Will Licon Wins 100 Breast NCAA Title
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Texas senior Will Licon picked up his second individual title of the weekend in the 100 breast, just out-touching Missouri’s Fabian Schwingenschlogl at 50.68 to Fabian’s 50.77. This is the first time Licon has swum the 100 breast at the NCAA Championships, electing for the 400 IM in recent years. Licon used that distance background to out-touch Fabian at the last stroke to dethrone the defending champion. Licon and Schwingenschlogl are now second and third fastest all-time in the event.
USC sophomore Carsten Vissering finished third at 51.40 for the highest finish in his career. California’s Connor Hoppe, Auburn’s Michael Duderstadt, Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala, Duke’s Peter Kropp and South Carolina’s Nils Wich-Glasen also swam in the A-final.
Texas now has seven NCAA titles in the 100 breast. Licon joins Brendan Hansen (2001-2004) and Kirk Stackle (1989, 1990) as winners in the event for the Longhorns.
Event 11 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke ========================================================================= NCAA: N 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona Championship: C 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona American: A 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona U. S. Open: O 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, Arizona Pool: P 50.74 Kevin Cordes, Arizona Name Year School Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === Championship Final === 1 Licon, Will SR Texas 50.87 50.68P 20 r:+0.68 23.88 50.68 (26.80) 2 Schwingenschloegl, Fa SR Missouri 51.76 50.77 17 r:+0.65 23.46 50.77 (27.31) 3 Vissering, Carsten SO Southern Cali 51.91 51.40 16 r:+0.66 24.04 51.40 (27.36) 4 Hoppe, Connor JR California 51.50 51.41 15 r:+0.68 24.08 51.41 (27.33) 5 Duderstadt, Michael SR Auburn 51.75 51.55 14 r:+0.67 24.16 51.55 (27.39) 6 Fiala, Brandon SR VT 51.30 51.66 13 r:+0.61 24.25 51.66 (27.41) 7 Kropp, Peter SR Duke 52.06 51.90 12 r:+0.61 24.08 51.90 (27.82) 8 Wich-Glasen, Nils JR South Carolina 51.86 51.92 11 r:+0.66 24.23 51.92 (27.69)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 11 1. Texas 323.5 2. California 201 3. Florida 196.5 4. NC State 156 5. Indiana 154.5 6. Stanford 133 7. Univ of Georgia 124 8. Southern Cali 107.5 9. Missouri 105.5 10. Auburn 95.5 11. Louisville 68.5 12. South Carolina 60 13. Arizona State 54 14. Michigan 46 15. Purdue 33 15. Alabama 33 15. Wisconsin 33 18. Texas A&M 30 19. Virginia Tech 28 20. Tennessee 22 21. Harvard 21 22. Ohio St 17 23. Arizona 14.5 24. University of Miami 14 25. Lsu 12 25. Duke 12 25. Notre Dame 12 28. George Washington 9 29. Florida State 7 30. Minnesota 6 30. UNC 6 32. Kentucky 4 32. Northwestern 4 34. Cornell 3 35. Hawaii 2 35. Penn St 2 35. Penn 2 38. Pittsburgh 1
Heather Moyer Iglar
Congrats Will !!!!