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For the third time in NCAA history, a swimmer has won four consecutive 200 backstroke titles at the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Cal senior Ryan Murphy won his fourth straight 200 back title Saturday night with a 1:36.75. Murphy got some serious pressure from Texas sophomore John Shebat who finished second at 1:37.24. Shebat is now the third fastest performer in history. Southern California’s Patrick Mulcare finished third at 1:37.80, now fifth all-time.
Murphy joins the likes of USC’s John Naber (1974-1997) and Ohio State’s Yoshi Oyakawa (1952-1955) as fourpeat winners in the 200 back. Murphy also joins Naber as the only NCAA swimmers to go undefeated in backstroke races at the NCAA championships.
Alabama’s Connor Oslin, Louisville’s Grigory Tarasevich, Missouri’s Carter Griffin, Denver’s Anton Loncar and Texas’ Jonathan Roberts also swam in the A-final.
Cal now has six NCAA titles in the 200 back. Murphy joins himself (2014-2016) and Peter Rocca (1978, 1979) as winners for the Golden Bears.
Murphy talked with the media afterwards and you can see that here.
Event 16 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
Championship: C 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
American: A 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
U. S. Open: O 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
Pool: P 1:38.22 3/25/2017 Ryan Murphy, California
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Murphy, Ryan SR California 1:38.22 1:36.75P 20
r:+0.54 22.70 47.24 (24.54)
1:12.01 (24.77) 1:36.75 (24.74)
2 Shebat, John SO Texas 1:38.67 1:37.24P 17
r:+0.61 22.35 46.82 (24.47)
1:11.62 (24.80) 1:37.24 (25.62)
3 Mulcare, Patrick SO Southern Cali 1:38.56 1:37.80P 16
r:+0.63 23.17 47.89 (24.72)
1:12.52 (24.63) 1:37.80 (25.28)
4 Oslin, Connor SR Alabama 1:39.83 1:39.23 15
r:+0.60 23.37 48.85 (25.48)
1:14.01 (25.16) 1:39.23 (25.22)
5 Tarasevich, Grigory SR Louisville 1:38.74 1:39.73 14
r:+0.55 23.32 48.28 (24.96)
1:13.97 (25.69) 1:39.73 (25.76)
6 Griffin, Carter SR Missouri 1:39.46 1:40.20 13
r:+0.55 23.71 48.65 (24.94)
1:14.07 (25.42) 1:40.20 (26.13)
7 Loncar, Anton JR Denver 1:39.29 1:40.64 12
r:+0.64 23.63 49.05 (25.42)
1:15.03 (25.98) 1:40.64 (25.61)
8 Roberts, Jonathan JR Texas 1:39.05 1:41.35 11
r:+0.76 23.32 48.68 (25.36)
1:14.86 (26.18) 1:41.35 (26.49)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 16 1. Texas 439.5 2. California 273 3. Florida 233.5 4. NC State 214 5. Indiana 189.5 6. Stanford 186 7. Southern Cali 158.5 8. Univ of Georgia 152 9. Missouri 148.5 10. Louisville 123.5 11. Alabama 113 12. Auburn 102.5 13. South Carolina 82 14. Michigan 76 15. Arizona State 74 16. Purdue 57 17. Texas A&M 56 18. Tennessee 55 19. Wisconsin 47 20. Ohio St 33 20. Virginia Tech 33 22. University of Miami 31 23. Lsu 28 24. Harvard 24 25. Arizona 22.5 26. Denver 19 26. Northwestern 19 28. Minnesota 18 29. Penn St 16 30. Duke 12 30. Notre Dame 12 32. George Washington 9 33. Florida State 7 34. UNC 6 35. Kentucky 4 36. Cornell 3 37. Hawaii 2 37. Penn 2 39. Pittsburgh 1 39. Yale 1
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