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There was a lot of hype over the 200 free final tonight. There had been talk since Wednesday night if a sub-1:30 200 free was possible from a flat start. A sub 1:30 did not come through tonight, but it was Townley Haas of Texas who repeated his title in the event, swimming a 1:30.65 for his second win in the event. Haas held off USC’s Dylan Carter and Indiana’s Blake Pieroni, who tied for second at 1:31.16. Haas got pressure early on from Carter, who used his superb underwaters to stay with Haas, but ultimately Townley held him off to be the first person to repeat since Louisville’s Joao de Lucca won in 2013 and 2014.
Harvard’s Dean Farris, Arizona State’s Cameron Craig and Florida’s Maxime Rooney were all freshman in the race, and will have huge expectations moving forward as they progress into their careers as they finished all in a row. NC State’s Soren Dahl and Wisconsin’s Brett Pinfold also swam in the A-final.
Texas now has seven NCAA titles in the event. Haas joins himself (2016), Dax Hill (2012), Dave Walters (2008), Josh Davis (1993) and Doug Gjertsen (1988, 1990) as winners for the Longhorns.
Event 10 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
Championship: C 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
American: A 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
U. S. Open: O 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
Pool: P 1:31.51 Joao DeLucca, Louisville
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Haas, Townley SO Texas 1:31.97 1:30.65P 20
r:+0.74 21.03 43.74 (22.71)
1:07.09 (23.35) 1:30.65 (23.56)
2 Pieroni, Blake JR Indiana 1:32.42 1:31.16P 16.5
r:+0.64 21.11 44.11 (23.00)
1:07.40 (23.29) 1:31.16 (23.76)
2 Carter, Dylan JR Southern Cali 1:32.17 1:31.16P 16.5
r:+0.58 20.99 44.00 (23.01)
1:07.50 (23.50) 1:31.16 (23.66)
4 Farris, Dean FR Harvard 1:33.05 1:32.25 15
r:+0.71 21.33 44.61 (23.28)
1:08.13 (23.52) 1:32.25 (24.12)
5 Craig, Cameron FR ASU 1:32.84 1:32.46 14
r:+0.65 21.74 45.11 (23.37)
1:08.91 (23.80) 1:32.46 (23.55)
6 Rooney, Maxime FR Florida 1:32.88 1:32.79 13
r:+0.61 21.47 44.76 (23.29)
1:08.61 (23.85) 1:32.79 (24.18)
7 Dahl, Soeren SR NC State 1:32.55 1:32.98 12
r:+0.73 21.60 45.09 (23.49)
1:08.85 (23.76) 1:32.98 (24.13)
8 Pinfold, Brett SR Wisconsin 1:33.21 1:33.57 11
r:+0.70 22.02 45.51 (23.49)
1:09.59 (24.08) 1:33.57 (23.98)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 10 1. Texas 303.5 2. Florida 196.5 3. California 186 4. NC State 156 5. Indiana 154.5 6. Stanford 133 7. Univ of Georgia 124 8. Southern Cali 91.5 9. Missouri 83.5 10. Auburn 81.5 11. Louisville 64.5 12. Arizona State 54 13. South Carolina 49 14. Michigan 46 15. Wisconsin 33 15. Purdue 33 17. Alabama 32 18. Texas A&M 23 19. Tennessee 22 20. Harvard 21 21. Ohio St 17 22. Virginia Tech 15 23. University of Miami 14 24. Arizona 12.5 25. Notre Dame 12 25. Lsu 12 27. Florida State 7 28. UNC 6 29. Kentucky 4 29. Northwestern 4 31. Penn 2 31. Penn St 2 31. Hawaii 2 34. Pittsburgh 1
He’s amazing!