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All sorts of records fell as Texas cranked out a win in the men’s 400-yard medley relay at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Texas’ John Shebat (45.36), Will Licon (50.69), Joseph Schooling (43.34) and Jack Conger (41.29) unleashed a 3:00.68 for the win. That swim blasted Texas’ previous U.S. Open and NCAA record of 3:01.23 from last year. California’s American record of 3:01.60 from last year remained on the books due to Schooling’s Singapore nationality.
That’s Texas’ 13th victory in the event’s history at NCAAs, breaking a tie with Stanford atop the rankings.
Previous Texas Winners:
1980 Texas (Clay Britt, Scott Spann, William Paulus, Kris Kirchner), 3:14.59
1981 Texas (Clay Britt, Scott Spann, William Paulus, Kris Kirchner), 3:12.93
1982 Texas (Clay Britt, Nick Nevid, William Paulus, Eric Finical), 3:14.24
1984 Texas (Rick Carey, Stuart Smith, Chris Rives, John Smith), 3:13.35
1988 Texas (Andy Gill, Kirk Stackle, Keith Anderson, Chris Jacobs), 3:13.97
1989 Texas (Andy Gill, Hans Dersch, Keith Anderson, Doug Gjertsen), 3:11.60
1990 Texas (Jeff Thibault, Kirk Stackle, Shaun Jordan, Doug Gjertsen), 3:09.70
2000 Texas (Tom Hannan, Russell Chozick, Nate Dusing, Bryan Jones), 3:31.23 *
2001 Texas (Nate Dusing, Brendan Hansen, Tom Hannan, Ian Crocker), 3:05.37
2003 Texas (Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Chris Kemp), 3:04.47
2004 Texas (Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Garrett Weber-Gale), 3:25.38 *
2015 Texas (Kip Darmody, Will Licon, Joseph Schooling, Jack Conger) 3:01.23
Texas is having a historic meet thus far, capturing five of the first seven titles on offer. Texas holds the record for most wins in a single meet with 11 from 2001, and should have a shot at breaking that record.
California’s Ryan Murphy broke the American and NCAA record in the 100-yard back with a scorching 43.51. That’s the first sub-44 second swim ever, beating Nick Thoman’s American record of 44.07 from 2013 as part of SwimMAC, as well as Murphy’s NCAA record of 44.17 from NCAAs last year.
Murphy (43.51), Josh Prenot (50.71), Justin Lynch (45.03) and Long Gutierrez (42.03) placed second in 3:01.28 tonight, while Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich (45.24), Carlos Claverie (51.62), Pedro Coutinho (45.85) and Trevor Carroll (42.02) placed third in 3:04.73.
Missouri (3:04.99), Florida (3:05.19), Tennessee (3:05.23), Indiana (3:05.57) and NC STate (3:08.12) rounded out the top eight.
Alabama would have placed third with a 3:04.32 from the consolation heat.
=== A - Final ===
1 Texas 3:04.31 3:00.68N 40
1) Shebat, John FR 2) r:0.17 Licon, Will JR
3) r:0.26 Schooling, Joseph SO 4) r:0.10 Conger, Jack JR
r:+0.67 22.07 45.36 (45.36)
1:09.09 (23.73) 1:36.05 (50.69)
1:55.88 (19.83) 2:19.39 (43.34)
2:38.89 (19.50) 3:00.68 (41.29)
2 California 3:05.32 3:01.28P 34
1) Murphy, Ryan JR 2) r:0.30 Prenot, Josh SR
3) r:0.21 Lynch, Justin SO 4) r:0.21 Gutierrez, Long JR
r:+0.54 20.90 43.51 (43.51)
1:07.01 (23.50) 1:34.22 (50.71)
1:54.92 (20.70) 2:19.25 (45.03)
2:39.05 (19.80) 3:01.28 (42.03)
3 Louisville 3:04.92 3:04.73 32
1) Tarasevich, Grigory JR 2) r:0.08 Claverie, Carlos SO
3) r:0.11 Coutinho, Pedro SR 4) r:0.20 Carroll, Trevor JR
r:+0.63 21.87 45.24 (45.24)
1:09.07 (23.83) 1:36.86 (51.62)
1:57.71 (20.85) 2:22.71 (45.85)
2:42.48 (19.77) 3:04.73 (42.02)
4 Missouri 3:04.66 3:04.99 30
1) Griffin, Carter JR 2) r:0.26 Schwingenschlogbian JR
3) r:0.33 Sansoucie, Andrew JR 4) r:0.40 Chadwick, Michael JR
r:+0.68 22.92 47.08 (47.08)
1:10.75 (23.67) 1:38.20 (51.12)
1:59.25 (21.05) 2:23.45 (45.25)
2:43.17 (19.72) 3:04.99 (41.54)
5 Florida 3:05.99 3:05.19 28
1) Blyzinskyj, Jack JR 2) r:0.21 Dressel, Caeleb SO
