67 (26.27)
15 Litherland, Jay SO Georgia 1:43.36 1:40.70
r:+0.95 24.13 49.51 (25.38)
1:14.92 (25.41) 1:40.70 (25.78)
16 Main, Corey SR Florida 1:41.92 1:40.74
r:+0.55 24.12 49.96 (25.84)
1:15.39 (25.43) 1:40.74 (25.35)
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17 Maudslien, Thane JR Arizona 1:41.13 1:40.75
r:+0.60 23.90 49.53 (25.63)
1:15.13 (25.60) 1:40.75 (25.62)
18 Patching, Joe JR Auburn 1:40.14 1:40.79
r:+0.72 23.42 48.91 (25.49)
1:14.98 (26.07) 1:40.79 (25.81)
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19 Loncar, Anton SO Denver 1:40.95 1:41.02
r:+0.61 23.76 49.18 (25.42)
1:14.96 (25.78) 1:41.02 (26.06)
20 Roberts, Jonathan SO Texas 1:42.14 1:41.27
r:+0.78 23.25 48.69 (25.44)
1:14.74 (26.05) 1:41.27 (26.53)
21 Sanders, Tristan SO Michigan 1:41.81 1:41.33
r:+0.69 23.72 49.46 (25.74)
1:15.14 (25.68) 1:41.33 (26.19)
22 Byrd, Austin SR Wisconsin 1:41.69 1:41.40
r:+0.60 23.54 49.34 (25.80)
1:15.53 (26.19) 1:41.40 (25.87)
23 Greene, Aaron JR Louisville 1:40.94 1:41.48
r:+0.59 23.51 48.94 (25.43)
1:14.83 (25.89) 1:41.48 (26.65)
24 Whitaker, Aaron SO Michigan 1:42.35 1:41.50
r:+0.59 23.63 49.05 (25.42)
1:15.75 (26.70) 1:41.50 (25.75)
25 Tesone, Nolan SR Louisville 1:41.66 1:41.55
r:+0.60 24.06 49.07 (25.01)
1:14.95 (25.88) 1:41.55 (26.60)
26 Conaton, Patrick SO Stanford 1:40.85 1:41.80
r:+0.66 23.74 49.36 (25.62)
1:15.61 (26.25) 1:41.80 (26.19)
27 Glover, Bob JR Indiana 1:41.42 1:41.83
r:+0.57 23.71 49.51 (25.80)
1:15.68 (26.17) 1:41.83 (26.15)
28 Perry, Barkley JR Arizona St 1:41.84 1:42.00
r:+0.78 23.79 49.44 (25.65)
1:15.42 (25.98) 1:42.00 (26.58)
29 Ress, Justin FR NC State 1:40.57 1:42.01
r:+0.74 23.96 49.27 (25.31)
1:15.28 (26.01) 1:42.01 (26.73)
30 Arata, Ryan SR Stanford 1:41.66 1:42.08
r:+0.60 23.45 49.01 (25.56)
1:15.18 (26.17) 1:42.08 (26.90)
31 Balogh, Brennan FR Florida 1:43.07 1:42.19
r:+0.53 24.30 50.10 (25.80)
1:15.84 (25.74) 1:42.19 (26.35)
32 Knox, Jonathan SO USC 1:41.92 1:42.59
r:+0.63 23.63 49.42 (25.79)
1:15.43 (26.01) 1:42.59 (27.16)
33 Powell, Garrett SR Georgia 1:42.55 1:42.87
r:+0.62 24.30 49.76 (25.46)
1:16.02 (26.26) 1:42.87 (26.85)
34 Blyzinskyj, Jack JR Florida 1:41.96 1:43.00
r:+0.61 24.09 50.11 (26.02)
1:16.91 (26.80) 1:43.00 (26.09)
35 Green, Connor SO California 1:43.29 1:43.04
r:+0.56 24.12 49.67 (25.55)
1:16.17 (26.50) 1:43.04 (26.87)
36 Dudzinski, Kyle SR Michigan 1:43.86 1:43.33
r:+0.69 24.21 50.09 (25.88)
1:16.45 (26.36) 1:43.33 (26.88)
37 Graesser, Nic SR UNC 1:40.83 1:43.41
r:+0.78 23.79 49.80 (26.01)
1:16.64 (26.84) 1:43.41 (26.77)
38 Mangan, Jack JR Michigan 1:44.58 1:43.52
r:+0.77 23.80 49.55 (25.75)
1:16.16 (26.61) 1:43.52 (27.36)
39 Williamson, Max JR Stanford 1:45.09 1:43.93
r:+0.75 24.55 50.25 (25.70)
1:16.73 (26.48) 1:43.93 (27.20)
40 Lebed, Alex FR Florida 1:45.86 1:45.16
r:+0.68 25.40 51.94 (26.54)
1:18.43 (26.49) 1:45.16 (26.73)
41 Bonetti, Brock SO Tex AM 1:42.75 1:45.54
r:+0.70 23.54 49.28 (25.74)
1:17.15 (27.87) 1:45.54 (28.39)
42 Stewart, Sam FR Auburn 1:46.10 1:47.64
r:+0.60 25.13 51.67 (26.54)
1:19.65 (27.98) 1:47.64 (27.99)
-- Rysemus, Logan JR LSU 1:45.19 DFS
Declared false start
-- Dale, Taylor JR Georgia 1:41.38 DFS
Declared false start
-- Pinfold, Brett JR Wisconsin 1:42.38 DFS
Declared false start
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