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California’s Ryan Murphy unloaded an NCAA and American record time of 1:35.73 as he broke through the 1:36 barrier in the men’s 200-yard back at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Murphy’s time smashed his previous record of 1:36.77 set last year here at NCAAs.
Comparative Splits:
2016: 22.20, 46.36 (24.16), 1:10.86 (24.50), 1:35.73 (24.87)
2015: 22.91, 47.32 (24.41), 1:11.82 (24.50), 1:36.77 (24.95)
Murphy has now won both the 100 back and 200 back all three of his years in college, and is in place to match John Naber as the most dominant collegiate backstroker ever.
Murphy kept his 200 back 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
3 – Ryan Murphy, California
Murphy had some strong competition but was just way too fast for the rest of the field. Teammate Jacob Pebley moved to eighth all time in the event with a 1:38.50, while NC State’s Hennessey Stuart grabbed ninth all time with a 1:38.56.
All Time Top 200 Back Performers:
1 1:35.73 Ryan Murphy California Atlanta 3/26/16
2 1:36.81 Ryan Lochte Daytona Beach Atlanta11/29/07
3 1:37.58 Tyler Clary Michigan TAMU 3/28/09
4 1:37.87 Arkady Vyatchanin NYAC 12/5/13
5 1:38.21 Eugene Godsoe Stanford 12/13/12
6 1:38.27 Drew teDuits, Wisconsin, 3/28/13
7 1:38.45 Aaron Peirsol Longhorn Austin 3/2/06
8 1:38.50 Jacob Pebley California Atlanta 3/26/16
9 1:38.56 Hennessey Stuart NC State Atlanta 3/26/16
10 1:38.67 Jake Tapp Arizona TAMU 3/28/09
Tennessee’s Sean Lehane (1:39.29), Alabama’s Connor Oslin (1:39.85), BYU’s Jake Taylor (1:39.93), Texas’ Ryan Harty (1:40.11) and USC’s Pat Mulcare (1:40.22) also took part in the historic finale.
=== A - Final ===
1 Murphy, Ryan JR California 1:37.80 1:35.73N 20
r:+0.56 22.20 46.36 (24.16)
1:10.86 (24.50) 1:35.73 (24.87)
2 Pebley, Jacob SR California 1:39.14 1:38.50 17
r:+0.68 23.21 47.60 (24.39)
1:12.39 (24.79) 1:38.50 (26.11)
3 Stuart, Hennessey SO NC State 1:39.38 1:38.56 16
r:+0.52 22.67 47.30 (24.63)
1:12.62 (25.32) 1:38.56 (25.94)
4 Lehane, Sean SR Tennessee 1:39.24 1:39.29 15
r:+0.58 23.68 48.94 (25.26)
1:13.95 (25.01) 1:39.29 (25.34)
5 Oslin, Connor JR Alabama 1:39.92 1:39.85 14
r:+0.66 23.13 47.97 (24.84)
1:13.58 (25.61) 1:39.85 (26.27)
6 Taylor, Jake SR BYU 1:39.42 1:39.93 13
r:+0.53 22.90 48.03 (25.13)
1:13.62 (25.59) 1:39.93 (26.31)
7 Harty, Ryan FR Texas 1:39.17 1:40.11 12
r:+0.58 23.15 48.44 (25.29)
1:14.16 (25.72) 1:40.11 (25.95)
8 Mulcare, Pat FR USC 1:39.68 1:40.22 11
r:+0.73 23.71 49.19 (25.48)
1:14.52 (25.33) 1:40.22 (25.70)
=== B - Final ===
9 Tarasevich, Grigory JR Louisville 1:39.96 1:39.81 9
r:+0.56 23.86 48.99 (25.13)
1:14.53 (25.54) 1:39.81 (25.28)
10 Reid, Christopher SO Alabama 1:40.11 1:39.87 7
r:+0.73 24.24 49.80 (25.56)
1:14.93 (25.13) 1:39.87 (24.94)
11 Shebat, John FR Texas 1:40.30 1:40.10 6
r:+0.68 23.18 48.66 (25.48)
1:14.55 (25.89) 1:40.10 (25.55)
12 Griffin, Carter JR Missouri 1:40.67 1:40.16 5
r:+0.57 24.11 49.18 (25.07)
1:14.73 (25.55) 1:40.16 (25.43)
13 Dezwirek, Jeremie SR California 1:40.54 1:40.91 4
r:+0.58 23.21 48.50 (25.29)
1:14.64 (26.14) 1:40.91 (26.27)
14 Litherland, Jay SO Georgia 1:40.70 1:41.00 3
r:+0.75 23.63 49.28 (25.65)
1:15.16 (25.88) 1:41.00 (25.84)
15 Owen, Robert JR VT 1:40.60 1:41.34 2
r:+0.52 23.63 49.08 (25.45)
1:15.32 (26.24) 1:41.34 (26.02)
16 Main, Corey SR Florida 1:40.74 1:41.36 1
r:+0.64 24.26 50.22 (25.96)
1:15.93 (25.71) 1:41.36 (25.43)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 16 1. Texas 404 2. California 312 3. Florida 273 4. NC State 228 5. Tennessee 167 6. Georgia 165 7. Alabama 164 8. Missouri 145 9. Louisville 143.5 10. Michigan 122 11. Indiana 113.5 12. Auburn 111 13. Southern Cali 101 14. Stanford 81.5 15. South Carolina 66 15. Ohio St 66 17. Arizona 64 18. Wisconsin 41 19. Brigham Young 40 20. Pittsburgh 31 20. University of Miami 31 22. Virginia Tech 30.5 23. Penn 26 24. Minnesota 18 25. UNC 16 25. Air Force 16 27. Cleveland St 15 28. Oakland 13 29. Texas A&M 12 30. George Washington 11 30. Yale 11 32. Unlv 9 32. Univ of Utah 9 34. Princeton 8 35. Duke 7 36. Lsu 6 37. Georgia Tech 5 37. Hawaii 5 39. Virginia 3 39. Purdue 3 41. Penn State University 2 41. Iowa 2 41. Harvard 2
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Take it to Omaha and Rio!! That’s under 1:51 for 200 meters!
Naber if course is only swimmer of either sez tomfiyurpeat in both the 100-200 back and he won a pair of 509 free golds too HUS frosh- soon seasons aa along with/ fouroeating as NCAA team champs from ’74-’77.
When you look at his best times now 49-plus, 1:46-plus) they’re laughable compared to Murphy’s 43.48/1:35.73) but in mud-’70s during Naber’s heydaybthisecwere the American/NCAA records.
In the mud- 2959s will we look back @. Myrph’s timed and laugh out loud abd ssy: ” Thisecwere records?”
We’ll see although I doubt u’ll still be around to find out.
One thing Murphy or his contemporaries likely never match is Tying Naber’s Grand Slam, I.e., winning what was then the PAC-6, NCAAs, AAUs ( U.As. Swiming was nit yet in existence), the Okympic Trials, the Okympics and — AND for good measure — the AAU sumner nationals two weeks after tgebOkympics concluded.
Surprisingly at the time ( 1976) Naber’s incredible season was not considered ” any big deal” and he returned to USC for his senior season without further fanfare/ ado,
If Myroh takes care of business in Rio I’d bet he’ll bid a fond adieu to Berserkeley and join the Lijesen if Phelps/ Lichte/Clary et al in the oro circuit.