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California’s Ryan Murphy, a day after obliterating the NCAA and American record in the 100-yard back as a leadoff, posted the eighth-best 100 back to lead qualifying at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Murphy has become the most consistent 100-yard backstroker of all time as he now owns five of the top 10 times ever, including two just this week with a 44.60 this morning.
All Time Top 10 100 Back:
1 43.51r Ryan Murphy California Atlanta 3/24/16
2 44.07 Nick Thoman SwimMAC 12/5/13
3 44.17r Ryan Murphy, California 3/26/15
4 44.21 Ryan Murphy, California 3/27/15
5 44.49 Matt Grevers Tucson Ford 12/5/13
6 44.55 Matt Grevers Tucson Ford 11/29/12
7 44.56 Nick Thoman SwimMAC 12/5/13
8 44.60p Ryan Murphy California Atlanta 3/25/16
8 44.60r Ryan Lochte Florida Atlanta 3/23/06
10 44.63 Ryan Murphy California 3/27/14
Murphy, the two-time defending champion in the event, will be looking to join a handful of other swimmers to have ever won the event three times. Additionally, he can keep a career sweep possibility intact, something only John Naber did from 1974-77.
3+ 100 Back Winners:
4 – John Naber, Southern California
3 – Clay Britt, Texas
3 – Peter Marshall, Stanford
3 – Yoshi Oyakawa, Ohio State
3 – Jeff Rouse, Stanford
The rest of the field will have to drop some serious time to challenge Murphy this evening. Alabama’s Connor Oslin (45.16), Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich (45.26), BYU’s Jake Taylor (45.47), USC’s Ralf Tribuntsov (45.62), California’s Jacob Pebley (45.68), NC State’s Hennessey Stuart (45.75) and Ohio State’s Matt McHugh (45.77) closed out the rest of the top eight spots.
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Murphy, Ryan JR California 44.75 44.60
r:+0.57 21.50 44.60 (23.10)
2 Oslin, Connor JR Alabama 45.25 45.16
r:+0.61 21.65 45.16 (23.51)
3 Tarasevich, Grigory JR Louisville 45.28 45.26
r:+0.59 22.02 45.26 (23.24)
4 Taylor, Jake SR BYU 45.74 45.47
r:+0.63 21.99 45.47 (23.48)
5 Tribuntsov, Ralf SO USC 45.30 45.62
r:+0.70 22.26 45.62 (23.36)
6 Pebley, Jacob SR California 45.93 45.68
r:+0.67 22.14 45.68 (23.54)
7 Stuart, Hennessey SO NC State 45.92 45.75
r:+0.51 22.03 45.75 (23.72)
8 McHugh, Matt JR Ohio St 45.07 45.77
r:+0.68 22.15 45.77 (23.62)
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9 Shebat, John FR Texas 45.88 45.87
r:+0.59 22.48 45.87 (23.39)
10 Lehane, Sean SR Tennessee 46.51 45.88
r:+0.58 22.13 45.88 (23.75)
11 Rysemus, Logan JR LSU 45.96 45.91
r:+0.63 22.50 45.91 (23.41)
12 Blyzinskyj, Jack JR Florida 45.41 45.96
r:+0.58 22.06 45.96 (23.90)
13 Dale, Taylor JR Georgia 45.42 46.02
r:+0.60 22.34 46.02 (23.68)
14 Dobbs, Chatham FR Arizona 45.58 46.05
r:+0.73 21.87 46.05 (24.18)
15 Schiellerup, Andreas JR NC State 45.87 46.09
r:+0.59 22.06 46.09 (24.03)
16 Kaliszak, Lucas SO Alabama 45.42 46.10
r:+0.58 22.29 46.10 (23.81)
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17 Marsh, Andrew SR WVU 45.41 46.15
r:+0.65 22.07 46.15 (24.08)
18 Bohus, Richard JR Arizona St 46.49 46.18
r:+0.56 22.46 46.18 (23.72)
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19 Loncar, Anton SO Denver 46.33 46.20
r:+0.84 22.65 46.20 (23.55)
20 Graesser, Nic SR UNC 45.85 46.24
r:+0.68 22.33 46.24 (23.91)
21 Reid, Christopher SO Alabama 46.02 46.41
r:+0.94 22.42 46.41 (23.99)
22 Dezwirek, Jeremie SR California 47.47 46.54
r:+0.62 22.14 46.54 (24.40)
23 Hu-Van Wright, En-wei JR Princeton 46.13 46.65
r:+0.75 22.59 46.65 (24.06)
24 Byrd, Austin SR Wisconsin 47.00 46.69
r:+0.66 22.49 46.69 (24.20)
25 Dudzinski, Ryan FR Stanford 45.94 46.74
r:+0.63 22.59 46.74 (24.15)
26 Sikatzki, Philipp JR Cleveland St 46.41 46.78
r:+0.56 22.47 46.78 (24.31)
27 Dudzinski, Kyle SR Michigan 46.37 47.02
r:+0.58 22.49 47.02 (24.53)
28 Sanders, Tristan SO Michigan 47.23 47.14
r:+0.63 22.98 47.14 (24.16)
29 Arata, Ryan SR Stanford 46.38 47.19
r:+0.65 22.34 47.19 (24.85)
30 Knox, Jonathan SO USC 47.09 47.22
r:+0.68 22.30 47.22 (24.92)
31 Robrock, Kyle JR Denver 46.84 47.29
r:+0.59 22.25 47.29 (25.04)
32 Bonetti, Brock SO Tex AM 46.43 47.32
r:+0.61 22.62 47.32 (24.70)
33 Greene, Aaron JR Louisville 47.31 47.43
r:+0.94 22.86 47.43 (24.57)
34 Lewis, Sam SR UNC 46.59 47.44
r:+0.73 22.57 47.44 (24.87)
35 Perry, Barkley JR Arizona St 47.84 47.58
r:+0.77 23.11 47.58 (24.47)
36 Thomas, Michael FR California 47.22 47.59
r:+0.58 22.95 47.59 (24.64)
37 Sorenson, Payton SO BYU 47.95 48.05
r:+0.68 23.32 48.05 (24.73)
-- Griffin, Carter JR Missouri 47.02 DFS
Declared false start
-- Whitaker, Aaron SO Michigan 45.97 DFS
Declared false start
-- Darmody, Kyle JR Auburn 46.09 DFS
Declared false start
-- Valente, Alex FR USC 47.96 DFS
Declared false start
-- Conger, Jack JR Texas 46.71 DFS
Declared false start
-- Glover, Bob JR Indiana 46.04 DFS
Declared false start
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