3) r:0.27 Switkowski, Jan SO 4) r:0.10 Main, Corey SR
r:+0.69 21.86 45.76 (45.76)
1:09.77 (24.01) 1:37.56 (51.80)
1:58.48 (20.92) 2:23.09 (45.53)
2:43.32 (20.23) 3:05.19 (42.10)
6 Tennessee 3:05.94 3:05.23 26
1) Lehane, Sean SR 2) r:0.17 Stevens, Peter SO
3) r:0.26 Coetzee, Ryan SO 4) r:0.30 Decoursey, Kyle FR
r:+0.76 22.02 45.77 (45.77)
1:08.87 (23.10) 1:36.71 (50.94)
1:57.45 (20.74) 2:22.73 (46.02)
2:42.94 (20.21) 3:05.23 (42.50)
7 Indiana 3:05.90 3:05.57 24
1) Glover, Bob JR 2) r:0.26 Kurz, Tanner SR
3) r:0.26 Lanza, Vinicius FR 4) r:0.36 Pieroni, Blake SO
r:+0.51 22.37 46.60 (46.60)
1:10.16 (23.56) 1:38.24 (51.64)
1:59.41 (21.17) 2:23.84 (45.60)
2:43.70 (19.86) 3:05.57 (41.73)
8 NC State 3:05.88 3:08.12 22
1) Stuart, Hennessey SO 2) r:0.29 Hren, Derek JR
3) r:0.38 Burkett, Jon FR 4) r:0.34 Bonk, Joe JR
r:+0.48 22.15 46.03 (46.03)
1:10.56 (24.53) 1:38.28 (52.25)
1:59.79 (21.51) 2:25.38 (47.10)
2:45.53 (20.15) 3:08.12 (42.74)
=== B - Final ===
9 Alabama 3:06.02 3:04.32 18
1) Oslin, Connor JR 2) r:0.12 McKee, Anton JR
3) r:0.15 Kaliszak, Lucas SO 4) r:0.21 Gkolomeev, Kristian JR
r:+0.61 21.77 45.32 (45.32)
1:09.23 (23.91) 1:36.97 (51.65)
1:57.43 (20.46) 2:22.30 (45.33)
2:42.00 (19.70) 3:04.32 (42.02)
10 Auburn 3:06.86 3:05.45 14
1) Patching, Joe JR 2) r:0.13 Duderstadt, Michael JR
3) r:0.28 Mendes, Arthur SR 4) r:0.02 Holoda, Peter SO
r:+0.62 22.05 46.08 (46.08)
1:09.87 (23.79) 1:37.95 (51.87)
1:58.77 (20.82) 2:23.72 (45.77)
2:43.19 (19.47) 3:05.45 (41.73)
11 Ohio St 3:07.91 3:06.42 12
1) McHugh, Matt JR 2) r:0.33 Tynes, Dustin SO
3) r:0.23 Lim, Ching SO 4) r:0.21 Appleby, Andrew JR
r:+0.87 21.84 45.63 (45.63)
1:09.72 (24.09) 1:37.57 (51.94)
1:58.73 (21.16) 2:24.22 (46.65)
2:44.04 (19.82) 3:06.42 (42.20)
12 Georgia 3:06.23 3:06.65 10
1) Dale, Taylor JR 2) r:0.19 Bentz, Gunnar SO
3) r:0.32 Clark, Pace JR 4) r:0.25 Koski, Matias SR
r:+0.64 21.75 45.62 (45.62)
1:10.52 (24.90) 1:38.74 (53.12)
1:59.52 (20.78) 2:24.47 (45.73)
2:44.42 (19.95) 3:06.65 (42.18)
13 Stanford 3:07.62 3:06.81 8
1) Dudzinski, Ryan FR 2) r:0.22 Anderson, Matt FR
3) r:0.14 Liang, Andrew SO 4) r:0.14 Perry, Sam SO
r:+0.55 22.29 46.46 (46.46)
1:10.64 (24.18) 1:39.04 (52.58)
2:00.32 (21.28) 2:25.04 (46.00)
2:44.78 (19.74) 3:06.81 (41.77)
14 Michigan 3:07.34 3:07.68 6
1) Whitaker, Aaron SO 2) r:0.29 Klein, Christopher JR
3) r:0.36 White, Evan SO 4) r:0.35 Powers, Paul SO
r:+0.79 22.17 45.90 (45.90)
1:09.83 (23.93) 1:38.26 (52.36)
1:59.67 (21.41) 2:24.42 (46.16)
2:44.94 (20.52) 3:07.68 (43.26)
15 Arizona 3:07.72 3:07.91 4
1) Dobbs, Chatham FR 2) r:0.25 Bish, Blair FR
3) r:0.36 Richmond, Renny JR 4) r:0.16 Maudslien, Thane JR
r:+0.58 21.71 45.67 (45.67)
1:09.94 (24.27) 1:38.20 (52.53)
1:59.53 (21.33) 2:24.96 (46.76)
2:45.37 (20.41) 3:07.91 (42.95)
16 UNC 3:07.96 3:07.96 2
1) Graesser, Nic SR 2) r:0.23 Wohlrab, Kurt SR
3) r:0.14 Lewis, Sam SR 4) r:0.04 Heck, Logan SR
r:+0.62 22.38 46.14 (46.14)
1:10.56 (24.42) 1:39.17 (53.03)
2:00.05 (20.88) 2:24.49 (45.32)
2:44.82 (20.33) 3:07.96 (43.47)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 7 1. Texas 209 2. Florida 163 3. California 141 4. NC State 137 5. Michigan 90 6. Missouri 81 7. Tennessee 79 8. Auburn 72.5 9. Georgia 68 9. Alabama 68 11. Indiana 62 12. Louisville 60 13. Stanford 57.5 14. Southern Cali 53 15. Ohio St 38 16. Arizona 28 17. South Carolina 23 17. Wisconsin 23 19. University of Miami 14 20. Brigham Young 12 21. Pittsburgh 11 21. Virginia Tech 11 23. Unlv 9 23. Univ of Utah 9 25. Princeton 8 26. Penn 6 27. Georgia Tech 5 28. Minnesota 4 29. UNC 2 29. Penn State University 2 29. Harvard 2 32. Texas A&M 1
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Take that backstroke leadoff to Omaha and Rio, Ryan!!
Sebastian Tostado