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Texas’ Townley Haas turned in a stunning NCAA and American record in the men’s 200-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Haas raced his way to a blistering time of 1:30.46, lowering Simon Burnett’s NCAA record of 1:31.20 set here in Atlanta back in 2006 as well as Ricky Berens‘ American mark of 1:31.31. Most amazingly, Haas swam faster than his fastest-ever 800 free relay split of 1:30.52.
Comparative splits:
Haas: 20.90, 43.61, 1:06.92, 1:30.46
Berens: 21.43, 44.80, 1:08.06, 1:31.31
Burnett: 21.28, 44.44, 1:07.53, 1:31.20
WOW! 1:30.46 200 Freestyle by Townley Haas to win #NCAASwimDive! ? pic.twitter.com/gyEPgiUzzt
— MySwimPro (@MySwimPro) March 25, 2016
Haas, who destroyed the 500 free last night, became the first swimmer since Florida’s Conor Dwyer in 2010 to win the 200 and 500 free.
Haas also won Texas’ seventh title of the meet, helping UT continue to close in on the record of 11 set by Texas back in 2001.
Georgia’s Matias Koski turned in a sizzler himself for second with a 1:31.54, the fifth-fastest time ever.
All Time Top 10 200 Free:
1 1:30.46 Townley Haas Texas Atlanta 3/25/16
2 1:31.20 Simon Burnett Arizona Atlanta, Ga. 3/24/06
3 1:31.31 Ricky Berens, Texas Austin, TX 3/7/13
4 1:31.51 Joao De Lucca, Louisville 3/28/13
5 1:31.54 Matias Koski Georgia Atlanta 3/25/16
6 1:31.65 Joao De Lucca, Louisville 12/5/13
7 1:31.70 Shaune Fraser Florida TAMU 3/27/09
8 1:31.72r David Walters Texas TAMU 3/27/09
9 1:31.73r Conor Dwyer Florida Gainesville 2/16/11
10 1:31.83 David Walters Texas Austin, Texas 12/5/08
NC State’s Simonas Bilis (1:32.10), Florida’s Jan Switkowski (1:32.14), USC’s Reed Malone (1:32.54), Florida’s Mitch D’Arrigo (1:32.67), California’s Trent Williams (1:32.80) and Indiana’s Blake Pieroni (1:33.24) also put up swims in the A final.
=== A - Final ===
1 Haas, Townley FR Texas 1:32.45 1:30.46N 20
r:+0.74 20.90 43.61 (22.71)
1:06.92 (23.31) 1:30.46 (23.54)
2 Koski, Matias SR Georgia 1:32.21 1:31.54 17
r:+0.68 21.41 44.46 (23.05)
1:08.15 (23.69) 1:31.54 (23.39)
3 Bilis, Simonas SR NC State 1:32.77 1:32.10 16
r:+0.69 21.07 44.73 (23.66)
1:08.01 (23.28) 1:32.10 (24.09)
4 Switkowski, Jan SO Florida 1:32.99 1:32.14 15
r:+0.67 21.71 45.07 (23.36)
1:08.42 (23.35) 1:32.14 (23.72)
5 Malone, Reed JR USC 1:33.18 1:32.54 14
r:+0.71 21.68 45.15 (23.47)
1:08.81 (23.66) 1:32.54 (23.73)
6 D'Arrigo, Mitch JR Florida 1:32.62 1:32.67 13
r:+0.65 22.06 45.48 (23.42)
1:09.07 (23.59) 1:32.67 (23.60)
7 Williams, Trent SR California 1:32.98 1:32.80 12
r:+0.63 21.71 45.06 (23.35)
1:08.92 (23.86) 1:32.80 (23.88)
8 Pieroni, Blake SO Indiana 1:33.08 1:33.24 11
r:+0.66 21.59 45.46 (23.87)
1:09.47 (24.01) 1:33.24 (23.77)
=== B - Final ===
9 Held, Ryan SO NC State 1:33.27 1:32.41 9
r:+0.67 21.45 45.07 (23.62)
1:08.86 (23.79) 1:32.41 (23.55)
10 Dahl, Soeren JR NC State 1:33.36 1:33.20 7
r:+0.76 21.87 45.85 (23.98)
