Townley Haas Vaults To 5th All Time in 500 Free With 4:09.00

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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Last year, Texas finally won its first 500 free title in program history. This year, the Longhorns defended that title with a win from Townley Haas at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.

With defending champion Clark Smith finishing a surprising 21st this morning, freshman Haas had to step up big to keep the title in Austin. Out under American record pace through the first half of the race, Haas settled for the sixth-fastest time ever as he moved to fifth all-time in the event’s history with a 4:09.00.

Florida’s Mitch D’Arrigo, meanwhile, gave Haas all he could handle with a 4:09.98 for second. That moved D’Arrigo up from 15th to ninth all time in the event’s history.

Southern California’s Reed Malone clinched third overall in 4:12.55.

All Time Top 10 500 Free Performers:

1 4:08.54 Peter Vanderkaay Wolverine Rochester 2/8/08
2 4:08.75 Tom Dolan Michigan Indianapolis 3/23/95
3 4:08.82 Clark Smith, Texas, Austin 12/3/15
4 4:08.92 Jean Basson Arizona TAMU 3/26/09
5 4:09.00 Townley Haas Texas Atlanta 3/24/16
6 4:09.32 Michael Klueh Texas TAMU 3/26/09
7 4:09.48 Sebastien Rouault Georgia F. Way. 3/27/08
8 4:09.80 Larsen Jensen USC Minneapolis 3/15/07
9 4:09.98 Mitch D’Arrigo Florida Atlanta 3/24/16
10 4:10.00 Matt McLean Virginia College Park, Md. 2/26/08

South Carolina’s Akaram Mahmoud (4:12.86), Stanford’s Liam Egan (4:13.27), Wisconsin’s Matthew Hutchins (4:13.36), NC State’s Anton Ipsen (4:14.04) and Michigan’s Anders Nielsen (4:16.92) also put up times in the finale.

