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Will Licon collected Texas’ eighth victory of the meet with an NCAA and American record time of 1:48.12 in the men’s 200-yard breast at the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Licon, the defending champion in the event, blasted by Kevin Cordes’ NCAA and American record time of 1:48.66 set in 2014.
Comparative Splits:
Licon: 24.59, 51.81, 1:19.65, 1:48.12
Cordes: 24.47, 52.05, 1:20.50, 1:48.66
Licon was out so fast he actually broke Brendan Hansen’s school record in the 100 in the process.
Multiple 200 Breast Winners:
4 – Brendan Hansen, Texas
3 – Mike Barrowman, Michigan
3 – Brian Job, Stanford
3 – John Moffet, Stanford
3 – D. Graham Smith, California
2 – Ron Clark, Michigan
2 – Kurt Grote, Stanford
2 – John Hencken, Stanford
2 – Steve Lundquist, SMU
2 – David Wilkie, Miami (Fla.)
2 – Vlad Polyakov, Alabama
2 – Kevin Cordes, Arizona
2 – Will Licon, Texas
That’s the eighth NCAA title for Texas this meet, as the Longhorns are looking to at least tie their record of 11 wins from 2001. Texas has already locked down the team title for Eddie Reese.
California’s Josh Prenot vaulted to third in the all time charts with a second-place time of 1:49.38.
All Time Top 10 200 Breast:
1 1:48.12 Will Licon Texas Atlanta 3/26/16
2 1:48.66 Kevin Cordes Arizona 3/29/14
3 1:49.38 Josh Prenot California Atlanta 3/26/16
4 1:49.74 Cody Miller, Badger 12/19/15
5 1:50.54 Chuck Katis California 3/28/15
6 1:50.80 Nic Fink Georgia 3/28/15
7 1:51.20 Clark Burckle, Tucson Ford 12/1/12
8 1:51.40 Neil Versfeld Georgia TAMU 3/28/09
9 1:51.57 Andrew Seliskar NCAP 3/7/15
10 1:51.59 Anton McKee Alabama 2/18/14
Missouri’s Fabian Schwingenschlogl (1:51.84), Alabama’s Anton McKee (1:51.87), Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala (1:53.45), Louisville’s Carlos Claverie (1:53.55), Virginia’s Yannick Kaeser (1:53.64) and Indiana’s Tanner Kurz (1:54.56) closed out the top eight.
=== A - Final ===
1 Licon, Will JR Texas 1:49.43 1:48.12N 20
r:+0.72 24.59 51.81 (27.22)
1:19.65 (27.84) 1:48.12 (28.47)
2 Prenot, Josh SR California 1:51.45 1:49.38P 17
r:+0.70 25.07 52.78 (27.71)
1:20.99 (28.21) 1:49.38 (28.39)
3 Schwingenschlogl, Fab JR Missouri 1:53.31 1:51.84 16
r:+0.64 25.93 53.95 (28.02)
1:22.69 (28.74) 1:51.84 (29.15)
4 McKee, Anton JR Alabama 1:52.53 1:51.87 15
r:+0.67 25.94 53.87 (27.93)
1:22.36 (28.49) 1:51.87 (29.51)
5 Fiala, Brandon JR VT 1:52.82 1:53.45 14
r:+0.63 25.32 53.92 (28.60)
1:23.14 (29.22) 1:53.45 (30.31)
6 Claverie, Carlos SO Louisville 1:54.04 1:53.55 13
r:+0.71 25.30 53.99 (28.69)
1:23.24 (29.25) 1:53.55 (30.31)
7 Kaeser, Yannick SR Virginia 1:53.96 1:53.64 12
r:+0.76 25.42 54.16 (28.74)
1:23.62 (29.46) 1:53.64 (30.02)
8 Kurz, Tanner SR Indiana 1:54.29 1:54.56 11
r:+0.69 25.22 54.12 (28.90)
1:23.95 (29.83) 1:54.56 (30.61)
=== B - Final ===
9 Stumph, Steven JR USC 1:54.62 1:53.99 9
r:+0.70 26.32 55.47 (29.15)
1:24.75 (29.28) 1:53.99 (29.24)
10 Castillo Luna, Mauro SO Tex AM 1:55.11 1:54.35 7
r:+0.64 26.07 54.86 (28.79)
1:24.44 (29.58) 1:54.35 (29.91)
11 Hoppe, Connor SO California 1:55.35 1:54.46 6
r:+0.64 25.50 54.60 (29.10)
1:24.44 (29.84) 1:54.46 (30.02)
12 Macdonald, DJ SR Ohio St 1:55.58 1:54.62 5
r:+0.69 25.84 55.52 (29.68)
1:24.89 (29.37) 1:54.62 (29.73)
13 Trussov, Roman SR Iowa 1:55.36 1:55.24 4
r:+0.67 25.52 54.58 (29.06)
1:24.32 (29.74) 1:55.24 (30.92)
14 Taylor, Cody SO Indiana 1:54.39 1:55.46 3
r:+0.73 26.36 55.92 (29.56)
1:25.62 (29.70) 1:55.46 (29.84)
15 Evdokimov, Alex SO Cornell 1:55.17 1:55.90 2
r:+0.67 27.05 55.69 (28.64)
1:25.92 (30.23) 1:55.90 (29.98)
16 Vissering, Carsten FR USC 1:54.73 1:56.00 1
r:+0.64 26.14 55.27 (29.13)
1:25.62 (30.35) 1:56.00 (30.38)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 18 1. Texas 455.5 2. California 335 3. Florida 293 4. NC State 260 5. Alabama 199 6. Georgia 181.5 7. Missouri 174 8. Tennessee 167 9. Louisville 156.5 10. Indiana 143.5 11. Michigan 123 12. Southern Cali 113 13. Auburn 111 14. Stanford 84.5 15. Ohio St 71 16. South Carolina 66 17. Arizona 64 18. Virginia Tech 44.5 19. Wisconsin 41 20. Brigham Young 40 21. University of Miami 31 21. Pittsburgh 31 23. Penn 26 24. Texas A&M 19 25. Minnesota 18 26. UNC 16 26. Air Force 16 28. Cleveland St 15 28. Virginia 15 30. Oakland 13 31. George Washington 11 31. Yale 11 33. Univ of Utah 9 33. Unlv 9 35. Princeton 8 36. Duke 7 37. Iowa 6 37. Lsu 6 39. Georgia Tech 5 39. Hawaii 5 41. Purdue 3 42. Harvard 2 42. Penn State University 2 42. Cornell 2
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