1:09.38 (23.53) 1:33.20 (23.82)
11 Nielsen, Anders SR Michigan 1:33.64 1:33.22 6
r:+0.69 21.42 44.58 (23.16)
1:08.33 (23.75) 1:33.22 (24.89)
12 Gutierrez, Long JR California 1:33.93 1:33.55 5
r:+0.68 21.83 45.51 (23.68)
1:09.70 (24.19) 1:33.55 (23.85)
13 Morris, Hugo SO Auburn 1:33.86 1:33.71 4
r:+0.67 21.92 45.57 (23.65)
1:09.74 (24.17) 1:33.71 (23.97)
14 Werner, Pawel SR Florida 1:33.77 1:33.77 3
r:+0.69 21.87 45.72 (23.85)
1:09.64 (23.92) 1:33.77 (24.13)
15 Pinfold, Brett JR Wisconsin 1:34.22 1:33.79 2
r:+0.70 22.20 46.04 (23.84)
1:10.02 (23.98) 1:33.79 (23.77)
16 Carroll, Trevor JR Louisville 1:34.23 1:34.77 1
r:+0.70 22.05 45.99 (23.94)
1:10.07 (24.08) 1:34.77 (24.70)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 10 1. Texas 305 2. Florida 220 3. California 199 4. NC State 169 5. Georgia 127 6. Michigan 108 7. Tennessee 91 8. Missouri 84 9. Auburn 82.5 10. Alabama 82 11. Indiana 79 12. Louisville 76 13. Stanford 74.5 14. Southern Cali 69 15. Ohio St 51 16. Arizona 28 17. Wisconsin 25 18. South Carolina 24 19. Cleveland St 15 20. University of Miami 14 20. Virginia Tech 14 22. Brigham Young 12 23. Pittsburgh 11 24. Unlv 9 24. Univ of Utah 9 26. Princeton 8 27. Penn 6 28. Lsu 5 28. Georgia Tech 5 30. Minnesota 4 31. UNC 3 32. Harvard 2 32. Penn State University 2 34. Texas A&M 1
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Cathy Cox Lacsamana here is the video of the 200 free.
I could ask: did he Win? But when you go one thirty plus ain’t NOBODY gonna beat You! And just a freshman too. Merciful heavens!!
Great swim, great record, Townley.
??Hook ’em!
Wow.
Really? A cropped video of such an amazing performance? 90 full, unedited second is too much to ask for? Wow.
Go on the “Watch ESPN” app ….. You can watch full days of the meet. Watched last nights finals and the previous day’s… ???
very cool, thanks for the tip!
Now that’s fast!!
When I grow up I want to swim just like Townley. Swimming is the best.
Awesome!
scary fast!!!!
That guy is not human! Wow.
Porter McNeil damn! they just getfaster!!
Olympic trials are shaping up to be awesome.
hahaha,, very short course. almost a joke..
Doesn’t matter what course it is still amazing
WELL YES ITS AMAZING, BUT AS SWIMMING GOES, THEY ARE MAKING AT LEASY 5-7 METERS RETURN PUSH.
A joke? Laugh now, you won’t be in Rio.
Scary Fast!
WOW!!
Chad Fogg
Caroline Utz, do you still enjoy watching swim meets to this day, as I do? ( I especially love the swimming in the Olympics!)
will we see the young man in RIO>???
Bryan Texas killing the swim game lol
That was like barely a race video, but Haas is an animal
Hedley Butlin
Tracey BroughtonwasDavis
Karen Walker
Gary Clarke
Whew! Coach Amie Krueger is so impressed… I hope all my swimmers are following these races! This is what we are working towards ??
We’ll be seeing him in Omaha.
I life guarded that swim-meet ???
Tim Field Hugh Simmonds ridiculous
Pretty bananas hey ???