                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Haas, Townley          FR Texas             4:12.68    4:09.00   20  
    r:+0.75  22.59        47.18 (24.59)
        1:12.19 (25.01)     1:37.48 (25.29)
        2:02.86 (25.38)     2:28.22 (25.36)
        2:53.51 (25.29)     3:19.17 (25.66)
        3:44.38 (25.21)     4:09.00 (24.62)
  2 D'Arrigo, Mitch        JR Florida           4:11.48    4:09.98   17  
    r:+0.70  23.29        48.02 (24.73)
        1:13.27 (25.25)     1:38.66 (25.39)
        2:03.91 (25.25)     2:29.21 (25.30)
        2:54.54 (25.33)     3:19.86 (25.32)
        3:44.98 (25.12)     4:09.98 (25.00)
  3 Malone, Reed           JR USC               4:13.59    4:12.55   16  
    r:+0.72  23.28        48.73 (25.45)
        1:14.46 (25.73)     1:40.01 (25.55)
        2:05.11 (25.10)     2:30.31 (25.20)
        2:55.27 (24.96)     3:20.53 (25.26)
        3:46.27 (25.74)     4:12.55 (26.28)
  4 Mahmoud, Akaram        SO S Carolina        4:12.59    4:12.86   15  
    r:+0.71  23.48        48.55 (25.07)
        1:13.85 (25.30)     1:39.48 (25.63)
        2:05.17 (25.69)     2:30.78 (25.61)
        2:56.59 (25.81)     3:22.37 (25.78)
        3:47.84 (25.47)     4:12.86 (25.02)
  5 Egan, Liam             SO Stanford          4:13.52    4:13.27   14  
    r:+0.74  23.56        48.59 (25.03)
        1:14.00 (25.41)     1:39.63 (25.63)
        2:05.43 (25.80)     2:31.14 (25.71)
        2:57.00 (25.86)     3:22.97 (25.97)
        3:48.60 (25.63)     4:13.27 (24.67)
  6 Hutchins, Matthew      JR Wisconsin         4:13.74    4:13.36   13  
    r:+0.75  23.32        48.51 (25.19)
        1:13.83 (25.32)     1:39.63 (25.80)
        2:05.22 (25.59)     2:30.95 (25.73)
        2:56.93 (25.98)     3:22.86 (25.93)
        3:48.41 (25.55)     4:13.36 (24.95)
  7 Ipsen, Anton Oerskov   SO NC State          4:13.97    4:14.04   12  
    r:+0.74  23.58        49.16 (25.58)
        1:14.94 (25.78)     1:40.74 (25.80)
        2:06.34 (25.60)     2:31.96 (25.62)
        2:57.70 (25.74)     3:23.46 (25.76)
        3:49.18 (25.72)     4:14.04 (24.86)
  8 Nielsen, Anders        SR Michigan          4:12.77    4:16.92   11  
    r:+0.70  23.01        48.42 (25.41)
        1:14.08 (25.66)     1:39.79 (25.71)
        2:05.61 (25.82)     2:31.50 (25.89)
        2:57.50 (26.00)     3:24.13 (26.63)
        3:50.93 (26.80)     4:16.92 (25.99)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Werner, Pawel          SR Florida           4:14.18    4:13.79    9  
    r:+0.70  23.60        49.71 (26.11)
        1:15.91 (26.20)     1:42.11 (26.20)
        2:07.84 (25.73)     2:33.35 (25.51)
        2:58.84 (25.49)     3:24.36 (25.52)
        3:49.33 (24.97)     4:13.79 (24.46)
 10 Ransford, PJ           SO Michigan          4:15.54    4:14.62    7  
    r:+0.73  24.30        50.08 (25.78)
        1:15.93 (25.85)     1:41.95 (26.02)
        2:07.30 (25.35)     2:32.86 (25.56)
        2:58.18 (25.32)     3:23.95 (25.77)
        3:49.93 (25.98)     4:14.62 (24.69)
 11 Swanson, Chris         SR Penn              4:16.29    4:15.73    6  
    r:+0.67  23.88        49.27 (25.39)
        1:15.26 (25.99)     1:40.98 (25.72)
        2:06.73 (25.75)     2:32.78 (26.05)
        2:58.97 (26.19)     3:25.05 (26.08)
        3:51.23 (26.18)     4:15.73 (24.50)
 12 Litherland, Kevin      SO Georgia           4:14.64    4:15.86    5  
    r:+0.67  23.56        49.58 (26.02)
        1:16.10 (26.52)     1:42.48 (26.38)
        2:08.44 (25.96)     2:34.37 (25.93)
        2:59.83 (25.46)     3:25.72 (25.89)
        3:51.21 (25.49)     4:15.86 (24.65)
 13 Peribonio, Tom         SO S Carolina        4:16.43    4:16.60    4  
    r:+0.66  23.94        50.07 (26.13)
        1:16.15 (26.08)     1:42.32 (26.17)
        2:08.55 (26.23)     2:34.54 (25.99)
        3:00.34 (25.80)     3:26.08 (25.74)
        3:51.81 (25.73)     4:16.60 (24.79)
 14 Kiraly, Bence          SR Utah              4:15.77    4:16.74    3  
    r:+0.77  23.63        49.43 (25.80)
        1:15.77 (26.34)     1:42.01 (26.24)
        2:08.16 (26.15)     2:34.15 (25.99)
        3:00.01 (25.86)     3:26.00 (25.99)
        3:51.72 (25.72)     4:16.74 (25.02)
 15 Linker, Adam           JR NC State          4:16.79    4:18.22    2  
    r:+0.71  24.33        50.40 (26.07)
        1:16.40 (26.00)     1:42.75 (26.35)
        2:09.00 (26.25)     2:35.60 (26.60)
        3:01.68 (26.08)     3:27.55 (25.87)
        3:53.28 (25.73)     4:18.22 (24.94)
 16 Wieser, Chris          SO Arizona           4:16.20    4:19.27    1  
    r:+0.61  24.00        49.94 (25.94)
        1:16.02 (26.08)     1:42.02 (26.00)
        2:08.27 (26.25)     2:34.49 (26.22)
        3:00.73 (26.24)     3:26.73 (26.00)
        3:53.26 (26.53)     4:19.27 (26.01)

                  Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 3                  
 
  1. Texas                             100   2. Florida                            87
  3. NC State                           82   4. Michigan                           66
  5. California                         59   6. Auburn                             48
  7. Stanford                           36   7. Missouri                           36
  9. Southern Cali                      34   9. Alabama                            34
 11. Georgia                            33  12. Indiana                            32
 13. Louisville                         28  14. Wisconsin                          23
 14. South Carolina                     23  16. Tennessee                          18
 17. Ohio St                            10  18. Princeton                           8
 19. Arizona                             7  20. Penn                                6
 21. Univ of Utah                        3  22. Harvard                             2

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