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Just in case there was any doubt or who the best team in the pool was at the 2017 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, Texas capped off their third straight team title with an NCAA and US Open Record in the 400 free relay. Brett Ringgold (42.06), Jack Conger (41.30), Townley Haas (41.01) and Joseph Schooling (41.02) swam the fastest 400 free relay ever with a 2:45.39. That smashed Auburn’s 2:46.03 from the 2009 NCAA Championships with Jakub Andkjaer, Gideon Louw, Kohlton Norys and Matt Targett on that relay.
Florida gave Texas all they could handle through three legs as Caeleb Dressel (40.48), Jan Switkowski (41.50), Maxime Rooney (42.13) and Mark Szaranek (42.10) finished second at 2:46.21. Southern California was third at 2:47.33. California, Stanford, Arizona State, NC State and Indiana also swam in the A-final.
Dressel (40.48), Haas (41.01), Schooling (41.02) and Southern Cal’s Dylan Carter (41.10) had the fastest splits across the board.
Texas now has nine NCAA titles in the 400 free relay. The 2017 team joins the teams from 2012, 2001, 1994, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988 and 1981 to win the 400 free relay for the Longhorns.
Schooling and Conger talked to the media after the meet and you can hear their interview below.
Event 21 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: N 2:46.03 2/21/2009 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
Championship: C 2:46.56 3/17/2007 Auburn
J Andkjaer, C Cielo, M Targett, B Lundquist
American: A 2:47.02 3/28/2009 Texas
J Feigen, R Berens, P Jameson, D Walters
U. S. Open: O 2:46.03 2/21/2009 Auburn
J Andkjaer, G Louw, K Norys, M Targett
Pool: P 2:47.78 3/25/2017 Texas
J Nichols, B Ringgold, T Jackson, F Haas
School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Texas 2:47.78 2:45.39N 40
1) Ringgold, Brett JR 2) r:0.03 Conger, Jack SR
3) r:0.35 Haas, Townley SO 4) r:0.27 Schooling, Joseph JR
r:+0.69 19.95 42.06 (42.06)
1:01.38 (19.32) 1:23.36 (41.30)
1:42.95 (19.59) 2:04.37 (41.01)
2:23.57 (19.20) 2:45.39 (41.02)
2 Florida 2:47.90 2:46.21C 34
1) Dressel, Caeleb JR 2) r:0.27 Switkowski, Jan JR
3) r:0.30 Rooney, Maxime FR 4) r:0.37 Szaranek, Mark JR
r:+0.61 19.27 40.48 (40.48)
1:00.24 (19.76) 1:21.98 (41.50)
1:41.96 (19.98) 2:04.11 (42.13)
2:24.22 (20.11) 2:46.21 (42.10)
3 Southern Cali 2:48.17 2:47.33P 32
1) Condorelli, Santo JR 2) r:0.34 Tribuntsov, Ralf JR
3) r:0.21 Carter, Dylan JR 4) r:0.25 Malone, Reed SR
r:+0.62 19.39 41.87 (41.87)
1:01.49 (19.62) 1:23.67 (41.80)
1:43.01 (19.34) 2:04.77 (41.10)
2:25.02 (20.25) 2:47.33 (42.56)
4 California 2:49.58 2:48.49 30
1) Lynch, Justin JR 2) r:0.11 Murphy, Ryan SR
3) r:0.18 Seliskar, Andrew SO 4) r:0.31 Jensen, Michael FR
r:+0.63 20.09 42.71 (42.71)
1:01.96 (19.25) 1:24.44 (41.73)
1:43.78 (19.34) 2:06.56 (42.12)
2:26.19 (19.63) 2:48.49 (41.93)
5 Stanford 2:49.26 2:48.80 28
1) Perry, Sam JR 2) r:0.19 Liang, Andrew JR
3) r:0.21 DeVine, Abrahm SO 4) r:0.09 Kremer, Tom SR
r:+0.61 19.75 41.77 (41.77)
1:02.04 (20.27) 1:24.72 (42.95)
1:45.02 (20.30) 2:07.20 (42.48)
2:26.95 (19.75) 2:48.80 (41.60)
6 ASU 2:49.64 2:49.00 26
1) Craig, Cameron FR 2) r:0.34 Porter, Andrew JR
3) r:0.30 Duskinas, Tadas SR 4) r:0.23 Bohus, Richard SR
r:+0.65 20.39 42.29 (42.29)
1:02.29 (20.00) 1:25.12 (42.83)
1:44.87 (19.75) 2:07.20 (42.08)
2:27.08 (19.88) 2:49.00 (41.80)
7 NC State 2:49.34 2:49.09 24
1) Held, Ryan JR 2) r:0.17 Ress, Justin SO
3) r:0.34 Bonk, Joe SR 4) r:0.33 Dahl, Soeren SR
r:+0.62 19.59 41.36 (41.36)
1:00.80 (19.44) 1:23.40 (42.04)
1:43.58 (20.18) 2:06.53 (43.13)
2:26.59 (20.06) 2:49.09 (42.56)
8 Indiana 2:49.62 2:49.53 22
1) Samy, Mohamed SO 2) r:0.20 Pieroni, Blake JR
3) r:0.26 Khalafalla, Ali JR 4) r:0.29 Lorentz, Sam SR
r:+0.72 20.23 42.97 (42.97)
1:02.61 (19.64) 1:24.88 (41.91)
1:44.40 (19.52) 2:06.65 (41.77)
2:27.04 (20.39) 2:49.53 (42.88)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 21 1. Texas 542 2. California 349 3. Florida 294.5 4. NC State 272.5 5. Stanford 242 6. Southern Cali 237 7. Indiana 229.5 8. Univ of Georgia 183 9. Missouri 179.5 10. Alabama 153.5 11. Louisville 143.5 12. Auburn 127.5 13. Purdue 106.5 14. Arizona State 100 15. South Carolina 99 16. Texas A&M 87 17. Michigan 82 18. Wisconsin 63 19. Ohio St 58.5 20. Tennessee 55 21. University of Miami 51 22. Virginia Tech 48 23. Minnesota 43 24. Arizona 36.5 25. Notre Dame 29 26. Lsu 28 27. Harvard 24 28. Penn St 23 28. Northwestern 23 30. Denver 19 31. Florida State 16 32. Duke 12 33. George Washington 9 34. Pittsburgh 8 35. Cornell 7 36. UNC 6 37. Kentucky 4 38. University of Wyoming 3 39. Hawaii 2 39. Penn 2 39. Missouri State 2 42. Towson 1 42. Yale 1
The Horns brought their A game this weekend–they dominated in the fastest NCAA meet ever! Congrats to Eddie Reese and his boys, light up the tower–another championship for the Texas Longhorns ???
Hell yeah
AMAZING MEET!!!
Congratulations