Men’s NCAA Div. I Championships: Cal’s Henrique Barbosa Storms from Behind to Take the 200 Breast

By Phillip Whitten

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 25. A funny thing happened to Vlad Polyakov, the Kazakhstan Kid swimming for Alabama, on his way to the victory stand. His name was Henrique Barbosa.

Sound familiar?

The University of California senior from Brazil repeated his final lap heroics that resulted in a last stroke victory in the 100 breast yesterday. Yesterday it was Indiana’s Kevin Swander who saw victory slip from his grasp. Today it was Polyakov, who seemed poised to repeat his 2005 triumph in this event.

Until Barbosa came storming down the backstretch to hit the pads first.

Barbosa’s 1:53.97 was 11-hundredths ahead of Polyakov.

Barbosa was fifth at the 50 (26.15), fifth at the 100 (55.31), fourth at the 150 (1:24.81) and first at the 200 (1:53.97). His 29.16 for the final 50 was more than a second faster than anyone else except Paul Kornfeld, who came home in 30.11 to finish third in 1:54.41.

In the battle for the team title, Arizona’s Ivan Barnes was seventh while Auburn’s Eric Shanteau finished eighth. Arizona picked up one point, to cut Auburn's lead to eight.

NCAA Division I Champ. Meet 3/25/2006 – 20:00PM
NCAA Men's D1 Championships – 3/23/2006 to 3/25/2006

Event 18 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 1:52.62 2003 Brendan Hansen, Texas
American: A 1:51.74 2006 Brenden Hansen, Longhorn Aquatic
US Open: O 1:51.74 2006 Brendan Hansen, Longhorn Aquatic
GTAC Pool: P 1:56.69 2/26/2005 Vanja Rogulj, Virginia
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship ===

1 Barbosa, Henrique SR Cal. Berkeley 1:55.97 1:53.97P
26.15 55.31 (29.16)
1:24.81 (29.50) 1:53.97 (29.16)
2 Polyakov, Vlad JR Alabama 1:55.62 1:54.08P
25.89 54.71 (28.82)
1:23.85 (29.14) 1:54.08 (30.23)
3 Kornfeld, Paul FR Stanford 1:56.20 1:54.41P
25.53 54.71 (29.18)
1:24.30 (29.59) 1:54.41 (30.11)
4 Lowe, Matthew SO Texas 1:55.87 1:55.06P
26.09 55.25 (29.16)
1:24.65 (29.40) 1:55.06 (30.41)
5 Pogioli, Giordan SR Purdue 1:56.36 1:55.58P
26.19 55.38 (29.19)
1:25.37 (29.99) 1:55.58 (30.21)
6 Alexandrov, Mike JR Northwestern 1:56.19 1:56.46P
25.85 55.63 (29.78)
1:25.99 (30.36) 1:56.46 (30.47)
7 Barns, Ivan FR Arizona 1:56.07 1:56.62P
25.74 55.25 (29.51)
1:25.86 (30.61) 1:56.62 (30.76)
8 Shanteau, Eric SR Auburn 1:56.56 1:57.51
26.60 56.57 (29.97)
1:26.93 (30.36) 1:57.51 (30.58)

=== Consolation ===

9 Versfeld, Neil SO Georgia 1:56.99 1:57.04
26.16 55.63 (29.47)
1:25.84 (30.21) 1:57.04 (31.20)
10 Cass, Nate FR Stanford 1:57.18 1:57.50
26.07 55.74 (29.67)
1:26.55 (30.81) 1:57.50 (30.95)
11 Rogulj, Vanja JR Virginia 1:57.45 1:57.64
26.30 55.98 (29.68)
1:26.18 (30.20) 1:57.64 (31.46)
12 Schurr, Christian SR Texas 1:56.97 1:57.75
26.35 55.83 (29.48)
1:26.55 (30.72) 1:57.75 (31.20)
13 Preda, Vali FR Louisville 1:58.75 1:58.42
26.40 56.15 (29.75)
1:26.98 (30.83) 1:58.42 (31.44)
14 Boral, Luk JR Syracuse 1:58.07 1:58.64
26.78 56.33 (29.55)
1:27.03 (30.70) 1:58.64 (31.61)
15 Dematteis, Luca JR Florida 1:58.84 1:58.83
27.13 56.95 (29.82)
1:27.75 (30.80) 1:58.83 (31.08)
16 Ally, Bradley FR Florida 1:58.36 1:59.28
26.91 56.98 (30.07)
1:27.73 (30.75) 1:59.28 (31.55)

=== Preliminaries ===

17 Newman, Keenan SO Stanford 1:58.88
18 Outinen, Kristian SO Kentucky 1:58.99
19 Osborne, Sean JR Auburn 1:59.14
20 Hurley, Ryan SO Virginia 1:59.24
21 Rollins, Dave SR Arizona 1:59.61
22 Molina, Miguel SR Cal. Berkeley 1:59.84
23 Swander, Kevin SR Indiana 2:00.36
24 Flaskay, Mihaly JR Southern Cal. 2:00.44
25 Sullivan, PJ Virginia 2:01.01
26 Rathgeber, Geoff SO Harvard 2:01.25
27 Knoechel, Andrew JR Minnesota 2:01.95
28 Youm, Joon JR Southern Cal. 2:02.01
29 Agache, Dragos SO Iowa 2:02.40
30 Huston, Kiel SR Tennessee 2:03.03
31 Velez, Dan SR N. Carolina St. 2:04.87
— Lentz, Graham JR Cal. Berkeley DQ

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